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527. The Charlatans “U.K.”
They may have been in the shadows of Madchester bands (The Happy Mondays & The Stone Roses) and later Brit Pop phenoms (Blur & Oasis) but a look back at the catalogue of the Charlatans shows a band that had was unfortunate to have had to take a back seat to anybody. As they ever escaped those huge shadows (and barely made a dent in the American market) we can’t really see this very good (but largely overshadowed) band crack Cleveland’s Hall.