Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Oh! Vanity,
2. Bad Days,
3. Mis-takes,
4. The Misbegotten,
5. A Day For Letting Go,
6. You Cross My Path,
7. The Missing Beats,
8. My Name Is Despair,
9. BIRD,
10. This Is The End

Disc 2:

1. A Margin Of Sanity,
2. Acid In The Tea,
3. You Cross My Path (live),
4. Bad Days (live),
5. Mis-Takes (live),
6. Oh! Vanity (live),
7. This Is The End (live)
8. You Cross My Path (video),
9. Oh! Vanity (video)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15171 in Music
• Released on: 2008-05-12
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Enhanced
• Dimensions: .18 pounds

CD Description
'You Cross My Path' is the tenth album by indie legends TheCharlatans. Initially released as a groundbreaking free full-album download, this album has been hailed in some quarters as their best album since 1999's 'Us And Us Only'. Includes the singles 'Oh Vanity' and 'You Cross My Path'.

Customer Reviews

Biased review from a massive charlatans fan
Ive been a charlatans fan from the very beginning, felt like ive gone through the same highs and lows that they have been through. Alot of people havent liked how in later years they reinvented themselves for every album while still resolutely keeping the charlatans sound - Us and Us Only was the Dylan one, Wonderland was the the Prince/ Curtis Mayfield one and Simpatico was the Reggae/Ska one. They have done it again with a 80's new order feel to this one.

Burgess as usual comes across as the enigmatic tom cat on the tiles, lyrically not that much makes sense but he seems to to have knack of wording things in a way that sounds cool, big deal that his voice sounds like a drowned rat - havent all great singers from Manchester?

What i love most about this band is that they have got a 'small' sound, they have never been a stadium band and i think they're proud of that, for me that gives them a really intimate loose sound (perfectly illustrated on Oh! Vanity). For most of the songs the trusty hammond is still there but the middle parts of the songs that went nowhere have gone, there is a much tighter sound to the new order type tracks which then merge into a short catchy shoegazing finale.
Ever tune but one is a winner, the only thing that lets this album down is possibly the worst Charlatans tune ive ever heard - My Name is Despair' a horrible stodgy dirge of a song, it does not fit in with the rest of the album at all - i usually just skip it every time.

That aside if you get the Charaltans you'll get this, and its a grower like all their best stuff, if you've never gotten them your missing out!

A pleasure to listen to...awesome!
This is Charlatans best since their second album 'between 10th and 11th' (1992!) in terms of 'tightness' and 'cohesion'this is the best...the longevity of their sound is rare, this is their 10th studio album, yet sounds so fresh...An amazing mix of darkness, despair and simmering love underneath...'Bad Days', 'Mis-takes' and the beautiful (shoegazingly beautiful!) 'Bird' are standouts...but the whole album is a pleasure, any newcomers start here!!!

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I've followed The Charlies since the good old days of Madchester. Their hammond sound made them stand out from the crowd and although over the years the sound has taken a few strange paths (notibly the falsetto and regge years) it still can produce goosebumps. This album is a band back to the top of their game. Not since their 3rd self titled album have I listened to an album repeatedly for weeks. If you get a chance to see them tour this album or at the summer festivals, go see them - I promise you will not be disappointed. Whether you have downloaded this for free or bought the album you have made the right choice. The Charlatans have survived some of the greatest bands this country has produced over the past 20 or so years and on this form will outlive even more over the next 20.