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
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

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. "Who We Touch by The Charlatans reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. "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.
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