To mark Record Store Day 2025, Universal Music Recordings and Island Records are making The Charlatans' 2001 album 'Wonderland available on limited edition white and red vinyl. This new 2LP set contains six bonus tracks not included on the original album.
Originally released in September 2001, initial sessions for The Charlatans' seventh studio album took place in Los Angeles with producer Danny Saber, and were completed by the band with James Spencer at Big Mushroom Studios, in Cheshire. 'Wonderland' entered the UK album chart at No. 2, and includes the Top 40 singles 'Love Is The Key' and 'A Man Needs To Be Told'. A third single, 'You're So Pretty - We're So Pretty' was scheduled for release but withdrawn; a remix of that single by Lo-Fidelity Allstars is included in the bonus content.
Since The Charlatans formed in the West Midlands in 1988, they have released thirteen studio albums - all of them Top 40, and three of them No. 1 - and had more than 20 Top 40 singles. Following the COVID-19 epidemic, singer Tim Burgess was announced as ambassador for the 2020 'Love Record Stores Day' initiative.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
A1. You're So Pretty - We're So Pretty
A2. Judas
A3. Love Is The Key
A4. A Man Needs To Be Told
Side B
B1. I Just Can't Get Over Losing You
B2. The Bell And The Butterfly
B3. And If I Fall
B4. Wake Up
Side C
C1. Is It In You?
C2. Ballad Of The Band
C3. Right On
C4. Love To You
Side D
D1. California (And If I Fall Early Version)
D2. It's About Time**
D3. Viva La Sociale**
D4. Love Is The Key (So Solid Crew Mix)†
D5. Shotgun ††
D6. You're So Pretty - We're So Pretty (Lo Fidelity Allstars Edit)‡
* Prev. Unreleased
** From 'Love Is The Key' CD Single, September 2001
† From 'Love Is The Key' 12" Single, September 2001
†† From 'A Man Needs To Be Told' CD Single, November 2001
‡ From 'You're So Pretty - We're So Pretty' Withdrawn Single, April 2002