Who We Touch
2010 studio album by The Charlatans
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Who We Touch is the eleventh studio 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]
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| Released | 6 September 2010 | |||
| Recorded | March – June 2010 | |||
| Studio | Britannia Row and State of the Ark, London | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 56:36 | |||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl | |||
| Producer | Martin "Youth" Glover | |||
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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
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.3/10[3] |
| Metacritic | 71/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| DIY |  [6] |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10[7] |
| musicOMH | [8] |
| NME | [9] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[10] |
| Record Collector | [11] |
| The Skinny | [12] |
| Slant Magazine | [13] |
| Time Out Abu Dhabi | 4/5[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. | Title | Length |
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| 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. | Title | Length |
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| 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
- Tim Burgess – lead vocals, mixing
- Mark Collins – guitars
- Martin Blunt – bass guitar
- Jon Brookes – drums
- Tony Rogers – keyboards, backing vocals
- Additional personnel
- Jay Shulman – viola
- Jonathon Talbott – violin
- Penny Rimbaud – poem, vocals on "I Sing the Body Eclectic"
- 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