Who We Touch

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]

Who We Touch
Studio album by
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

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