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Album of the Week and Tim Burgess

Tim Burgess - lead singer of The Charlatans - picks the Tracks of My Years. Ken's got another round of PopMaster and your dedications with today's love song.

Tim Burgess - lead singer of The Charlatans - chooses the 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.

The next two tracks Tim has chosen come from Blondie and The Jam. Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus another round of PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk

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Tue 14 Dec 2021 09:30
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Kelly Clarkson

    Underneath The Tree

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Niall Horan & Anne-Marie

    Everywhere (成人快手 Children In Need)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn & Electric Light Orchestra

    Xanadu

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • The Script

    Hall Of Fame (feat. will.i.am)

    • #3 (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sony.

  • Danny Wilson

    Mary's Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Duran Duran & Tove Lo

    Give It All Up

    • FUTURE PAST.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Jocelyn Brown

    Somebody Else's Guy

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • Mariah Carey

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    • Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
    • Columbia.

  • Record of the Week

    • Westlife

      My Hero

      • Wild Dreams.
      • Warner Music.

  • Robbie Williams

    Rock DJ

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.

  • Bread

    Make It With You

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.

  • George Ezra

    Come On 成人快手 For Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Billy Joel

    All About Soul

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Mary's Boy Child (full version)

    • All Time Favourite Christmas Songs.
    • Trax Music.
    • 2.

  • JLS

    Postcard

    • 2.0.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Darlene Love

    Winter Wonderland

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Jona Lewie

    Stop The Cavalry

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • Roxette

    The Look

    • Now 15 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ed Sheeran & Elton John

    Merry Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Christopher Cross

    Sailing

    • Christopher Cross.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Album of the Week

    • Gary Barlow

      My Dear Aquaintance

      • The Dream Of Christmas.
      • Polydor.

  • 补鈥恏补

    The Living Daylights

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.
    • 11.

  • Benson Boone

    Ghost Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music.

  • David Bowie & Bing Crosby

    Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy

    • I Believe.
    • Telstar.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • 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.

  • Natalie Imbruglia

    Invisible Things

    • Firebird.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Marc Almond

    The Days Of Pearly Spencer

    • Now 22 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Tue 14 Dec 2021 09:30
    成人快手 Radio 2