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Tim Burgess

Tim Burgess - lead singer of The Charlatans - chooses his Tracks of My Years, plus talks to Ken Bruce about their tour and 30th anniversary album box set release.

Tim Burgess - lead singer of The Charlatans - chooses his Tracks of My Years all week with Ken. Since forming in 1988 the band has notched up thirteen Top 40 studio albums - three of them number ones - alongside twenty-two hit singles, four of them in the Top 10.

In October they announced their delayed 30th Anniversary Tour and released a special album box set entitled A Head Full Of Ideas featuring five albums and an exclusive seven inch single summing up their remarkable progress from 1990 Manchester scene hopefuls to one of the UK's most enduring and best-loved bands. The accompanying tour kicked off last month in Belfast and culminates in Aberdeen on the 20th December.

Despite many setbacks over the years the band have not just carried on but adapted and transformed several times. The classic Charlatans sound - driving Hammond organ, Northern Soul and house-influenced rhythms, swaggering guitars and Tim's distinctive vocal - remains instantly recognisable.

57 minutes

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Sun 12 Dec 2021 05:00
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Music Played

  • The Charlatans

    The Only One I Know

    • Weekender - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Gilbert O’Sullivan

    Alone Again (Naturally)

    • The Essential Collection.
    • BMG.
    • 001.

  • Buzzcocks

    Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Blondie

    Sunday Girl

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.
    • 9.

  • The Jam

    Strange Town

    • The 70's: Back In The Groove - 1979.
    • Time Life.

  • Kate Bush

    There Goes A Tenner

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You)

    • The Very Best Of Dexy's Midnight Runn.
    • Mercury.

  • Prefab Sprout

    Appetite

    • CBS.

  • The The

    This Is The Day (Single Version)

  • De La Soul

    Eye Know

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 16 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Supremes

    Your Wonderful Sweet Sweet Love

  • Saint Etienne

    I Was Born On Christmas Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Heavenly.
    • 17.

  • Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

    High and Lonesome

    • Raise The Roof.
    • Warner Music.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Dec 2021 05:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2