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Up at the Lake is the eighth album by the British alternative rock band The Charlatans, released on 17 May 2004. It is the band's only album to have never received a US release.

Up at the Lake
Studio album by The Charlatans
Released	17 May 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	45:05
Label	Island
Producer	The Charlatans, James Spencer
The Charlatans chronology
Wonderland (2001) Up at the Lake (2004) Simpatico (2006)
Singles from Up at the Lake
"Up at the Lake" Released: 10 May 2004 "Try Again Today" Released: 26 July 2004 "Loving You Is Easy" Released: 20 December 2004 (Radio only promo single)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100 link
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
entertainment.ie	link
The Guardian	link

The lake pictured on the cover is Pickemere Lake in Pickmere, Cheshire, near Northwich, where lead singer Tim Burgess grew up.

Track listing

All songs by Blunt/Brookes/Burgess/M. Collins/Rogers, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Up at the Lake" – 3:45
2. "Feel the Pressure" – 3:35
3. "As I Watch You in Disbelief" – 3:48
4. "Cry Yourself to Sleep" – 4:25
5. "Bona Fide Treasure" – 3:24
6. "High Up Your Tree" – 4:01
7. "Blue for You" – 3:56
8. "I'll Sing a Hymn (You Came to Me)" – 2:43
9. "Loving You Is Easy" – 5:00
10. "Try Again Today" – 3:42 (Blunt/Brookes/Burgess/M. Collins/Rogers/Linus of Hollywood)[1][2]
11. "Apples and Oranges" – 4:20
12. "Dead Love" – 2:21

UK and Japanese release as above. Rest of the world release does not include "I'll Sing a Hymn (You Came to Me)."

Personnel

The Charlatans

• Tim Burgess – lead vocals, harmonica, underwater piano
• Mark Collins – guitars
• Tony Rogers – Mellotron, organ, piano, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Loving You Is Easy"
• Martin Blunt – bass
• Jon Brookes – drums

In popular culture

The track "Try Again Today" featured in an advert for Dobbies Garden Centres in the late 2000s

References

External links

• Up at the Lake at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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