Some Friendly (1990)

Based in Manchester, England — home of the neo-psychedelic music scene that spawned the Inspiral Carpets — the Charlatans blanket lush organ chords over guitars that crackle and swirl in Some Friendly. These current college-radio favorites capture the moodiness of a lot of late-'60s rock and, on their better cuts — ''White Shirt,'' ''Polar Bear'' — the shimmering buoyancy of that era's pop. B+