Released on Then Recordings through Republic Of Music, ‘A Head Full of Ideas’ will sum up their remarkable progress from 1990 Manchester scene hopefuls to one of the UK’s most enduring and best-loved bands.
Over the years, the band have had 13 Top 40 studio albums - three of them number ones - alongside 22 hit singles, four of them top 10.
A spokesperson said of the band: “The rollercoaster highs have been accompanied by some shattering lows, any which one of them could have felled a less resilient band, from nervous breakdowns to near bankruptcy and the deaths of two founder members.
“Somehow, they have not just carried on but adapted and transformed. The classic Charlatans sound - driving Hammond organ, Northern Soul and house-influenced rhythms, swaggering guitars and Tim Burgess’s sunny yet somehow yearning vocal - is instantly recognisable. And in spite of everything they have been through their music is now more relevant than ever, The Guardian described their last album, Different Days as ‘one of their best ever.’”
The ‘A Head Full of Ideas’ album will also be available as a 6 vinyl LP Box Set. This limited edition set, is a diverse collection portrayed over five Transparent blue vinyl LP’s, spanning their hits, classic live performances, unheard demo’s and rarities and remixes.
Within the box will also be an exclusive Original Demo’s 7” featuring ‘Indian Rope’/’The Only One I Know’, as well as a signed print of a tour poster from the early 90’s, a booklet featuring unseen photographs and sleeve notes by friend and journalist Dave Simpson.
Their iconic live track One To Another (circa 1997) provides the titles for the individual vinyl collection within the box set. Each piece of vinyl is named after a lyric from the song.
There will also be triple vinyl LP version and 2CD deluxe version featuring the hits albums, plus a bonus live album ‘Trust is For Believers’, and a cd or vinyl of just the hits albums.
In celebration of the new best-of album, an accompanying Winter Tour will begin at Belfast, Limelight 22 November 21 and finish in Aberdeen on 20 December 2021. With tickets on sale now, full dates and details are as follows:
30TH ANNIVERSARY - LIVE DATES:
November 2021
22 Belfast, Limelight
23 Dublin, Olympia
25 Buckley, The Tivoli
26 Bristol, O2 Academy
27 Birmingham, O2 Academy
29 Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
30 Bournemouth, Academy
December 2021
02 Oxford, O2 Academy
03 Cambridge, Corn Exchange
04 Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
06 Lincoln, Engine Shed
08 Liverpool, Invisible Wind Factory
09 Newcastle, City Hall
10 London, Brixton Academy
14 Exeter, Great Hall
16 Nottingham, Rock City
17 Leeds, O2 Academy
18 Glasgow, O2 Academy
20 Aberdeen, Music Hall
21 Edinburgh, Corn Exchange
Tickets are on sale now, available from https://www.thecharlatans.net/gigs
