Who We Touch

Who We Touch
Studio album by
The Charlatans
Released6 September 2010
RecordedMarch – June 2010
StudioBritannia Row and State of the Ark, London
GenreIndie rock
Length56:36
LabelCooking Vinyl
ProducerMartin "Youth" Glover
The Charlatans chronology
You Cross My Path
(2008) 		Who We Touch
(2010) 		Modern Nature
(2015)
Singles from Who We Touch
  1. "Love Is Ending"
    Released: 2 August 2010
  2. "My Foolish Pride"
    Released: 20 September 2010
  3. "Your Pure Soul"
    Released: 29 November 2010

Who We Touch is the eleventh album by British alternative rock band The Charlatans, released on 6 September 2010.[1] It was released in a standard version and a two disc version. The second CD contained early demos, alternate mixes of tracks from the standard album, and some out-takes that didn't make it on to the album. The album charted at #21 in the UK album charts. The album was later released digitally.[2]

This is the Charlatans' final studio album to feature drummer Jon Brookes, who was absent from the band's tour supporting the album due to getting treatment for a brain tumour. He was replaced on the tour by The Verve drummer Peter Salisbury; Brookes subsequently died in 2013.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.3/10[3]
Metacritic71/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
DIY[6]
Drowned in Sound7/10[7]
musicOMH[8]
NME[9]
PopMatters7/10[10]
Record Collector[11]
The Skinny[12]
Slant Magazine[13]
Time Out Abu Dhabi4/5[14]

Who We Touch was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 71, based on 12 reviews.[4] AnyDecentMusic? gave it a score of 6.3, based on 15 reviews.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by The Charlatans except "I Sing the Body Eclectic", written by The Charlatans and Penny Rimbaud.

No.TitleLength
1."Love Is Ending"3:48
2."My Foolish Pride"4:09
3."Your Pure Soul"5:39
4."Smash the System"3:34
5."Intimacy"5:12
6."Sincerity"6:28
7."Trust in Desire"5:09
8."When I Wonder"3:39
9."Oh!"5:56
10."You Can Swim" (Includes 2 hidden tracks, "On the Threshold" and "I Sing the Body Eclectic")13:02

Deluxe Edition

Disc One
Same as 10-track version
Disc Two (bonus disc)
No.TitleLength
1."Love Is Ending" (Early Version)3:20
2."Intimacy" (Early Version)3:53
3."Smash the System" (Early Version)3:15
4."These Things" (Studio Out-take)3:10
5."Your Pure Soul" (Early Version)5:01
6."Sincerity" (Early Instrumental Version)3:54
7."Trust in Desire" (Alternate Take)5:11
8."My Foolish Pride" (Early Version)4:10
9."Lips That Would Kiss" (Early Version)4:49
10."Who We Touch We Don't Mind" (Studio Out-take)4:53
11."Don't Know Where or When" (Studio Out-take)5:13
12."Intimacy" (Alternate Mix)5:16
13."Throbbing Genesis" (Studio Out-take)2:31

Personnel

The Charlatans
Additional personnel
Production
  • Martin "Youth" Glover – production
  • Tim Bran, Clive Goddard – engineering
  • Cameron Jenkins, Henry Hirsch – mixing
  • Chris Theis – Pro Tools engineer (assisted by Bram Tobey)
  • Nigel Walton – mastering
  • Jazz Summers, Tim Parry – management
  • Gee Vaucher – cover art and design
  • Tom Sheehan – band photo

References

  1. ^ "THE CHARLATANS". www.thecharlatans.net. Archived from the original on 15 April 2004.
  2. ^ "Who We Touch, by The Charlatans". The Charlatans. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Who We Touch by The Charlatans reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Who We Touch". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Who We Touch – The Charlatans UK". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  6. ^ Vaughan, Lawrence (6 September 2010). "The Charlatans - Who We Touch". DIY. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  7. ^ Gourlay, Dom (6 September 2010). "The Charlatans: You Cross My Path". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  8. ^ Dowden, Neil. "The Charlatans - Who We Touch". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  9. ^ Edwards, Tom (17 September 2010). "Album Review: The Charlatans – Who We Touch". NME. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  10. ^ Bergstrom, John (29 September 2010). "The Charlatans: Who We Touch". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  11. ^ Wilson, Lois (28 August 2010). "Who We Touch / The Charlatans". Record Collector. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  12. ^ Meiklem, PJ (30 August 2010). "The Charlatans - Who We Touch". The Skinny. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  13. ^ Jones, Huw (14 September 2010). "Review: The Charlatans, Who We Touch". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  14. ^ DiCrescenzo, Brent (22 September 2010). "The Charlatans review". Time Out Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 6 February 2023.