One of the UK’s most esteemed bands, The Charlatans, release their 10th studio album, You Cross My Path, on deluxe double CD, single CD and vinyl, through Cooking Vinyl, on 12th May . The album was made available, in its entirety, as a FREE download from radio station Xfm’s website www.xfm.co.uk on Monday 3rd March 2008 and it will also be made available from the Charlatans official site www.thecharlatans.net on 17th March. The free download will not be available after May 11th
You Cross My Path was recorded in Los Angeles, Ireland and the bands own studio, Big Mushroom, in Cheshire and was mixed by Alan Moulder.
The full track listing of the ten-track album is:• Oh! Vanity
• Bad Days
• Mis-takes
• The Misbegotten
• A Day For Letting Go
• You Cross My Path
• Missing Beats (Of A Generation)
• My Name Is Despair
• Bird / Reprise
• This Is The End
Buy it
here. As previously announced The Charlatans play the following shows in May and June: May
Sat 10th Leicester Leicester University 0115 912 9000
Sun 11th Liverpool Carling Academy 0844 477 2000
Mon 12th Oxford Carling Academy 0844 477 2000
Tue 13th Bristol Carling Academy 0844 477 2000
Thu 15th London The Forum 0870 150 0044
Fri 16th Southampton Guildhall 023 8063 2601
Sat 17th Lincoln Engine Shed (University of Lincoln) 0871 4244 555
Mon 19th Aberdeen Music Hall 0844 4999 990
Tue 20th Glasgow Carling Academy 0844 477 2000
Thu 22nd Newcastle Carling Academy 0844 477 2000
Fri 23rd Sheffield Carling Academy 0844 477 2000
Sat 24th Manchester Academy 1 0161 832 111
June
Sun 29th Staffordshire Cannock Chase Forest 01842 814612
Tickets are priced at £22.50 except for London £25 and Cannock Forest £26.
The Charlatans formed in 1989 and first tasted chart success with their second single The Only One I Know, which hit the Top 10 the following year. They have since gone on to establish themselves as a major force in the British music scene, enjoying nine Top 10 albums (including three number ones) and twenty-two Top 40 singles to date.
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www.thecharlatans.net The Charlatans
New album: You Cross My Path
Released 12th May
Praise for the album so far!“The album is a triumphant reaffirmation of the band's essential qualities.” - The Independent Album of the Week ****
“You Cross My Path may turn out to be The Charlatans' best album.” - The Independent "Album of the Week" ****
"With 'You Cross My Path' they show they are back big time. Great stuff. - The Sun ****
"'Mist-takes' is their best track in years, while mind-blowing 'The Misbegotten' and 'Bird' make you proud to be a fan." - The Sun ****
"A melodic and hard-fought triumph." - Observer Music Monthly ****
"Oh! Vanity is a soaring Hammond-heavy homecoming, while My Name Is Despair's production shows a creativity for which they are rarely given credit." - NME
"We have been blessed with something of a bargain from the north country boys who refuse to grow old." - NME
"Peter Pan of Indie Tim Burgess has become a mentor for the likes of Carl Barât and Dev Hynes." - NME
"Oh! Vanity is easily The Charlatans best single in years." - NME
"Oh! Vanity one of their best ever singles, full of saintly hooks." - The Guardian
"You Cross My Path is their most propulsive single in years." The Guardian
"The mood shifts seamlessly from driving Krautrock beats to trippy psychedelia." - Financial Times ****
"The last band standing from the 'Madchester' boom of the early 1990s has entered the digital age in unexpectedly rude health." - Financial Times ****
“The mood shifts seamlessly from driving Krautrock beats to trippy psychedelia.” – Financial Times ****
