Us and Us Only

Us and Us Only is the sixth album by the British alternative rock band The Charlatans. The album title comes from lyrics in the opening track "Forever".

Us and Us Only
Studio album by
The Charlatans
Released18 October 1999
RecordedMarch - July 1999
GenreAlternative rock
Length52:22
LabelUniversal
ProducerThe Charlatans
The Charlatans chronology
Melting Pot
(1998)		 Us and Us Only
(1999)		 Wonderland
(2001)
Singles from Us and Us Only
  1. "Forever"
    Released: 4 October 1999
  2. "My Beautiful Friend"
    Released: 6 December 1999
  3. "Impossible"
    Released: 15 May 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press4/5[2]
The Guardian[3]
NME8/10[4]
Pitchfork6.9/10[5]
Q[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Select4/5[9]
Wall of Sound77/100[10]

It was released on 18 October 1999 (29 September 1999 in Japan).

Track listing

All songs by Blunt/Brookes/Burgess/M. Collins/Rogers.

  1. "Forever" – 7:25
  2. "Good Witch, Bad Witch 1" – 0:51
  3. "Impossible" – 5:04
  4. "The Blonde Waltz" – 4:31
  5. "A House Is Not a Home" – 4:50
  6. "Senses (Angel On My Shoulder)" – 4:45
  7. "My Beautiful Friend" – 4:32
  8. "I Don't Care Where You Live" – 2:55
  9. "The Blind Stagger" – 4:56
  10. "Good Witch, Bad Witch 2" – 3:23
  11. "Watching You" – 5:35
Bonus tracks on Japanese version
  1. "Your Precious Love" – 3:27
  2. "Sleepy Little Sunshine Boy" – 4:44
  3. "Good Witch, Bad Witch 3" - 5:58

European & U.S. releases have "Good Witch, Bad Witch 3" instead of "Good Witch, Bad Witch 1" and don't include "Good Witch, Bad Witch 2"

  • "Your Precious Love" is featured as the B-side on the UK single release of "My Beautiful Friend".
  • "Sleepy Little Sunshine Boy" is featured as the B-side on the UK single release of "Forever".

2011 Deluxe Edition

Disc 1

  1. "Forever" – 7:25
  2. "Good Witch, Bad Witch 1" – 0:51
  3. "Impossible" – 5:04
  4. "The Blonde Waltz" – 4:31
  5. "A House Is Not a Home" – 4:50
  6. "Senses (Angel On My Shoulder)" – 4:45
  7. "My Beautiful Friend" – 4:32
  8. "I Don't Care Where You Live" – 2:55
  9. "The Blind Stagger" – 4:56
  10. "Good Witch, Bad Witch 2" – 3:23
  11. "Watching You" – 5:35
  12. "Good Witch, Bad Witch 3" - 2:45
  13. "My Beautiful Friend [Jagz Kooner Remix]" - 4:43
  14. "My Beautiful Friend [Lionrock Mix]" - 5:04
  15. "My Beautiful Friend [Lionrock Instrumental Mix]" - 5:13 *
  • Appears as 11:27. Includes silence and hidden track

Disc 2

  1. "Forever [Edit]" - 5:01
  2. "A Great Place To Leave" - 5:05
  3. "When Your Ship Comes In" - 4:56
  4. "Sleepy Little Sunshine Boy" - 4:42
  5. "Scorched" - 4:45
  6. "Your Precious Love" - 3:28
  7. "Don't Go Giving It Up" - 3:33
  8. "You Got It, I Want It" - 4:03
  9. "Impossible [Mark Radcliffe Session]" - 5:02
  10. "Senses (Angel On My Shoulder) [Evening Session]" - 4:48
  11. "My Beautiful Friend [Evening Session]" - 4:42
  12. "The Blind Stagger [Evening Session]" - 4:31
  13. "Forever [Live At Reading Festival]" - 7:19
  14. "Senses (Angel On My Shoulder) [Live At Reading Festival]" - 4:53
  15. "A House Is Not A Home [Live On Later With Jools Holland]" - 5:02

Personnel

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Us and Us Only – The Charlatans". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. "The Charlatans: Us and Us Only". Alternative Press. No. 137. December 1999. p. 89.
  3. Sullivan, Caroline (15 October 1999). "The unstoppables". The Guardian.
  4. Patterson, Sylvia (18 October 1999). "The Charlatans – Us and Us Only". NME. Archived from the original on 29 November 1999. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  5. DiCrescenzo, Brent (October 1999). "Charlatans UK: Us and Us Only". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 7 January 2006. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. "The Charlatans: Us and Us Only". Q. No. 158. November 1999. p. 122.
  7. Hendrickson, Matt (2 March 2000). "Charlatans U.K.: Us And Us Only". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 16 January 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. Stewart, Allison (2004). "Charlatans U.K.". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 153–54. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. Manning, Toby (November 1999). "The Charlatans: Us and Us Only". Select. No. 113. p. 86.
  10. Graff, Gary. "Review: Us and Us Only". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 15 April 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.