Us and Us Only by The Charlatans

Us and Us Only, the Charlatans' sixth studio album, came out on Universal on 18 October 1999, and it's the sound of a very English band staring west across the Atlantic. After the Tellin' Stories tour wound down at the end of 1997, they laid low through 1998, built a studio of their own, and produced the sessions themselves that March and April.

The result turns away from the band's British roots toward American music, country rock, folk and roots rock, with loose, lived-in grooves and songs that stretch out and take their time; Tony Rogers had joined the line-up that year. "Forever" led the way as the first single, followed by "My Beautiful Friend" and "Impossible", and the band took it to America on a tour with Stereophonics. The reviews were warm, the album reached number two in the UK, and Melody Maker, NME and Select all put it on their best-of-the-year lists.

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