WHEN it comes to a single album that encapsulates Northwich, many music fans in the town would cite The Charlatans’ compilation The Melting Pot.

That’s because the album cover that was made famous was of a café in Witton Street, which was subsequently named after the album.

The Melting Pot is 20 years old today, and the anniversary ties in well with the band’s homecoming, which was announced through the Guardian yesterday.

Click here to read the exclusive interview with the band's iconic frontman Tim Burgess.

However, Tim Burgess insists that for the band, it’s their debut album Some Friendly that sums up Northwich in music.

Tim said: “Some Friendly was the album that made us take off really.

“Before Some Friendly we were living at the record shop, sleeping at the record shop, getting our breakfast at the Weaver Dale Café - and that was our base.

“Then Indian Rope [the band’s debut single] came out and went to number 89 in the charts after debuting at number 90 - so it went up to the grand heights of 89 - and that’s when it all started really.

“We got in a van and pretty much toured the whole of Britain really and the rest of the world in 1990 and so it was Some Friendly really that represents Northwich as an album because all the songs, lyrically especially, came from my childhood and that was based all around Northwich.

“When it comes to specific songs, I think White Shirt, Flower, Sproston Green - they are all songs inspired by Northwich and this area to me.”

Which Charlatans song captures the spirit of Northwich the most for you? Let us know by emailing northwich@guardiangrp.co.uk