Tellin' Stories

For the album by Tracy Chapman, see Telling Stories.

Tellin' Stories
Studio album by The Charlatans
Released	April 21, 1997
Recorded	1997 at Monnow Valley Studios, Monmouth
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	47:03
Label	Beggars Banquet Records
Producer	The Charlatans and Dave Charles with Ric Peet
The Charlatans chronology
The Charlatans (1995) Tellin' Stories (1997) Melting Pot (1998)
Singles from Tellin' Stories
"One To Another" Released: August 26, 1996 "North Country Boy" Released: March 24, 1997 "How High" Released: June 9, 1997 "Tellin' Stories" Released: October 20, 1997

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Tellin' Stories is the sixth album by the British alternative rock band The Charlatans, released on April 21, 1997. It includes the final contributions of founder-member and keyboard player Rob Collins who died in a car accident midway through recording. The album was their most commercially successful, having three top ten singles, which remain their career's highest charting.

Track listing

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

1. "With No Shoes" – 4:42
2. "North Country Boy" – 4:05
3. "Tellin' Stories" – 5:13
4. "One To Another" – 4:29
5. "You're A Big Girl Now" – 2:49
6. "How Can You Leave Us" – 3:47
7. "Area 51" – 3:37
8. "How High" – 3:06
9. "Only Teethin'" – 5:19
10. "Get On It" – 5:56
11. "Rob's Theme" – 3:54

UK Singles Charting

• 1996 "One to Another" - #3 UK
• 1997 "North Country Boy" - #4 UK
• 1997 "How High" - #6 UK
• 1997 "Tellin' Stories" - #16 UK

Personnel

• Tim Burgess – Lead vocals, harmonica
• Mark Collins – Guitars
• Rob Collins – Mellotron, organ, piano, backing vocals
• Martin Duffy – Mellotron, organ, piano
• Martin Blunt – bass
• Jon Brookes – drums

Preceded by Ultra by Depeche Mode

UK number one album May 3–16, 1997

Succeeded by Spice by Spice Girls