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MojoThey've made their finest LP since 1995's "The Charlantans." [June 2008, p.112]
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The result, typified by the rousing 'Oh! Vanity' and emotive 'This is the End', is a melodic and hard-fought triumph.
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The Charlatans are taking risks again without losing their identity.
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Under The RadarYou Cross My Path isn’t going to gain the Charlatans attention stateside. But it is going to be a real reward for their longstanding fans. [Summer 2008]
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That it’s their best album in a decade, not to mention one of the best albums of the year, is a bit of a surprise. But here it is, 10 songs that prove, quite literally, that the Charlatans are back and they’re serious about it.
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FilterMuch more solid than their latest records...sounds like a bit of the old Charlatans. [Spring 2008, p.100]
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This 10th studio album from the Norwich, England, Brit-psychers pulls double duty as its own tribute LP, layering the best bits of L.A.-based frontman Tim Burgess' vast back catalog of emotionally disconnected couplets atop the band's trademark soaring keyboards and insistently hummable guitars.
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So Tim Burgess still has attitude, the kind we saw on One To Another but one that doesn't surface all that often in Charlatans songs.
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It's difficult to determine whether You Cross My Path is a victim of the times or its own merits; it's the sort of thing that's so competent that it's more likely to be defined by its failures than its success.
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Q MagazineThere's a welcome freshness here. [June 2008, p.137]
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UncutIt's a concept album about vengeance and contempt, and reminds that they're one of the only UK bands of their era still worth following. [June 2008, p.86]
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The Charlatans have cottoned on to the electro-is-back wave, but not in a cool, Spank Rock or New Young Pony Club sense, but a magpie parody, a homage.
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The biggest problem with You Cross My Path isn’t so much the music though; sure it’s not an invigorating brew, but the blend of swirling Hammond and ponderous bass and drums stays on the right side of tepid most of the time.
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The five-piece’s attempts at New Order-style electronica (after previously aping Dylan, Stones, Britpop, then reggae on 2006’s Simpatico) add a new dimension but can’t mask the lukewarm songwriting here.
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JorisAug 11, 2008
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archisecteAug 3, 2008
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CharlieQ.Jul 17, 2008Surprisingly strong, fresh-sounding, aggressive and melodic Brit-pop with an edge. One of the best albums of their career.