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Different Days

The Charlatans

Different Days

Thirteenth studio album from the indie rock band includes guest appearances from Johnny Marr, Paul Weller and New Order's Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert

ADM rating[?]

6.8

Label
BMG
UK Release date
26/05/2017
US Release date
26/05/2017
  1. 8.0 |   Uncut

    His boyish voice sounds warmer than ever, too, while Johnny Marr and Paul Weller are among guests fortifying his band's fluid grooves. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Q

    Remarkably fresh, contemporary and upbeat. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Enduring, reliable but far from set in their ways. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    The band’s finest effort since 1996’s Telling Stories
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  5. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Burgess is back in business
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  6. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Less new frontier and more skipping through the past for The Charlatans
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  7. 7.9 |   Gig Soup

    An album that might challenge your preconceptions of The Charlatans
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  8. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Hardly earth-shifting, there’s little to scoff at on Different Days but, most importantly, plenty to smile about
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  9. 7.0 |   Clash

    A fun and colourful indie album full of pop sensibilities, 'Different Days' is a joy from start to finish and is further indication that Tim Burgess and co. show no sign of stopping
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  10. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Tim Burgess, vocalist, focal point, and main reason behind any persisting interesting in The Charlatans isn't improving anywhere near the rate his band mates are, but that does little to take away from the enjoyableness of Different Days
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  11. 6.0 |   Pitchfork

    Charlatans continue the unbroken streak of good-not-great albums they’ve released since 1997
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  12. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Uneven though the collection of songs may be, the spirit of this life-force of a band will always uplift and restore
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  13. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Over the years the Charlatans have dug a groove they sound incredibly comfortable inhabiting
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  14. 6.0 |   The Music

    Pleasantly distracting, but unlike 'Modern Nature', inessential
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  15. 6.0 |   The Independent

    They seem to have settled into a sort of not-quite-mainstream indie-rock tinted with neo-psychedelic touches
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  16. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Closer Spinning Out sums up their new-found approach to writing solid songs that will probably age better than most of their back catalogue
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  17. 4.0 |   The Arts Desk

    The Charlatans’ latest is maybe one to dip into unless you’re particularly looking for some unobtrusive background music
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