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- Summary: The British band released You Cross My Path as a free download by way of the radio station XFM's Web site.
- Record Label: Cooking Vinyl
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 14
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Mixed: 7 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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MojoThey've made their finest LP since 1995's "The Charlantans." [June 2008, p.112]
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The Charlatans are taking risks again without losing their identity.
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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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Q MagazineThere's a welcome freshness here. [June 2008, p.137]
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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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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.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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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.
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