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CHARLATANS - Simpatico
| Times Online | | When the apocalypse comes, you can bet that the eternal Charlatans will be playing the first post-disaster festival. The quintet’s ninth album even finds them in passing contact with the currently fashionable MOR revival....full text |
| | The Independent | | Few bands are as open as The Charlatans about letting their listening habits influence their songwriting. There were the Dylan and Stones pastiches that marked their late-Nineties albums, for instance, and the Curtis Mayfield underpinning of Wonderland. Recently, they've listened to a lot of Studio One recordings, so roughly half of Simpatico's 11 tracks feature reggae rhythms or dub effects - there's even a melodica counterpoint on "When the Lights Go Out in London", a song about the 7/7 bombings that adds little of worth to the events....full text |
| | Dotmusic | | If rock points were awarded purely on the basis of longevity, The Charlatans would certainly be counting in double figures. Living up to the tag of Wolverhampton's answer to The Rolling Stones, they've out lived almost all their baggy and Britpop peers, survived tragedy and disaster and through hard work, rather than runaway success, built up a loyal following who show every sign of supporting them well into their dotage. However, while diehard fans are still clearly interested, on their ninth studio album, The Charlatans sound monumentally bored....full text |
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