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CHARLATANS UK - Simpatico
| Silent Urpoar | | I’ll be honest; it was with incredible trepidation that I began listening to Simpatico, the latest release from The Charlatans UK (I never say UK, but that’s what’s on the promo, so there). The reason for my trepidation is that I adore them. They have been in my life over the last 17 years. This being said, I also did not care much for their last two releases, Wonderland, which had a scant few songs that I really enjoy, and Up At the Lake, which admittedly I didn’t hear much of due to the fact that it hasn’t had a US release date yet. Then there’s Tim’s solo album, which had good songs on it, but still left me feeling sort of wanting....full text |
| | Bullz-eye | | God bless Sanctuary Records for giving fondly-remembered musical artists the opportunity to continue putting out records, even when their greatest chart successes are likely behind them. They’ve done it for Ric Ocasek, they’ve done it for Alison Moyet, and, dammit, they’re doing it for the Charlatans UK. Thing is, Simpatico – the first new album from the band to see release in the States since 2001’s underwhelming Wonderland – may well be the best thing they’ve produced since 1994’s Up To Our Hips, so you’d like to think they might actually pull a Morrissey (another Sanctuary artist) and end up with the biggest album of their career....full text |
| | Hybrid Magazine | | Forget everything you know about The Charlatans. For a moment set aside all the prejudices and feelings that you've developed for the band over the past half decade or so, and get ready to fall in love with them all over again. While the Curtis Mayfield style soul of Wonderland and the slightly off-center eccentric beauty of Up At The Lake were great albums for established fans of the band, they were not highly accessible to the uninitiated… and as a result, the band was relegated to a strangely distant position in the Britpop world....full text |
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