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| Modern Nature | ||||
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Studio album by The Charlatans | ||||
| Released | 26 January 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 at Cheshire | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 46:45 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
| Producer | The Charlatans, Jim Spencer | |||
The Charlatans chronology | ||||
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Singles from Modern Nature | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Clash | 7/10[2] |
| Daily Express | 4/5[3] |
| The Daily Telegraph | |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[5] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10[6] |
| The Guardian | |
| London Evening Standard | |
| Loud and Quiet | 8/10[9] |
| musicOMH | |
Modern Nature is the 12th studio album by British alternative rock band The Charlatans, released on 26 January 2015. The album charted at No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart[11] with over 10,000 units sold, making it the band's highest-charting album since Wonderland in 2001. The album dropped in its second week of release down to No. 16.
Contents
1 Critical reception
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
4 References
5 External links
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Modern Nature received a score of 80, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[12]
Writing for Exclaim!, Lisa Sookraj described the album as "a fluid release, a chilled-out, soulful take on the Charlatans' psychedelic sound complemented by muted horns and jazzy keys."[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Talking in Tones" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "So Oh" | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Come Home Baby" | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Keep Enough" | 4:18 |
| 5. | "In the Tall Grass" | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Emilie" | 3:18 |
| 7. | "Let the Good Times Be Never Ending" | 6:30 |
| 8. | "I Need You to Know" | 4:39 |
| 9. | "Lean In" | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Trouble Understanding" | 4:07 |
| 11. | "Lot to Say" | 3:33 |
| Deluxe edition | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "We Sleep on Borrowed Time" | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Walk with Me" | 4:10 |
| 3. | "As Long as You Stick by Me" | 4:14 |
| 4. | "I Will Never Leave You (demo)" | 3:02 |
Personnel
- The Charlatans
Tim Burgess – lead vocals- Tony Rogers – Hammond Organ, Piano, Melotron backing vocals
- Mark Collins – guitar
- Martin Blunt – bass
- "Walk With Me" (bonus track) Deluxe Edition
- CJ Allen - vocals
- Dan Oakey - vocals
- Eleanor Southwell - vocals
- David Longdon - vocals
- Vin Whyte - vocals
- Additional personnel
Peter Salisbury – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8, and 9)- Gabriel Gurnsey – drums (tracks 3, 7, 10, and 11)
Stephen Morris – drums (track 6)- Dave Tolan – drums (track 4)
References
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (26 January 2015). "The Charlatans – Modern Nature". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 26 January 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ Smith, Mat (12 January 2015). "The Charlatans – Modern Nature". Clash. Music Republic Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ Townsend, Martin (25 January 2015). "Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors, The Charlatans and Meghan Trainor: Album reviews". Daily Express. Northern & Shell. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ Brown, Helen (25 January 2015). "The Charlatans, Modern Nature, review: 'warms the bones'". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ Gourlay, Dom (19 January 2015). "Album Review: The Charlatans – Modern Nature". Drowned in Sound. Silentway. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ ab Sookraj, Lisa (April 17, 2015). "Charlatans UK - Modern Nature". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
^ Bakare, Lanre (22 January 2015). "The Charlatans: Modern Nature review – cheerful songs tinged with sadness". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ "Albums of the week (Jan 23-29)". London Evening Standard. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ Scott, Hayley (January 2015). "Modern Nature by The Charlatans". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ Marsh, Graeme (21 January 2015). "The Charlatans – Modern Nature". musicOMH. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ "Charlatans. Modern Nature". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^ "Reviews for Modern Nature". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
External links
Modern Nature at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)