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You Cross My Path

December 01, 2023

You Cross My Path is the tenth studio album by British rock band the Charlatans, released on 3 March 2008 as a free download from radio station Xfm's website. Following promotion for the band's ninth studio album Simpatico (2006), frontman Tim Burgess and manager Alan McGee devised an idea to give away their music for no charge. Guitarist Mark Collins and keyboardist Tony Rogers visited Burgess in Los Angeles, California, where they would write new material, and followed this up with jam sessions with the whole band in early 2007. Recording sessions were split across Hollywood, California, Blessington, Ireland and Cheshire, Greater Manchester, with Rogers given a separate producer credit independent of the band. You Cross My Path is an electro and pop album that evoked the work of Kasabian, New Order and Simple Minds. Following the reggae direction of Simpatico, Rogers' organ returned to the forefront of the band's sound on You Cross My Path.

You Cross My Path
Studio album by
the Charlatans
Released3 March 2008
Recorded
Genre
Length36:40
Label
Producer
The Charlatans chronology
Forever: The Singles
(2006) 		You Cross My Path
(2008) 		Who We Touch
(2010)
Singles from You Cross My Path
  1. "You Cross My Path"
    Released: 22 October 2007
  2. "Oh! Vanity"
    Released: 25 February 2008
  3. "The Misbegotten"
    Released: 5 May 2008
  4. "Mis-Takes"
    Released: 14 July 2008

You Cross My Path received generally favourable reviews from music critics, many of whom praised the songwriting, though some were less enthusiastic about its quality. It charted at number 25 in Scotland, number 39 in the United Kingdom and number 96 in Ireland. After their former label folded, the Charlatans announced their decision to release the album for free. Some writers thought they were copying Radiohead, who announced on the same day that they would be doing that strategy with In Rainbows (2007). "You Cross My Path" was released as the lead single from the album of the same name in October 2007, and was promoted with a tour of the UK the following month. "Oh! Vanity" was released as its second single in February 2008, followed by "The Misbegotten" in May 2008. You Cross My Path was released physically through Cooking Vinyl that same month, which the Charlatans toured the UK in support of. "Mis-Takes" appeared as the fourth single from it in July 2008; over the next two months, they played at a few festivals, and held a live show in New Zealand at the end of the year.

Background and development edit

The Charlatans released their ninth studio album Simpatico in April 2006 through Creole and Sanctuary Records.[1] It peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart, while one of its singles – "Blackened Blue Eyes" – charted within the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart.[2] A month later, it was reported that the band left their long-serving manager Steve Harrison in favour of Stephen King and former Creation Records owner Alan McGee, both of Creation Management.[1] McGee's first suggestion as a manager was for the band to do a greatest hits tour.[3] Shortly afterwards, frontman Tim Burgess decided to give up drinking and doing drugs,[4] eventually going through a detox programme.[5] Following this, the band went on a tour of the United States to promote the album,[1] and then appeared at the Oxegen, T in the Park and V Festivals.[6] In October 2006, Burgess and McGee went on a DJ tour, which the former saw as a bonding event between the pair that would help them map out the band's future plans.[7]

During this time, Burgess realised that the Internet was gaining momentum as a self-promotional tool, with the pair having used Myspace to promote their tour. He was aware that Pete Doherty of the Libertines, which McGee used to manage, would post various live or demo recordings online for others to check out. Fans enjoyed this; Burgess commented that these were early indications that record labels were not required to release music into the wider world. He noted that listeners were "plundering the internet" to acquire music, via peer-to-peer file sharing websites.[7] McGee similarly arrived at the conclusion that no one was purchasing CDs, saying that people preferred to download music online.[8] While on the tour, Burgess and McGee came up with the suggestion of giving away the Charlatans' new music to others.[7] The band considered several proposals, including working with Sanctuary again, signing to a different label or founding their own label.[9] After ultimately deciding on giving away music, they made some terms to stick to: they needed it to be the best album they could write; it had to be given away to the highest number of people as was possible; and they had to "go into it wholeheartedly".[10]

Writing and recording edit

In November 2006, their third compilation album Forever. The Singles was released,[11] promoted with a UK tour until the end of the year.[12] It included a remix of one of their earlier tracks, "You're So Pretty from their seventh album Wonderland (2001), done by Martin "Youth" Glover. Burgess said he altered the speed of it, which gave Burgess the idea that their next album should have a faster tempo.[3] When asked if they would follow the sound of Simpatico, Burgess responded that they would be following the compilation, as there was "too many dark thoughts around [the making of Simpatico] so we want get away from that". They planned to record with Youth or Wonderland producer Danny Saber;[13] when hearing a demo of "You Cross My Path", McGee also proposed Alan Moulder.[14] Burgess said that McGee wanted them to release another new album by mid-2007, which Burgess thought was not an ideal deadline.[13] In January 2007, guitarist Mark Collins went to meet Burgess in Los Angeles, California; keyboardist Tony Rogers also visited a week.[13] The two stayed at a flat on the corner of the Sunset and Vine Streets, which Burgess would visit to work on material and McGee supervised.[15] Burgess thought it was an appropriate place to work on their next album as "Sunset & Vine" had been the name of the final track on Simpatico.[15]

The Charlatans then held jamming sessions throughout February 2007.[13] Surrounding supporting shows for the Who,[16] the Charlatans played a one-off headlining show at Delamere Forest in Cheshire, Greater Manchester in June 2007.[17] Recording sessions were done in Hollywood, California, Blessington, Ireland and at Big Mushroom Studios in Cheshire; the album's booklet gives Rogers a separate producer credit independent of the band.[18] Discussing the varied locations they worked in, he explained that they had a computer and recording gear and made it wherever they decided to visit,[19] using the Logic Pro DAW software.[20] As Burgess watched Rogers use it, he got a copy of the programme for himself and became accustomed to it in-between past tours.[21] While this was occurring, Burgess and his wife Michelle stayed at the K West Hotel in London for around six months, which was a hotbed for individuals in the music industry.[22] As Tim Burgess would be busy with recording, Michelle Burgess passed the time drinking with William Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain and the manager of Evan Dando; on one occasion, Tim Burgess went to record in Birmingham, only to return to find his wife still partying, unaware that he had been absent.[23] By October 2007, mixing was underway,[24] with Moulder doing the majority of the recordings at Assault & Battery Studios in London, while James Spencer mixed "A Day for Letting Go" and "Bird" at Big Mushroom.[18] Burgess was excited about working with Moulder, name checking the latter's involvement on Loveless (1991) by My Bloody Valentine. Moulder was initially unsure about the mixing, until McGee convinced him to do it.[14]

Composition and lyrics edit

 
Several aspects of You Cross My Path were compared to the music of New Order (pictured), such as the overall sound, Blunt's basslines and Burgess' lyrics.

Musically, the sound of You Cross My Path has been described as electro[25] and pop,[26] taking influence from krautrock,[27] compared to the work of Kasabian,[26] New Order[27][28][29][30][31] and Simple Minds.[27] Burgess attributed the electronic textures to him listening to krautrock acts Kraftwerk and Neu!,[3] and admitted that it was heavily inspired by New Order.[32] After the diversion to reggae on Simpatico, Rogers' organ returned to the forefront for You Cross My Path.[30] AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine said it continues the foundation set by their fifth album Tellin' Stories (1997), re-treading that release's mixture of "contemporary and classic, perhaps even gently favoring the modern as this does emphasize sound over song".[33] Burgess wanted the album's title to be The Gothic Wild West, in the vein of actor Sergio Leone,[34] but this was vetoed by the other members.[35] Burgess' lyrics, which tackled break-up and being disaffected,[27] recalled that of New Order frontman Bernard Sumner.[27][36] In addition to this, Blunt's bass parts were also compared to those by New Order member Peter Hook.[36]

For the album's opening track, "Oh! Vanity", they had written the first verse before going to a party hosted by the William Morris Agency.[37] Three members of the band attended; two of lines refer to Burgess meeting Paris Hilton at said party.[38] It has a groove in the vein of Booker T. & the M.G.'s[33] and a wordless chorus section;[28] its two-chord progression recalled the work of Elbow,[26] while the keyboards were in the style of the Killers.[39] The Independent critic Andy Gill wrote that it had a "propulsive motorik groove wreathed in swirling con-trails of psych-rock synthesiser".[27] "Bad Days" is an up-tempo pop rock[40] and synth-pop track[25] that Gill said was full of "skittish disco hi-hats, striding bass and [an] electropop synth motif".[27] Blunt and Rogers wrote the first idea that would evolve into the final song in the latter's basement; Rogers would also start the lyrics that Burgess subsequently finished,[41] and would include a reference to the Cure.[15] "Mis-Takes" exemplifies the New Order comparison, come across as a mix of that act's songs "Blue Monday" (1983) and "World (The Price of Love)" (1993).[28] Burgess explained that it was a vitriolic track about a person that once threatened him while at a bus stop.[42] Erlewine wrote that it has a cold keyboard atmosphere which "uncannily sounds like a new wave relic" without disregarding the band's signature grooves.[33]

"The Misbegotten" recalled the Charlatans' 1995 self-titled album,[40] and was influenced by Doris Norton, whose electronic music Burgess admired. He used William S. Burroughs' cut-up technique for the lyrics; it details an instance where a man approached Burgess at a party and proceeded to offer him the chance at sex with his wife, much to Burgess' discomfort.[43] "A Day for Letting Go" is a mid-tempo track focused on Rogers' organ,[27] which Burgess said was about having one's soul crushed.[44] He wrote the lyrics, which were influenced by the Shangri-Las,[43] during New Year's Eve 2007 while in Texas;[45] Blunt referred to it as "The Doors meet The Ronettes with an acid twist".[46] Discussing "You Cross My Path", Burgess said there was a "few unsavoury characters" in the music industry and this track was a "handy shot across their bows".[47] Influenced by his sobriety,[48] it included lines taken from The Exorcist (1973) and references to the Bible.[14] The Austin Chronicle writer Marc Savlov said it starts with an acid-like "barrage of electro before segueing into more familiar, Pacific Coast Highway rock-out territory".[40] Burgess acknowledged that it shared the same chord progression with "Circus of Death" (1978) by the Human League and "Sunrise" (1985) by New Order,[48] and that the drum beat was a pre-set pattern on Logic Pro.[49]

Blunt and Rogers intentionally wrote "Missing Beats (Of a Generation)" as a short song so that people would listen to it more.[50] The lyrics, which talk about a person having sex while in their youth, included a reference to DNA, while a section of its melody cribbed "Primary" (1981) by the Cure.[35] "My Name Is Despair", which is done in the style of Depeche Mode,[30] starts with noise from a street in Manchester over a sample of "Reality Asylum" (1978) by Crass. It began as a jam session between Blunt and Brooks, which Burgess subsequently re-wrote in Los Angeles.[35] It had a title that Burgess felt was akin to the "name of a pulp novel or a vengeful western". Talking about the lyrics, he said he was "leaving an old life behind. I felt my previous experience was like a sea in which I was caught in the swell",[34] being influenced by Southern Gothic fiction.[44] Samar Grewal of Rolling Stone India said it was a "modal sonic exploration", complete with the "hum and drone of guitars, freely interweaving organ, low piano notes, even ululation, all tied together by nifty hi-hat and cymbal work", comparing it to "Trainspotting" (1997) by Primal Scream.[39] "Bird", which was written over the course of a week,[44] echoed the sound of the Charlatans shoegaze contemporaries in the early 1990s, namely Swervedriver.[30] With it, Burgess began pondering if his "best days were behind me"; he stylised the word in all-capital letters as a reference to David Lynch using uppercasing in his film Inland Empire (2006).[51] With the album's closing track, "This Is the End", Burgess said he had "Tears" (1986) by the Chameleons in mind, and that they were trying to emulate "The End" (1967) by the Doors.[52] The lyrics were reminiscent of the work of William Wordsworth, while the music was styled after the Verve.[53]

Release edit

Why would you volunteer to join the army for 10 years unless you had no choice? Record companies are kind of like the army – very regulated. We were really excited when Xfm got behind us and were as enthusiastic about the download as we are.[24]

– Manager Alan McGee in 2008 on his rationale behind releasing the album as a free download

Free download edit

In September 2007, Sanctuary Records shuttered operations after being bought by Universal Music Group.[54] Burgess mentioned that they had left Sanctuary was they were not happy with their contract.[55] On 1 October 2007, the Exclaim! reported that the band would be giving away their upcoming album as a free download in partnership with the radio station Xfm. McGee theorised that this could be a business model in the future, reasoning that the band would receive more money from gig attendees, people purchasing their merchandise and publishing fees regardless.[24] Head of Music at Xfm Mike Walsh thought it would be a worthwhile endeavour, something that also thought would happen more often in the future, and agreed that it could help with live performances.[8] Some months prior, Prince had given away Planet Earth (2007) in the ballpark of three million copies as part of an effort with The Mail on Sunday. This in turn became a driving factor in ticket sales for his residency of record-setting shows at The O2 Arena in London.[8]

While Burgess thought it was an odd choice to go with The Mail on Sunday, McGee proposed collaborated with The Sun, which the rest of the Charlatans were unsure about.[10] As part of the promotion, the radio station would be releasing interviews with Burgess and McGee;[24] the pair would be featured together on ITV News at Ten.[10] Burgess said the band wished for the listeners to have ownership of their music, and they "wanted the artists – us – to own the copyright". He said that being without a label meant that they could release music as soon as they finished making it and not have to wait for other parties to be involved.[55] Burgess claimed it was a music "industry first – we're the first people to do this", highlighting the decline of CD sales.[55] That same day, Radiohead announced that they would be doing the same thing with their album In Rainbows (2007).[36] In an interview from early 2008, Burgess said they had the idea of giving it away before they had begun writing material for it,[56] while the concept for Radiohead to do it had been proposed since April 2007.[57] Director general of the Entertainment Retailers Association Kim Bayley said this method would stall upcoming acts' ability to make money from putting their music on sale. She warned that music could be viewed as being something disposable in the near future.[8]

Initial promotion edit

"You Cross My Path" was released as the album's lead single digitally on 22 October 2007;[58] its music video was directed by Charles Mehling, who was one of Burgess' first friends in Los Angeles and only charged them one tenth of his usual fee.[35] In November 2007, the band embarked on a three-date tour of the UK,[59] which saw the debut of four songs from the forthcoming album.[60] On 3 January 2008, You Cross My Path was formerly announced for release as a free download in two months' time. Alongside this, the album's track listing was posted online.[61] "Oh! Vanity" was released as the second single digitally on 25 February 2008;[62] its music video was directed by Douglas Hart and starred Peaches Geldof. Hart wanted it to be akin to the ending of Carrie (1976), though without the blood featured in that film's conclusion.[15] The free download of You Cross My Path was made available through Xfm's website on 3 March 2008;[56] four days later, it was reported that it had been downloaded over 60,000 times, which would have reached the number two position on the UK album chart had it been eligible.[63] Burgess said it was estimated that the rate of sales to peer-to-peer file sharing was 1:60, meaning that for each CD or digital download of an album sold, it would be shared illegally between 60 individuals.[7] He was appreciative of this reaction, while McGee remarked: "No longer does music have to work in the traditional major-label dominated way".[63]

You Cross My Path was made available through the band's own website on 17 March 2008,[64] which was promoted with a one-off show at the London branch of the Hard Rock Cafe on 24 April 2008.[65] By May 2008, the downloads had reached over 90,000.[66] In his autobiography Telling Stories (2012), Burgess said the figure rose above 150,000.[10] Gigwise's Jon Bye felt that the "limited offering of this very album as a free download [...] failed to have the same impact as the likes of Radiohead or Nine Inch Nails."[26] BBC Music writer Chris Jones,[67] musicOMH contributor Ben Hogwood[28] and Gill thought the band were copying Radiohead's strategy, as the latter remarked: "Radiohead's internet initiative is starting to be followed by other acts, with varying degrees of success".[27] Erlewine said the band felt compelled to released it this way as they needed a method to announce their return, to seize the "attention of onetime fans who had long ago stopped paying attention to the group".[33] Burgess said Radiohead's method involving asking for the downloader's email address, which he said differed from the band's approach as they took zero information from people.[10] The Sunday Telegraph writer Juliette Garside noted that In Rainbows had a compulsory charge, albeit a handling fee of 45p for credit card purchases.[68]

Subsequent promotion edit

"The Misbegotten" was released as the third single from You Cross My Path on 5 May 2008. "Blank Heart, Blank Mind" and "Set Me Free" were included on the CD version, while a remix of "The Misbegotten" featured on the seven-inch vinyl edition.[69] Initially scheduled for 12 May 2008,[70] You Cross My Path was released physically on CD and vinyl through Cooking Vinyl on 19 May 2008,[61] while the US release occurred on 10 June 2008.[66] For the artwork, Burgess wanted a cat on the cover and approached Faris Badwan of the Horrors about designing it.[21] The artwork was not in their minds when deciding to make the album for free, prompting them to tell Badwan that he had to make it within a few days.[71] Burgess came across Badwan from an exhibition he had hosted; Badwan drew five cats that were intended to represent each member of the band.[21] Throughout May 2008, the band embarked on a tour of the UK.[72] Coinciding with this, Burgess ran a two-week podcast about how the tour was progressing, talks with other members and general banter.[36]

Prior to a European tour, McGee quit his manager role in the midst of wanting to leave the music business.[73] He had sent an email to Burgess, who was unable to check his inbox due to limited access to the internet. It was not until when the band was in Berlin, Germany that Burgess got in contact; he found out that Michelle and McGee had gotten into a disagreement. As she felt that Burgess was not sticking up for her, the two did not talk for a week. He was unsure about the full events that unfolded but alleged the Michelle made remarks about McGee's family.[74] In June 2008, the band played a one-off show at the Cannock Chase Forest in Staffordshire.[64] On 1 July 2008, the live EP ...Live at IndigO2 was released, which included versions of "Oh! Vanity", "Bad Days", "The Misbegotten" and "This Is the End".[75] "Mis-Takes" was released as the fourth single from You Cross My Path on 14 July 2008; "Complete Control" and "It's What It Is, It's What It Was" were included on the iTunes Store version.[76]

Over the next two months, they performed at the T in the Park[77] and V Festivals,[78] and headlined Ben & Jerry's festival.[79] In October 2008, the band went on another tour of the UK. Originally planned for release on 20 October 2008,[80] "Oh! Vanity" was reissued physically on 3 November 2008. "Complete Control" and live versions of "The Only One I Know" (1990) and "Oh! Vanity" were included on the CD edition; people that bought the single on CD, seven-inch vinyl and digital download were given a cover of "Murder" (1984) by New Order.[76] Later in November 2008, the band performed their first ever show in New Zealand.[81] In May 2009, they performed at The Great Escape Festival.[82] The following month, the band headlined a stage, which they helped curate, at the Isle of Wight Festival.[83] Throughout July and August 2009, the band performed at a variety of festivals including GuilFest and Summer Sundae.[84] The band had planned to go on a tour of the US[85] and Canada, but this was cancelled as Brookes required shoulder surgery.[86]

"Oh! Vanity" was later featured on the band's fifth compilation album A Head Full of Ideas (2021).[87]

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[88]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [33]
The Austin Chronicle     [40]
Drowned in Sound5/10[53]
Gigwise     [26]
The Independent     [27]
musicOMH     [28]
The Observer     [29]
Pitchfork6/10[89]
PopMatters8/10[30]
Yahoo! Launch          [25]

You Cross My Path 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 69, based on 14 reviews.[88]

Many reviewers praised the songwriting, going as far as to call it the band's best release in several years. Erlewine said they boost the "rhythms and tak[e] risks in their production, all without abandoning the classicist structures they've relied upon" since their self-titled album. He felt that the tracks "aren't growers, they're immediate -- but what is compelling is the variety of sounds" as they took "risks again without losing their identity".[33] Michaela Annot of Drowned in Sound wrote that the album "chooses to resolutely endorse the same style of music that they've offering up for the past twenty years". Her sole issue being Burgess' "vocal delivery and maudlin lyrics", and while it was not an "invigorating brew," the mix of "swirling Hammond and ponderous bass and drums stays on the right side of tepid most of the time".[53] Gill called a "triumphant reaffirmation of the band's essential qualities", adding that "whatever betrayal or disappointment Burgess has suffered, it clearly hasn't dimmed either his spirit or the band's knack for engaging melodies".[27] John Bergstrom of PopMatters wrote that it was the band's "best album in a decade, not to mention one of the best albums of the year, is a bit of a surprise". He mentioned that "whether it's sheer desperation, reinvigoration, or both, they sound more confident than they have since their heyday".[30] The Line of Best Fit writer Rich Thane, whose interest in the band waned over the years, was surprised by it, saying that they "reinvented themselves once more".[36] The Observer writer Jim Butler said that the band "have never been afraid of proclaiming their influences", showcasing here the influence from New Order, and "the result, [...] is a melodic and hard-fought triumph".[29]

Other critics were less enthusiastic about the songwriting. Savlov thought that the album served as its "own tribute LP, layering the best bits" of Burgess' "emotionally disconnected couplets atop the band's trademark soaring keyboards and insistently hummable guitars".[40] Pitchfork contributor Ian Cohen thought it was "possibly their strongest work since Tellin' Stories", but was unsure if it was a causality of the "times or its own merits; it's the sort of thing that's so competent that it's more likely to be defined by its failures than its success".[89] Hogwood thought that "Oh! Vanity" and "Mis-Takes" were "easily the two most memorable tracks on the album, which isn't to say the rest are all filler - they're just not quite as memorable".[28] Bye wrote that it was "crushingly middle of the road" with a "degree of flabby excess around the edges". Despite this, he said that the band delivered a "really quite capturing release", which "more than proves that The Charlatans are still worth taking a note of".[26] Yahoo! Launch's Jason Draper said that there was "nothing wrong with paying respect to past loves, but it's not enough to be Manchester's indie survivors simply replicating 'Madchester' club sounds. [...] it's hard to see this crossing the path of anyone outside of the devoted".[25] Pras Rajagopalan of Exclaim! wrote that it was not worth purchasing physically as the band "miss the mark here in so many ways, be it the tepid songwriting, the production that makes the band's rhythm section sound like a limp-wristed afterthought" or their affirmation on revisiting the "same ground they did ten years ago".[90]

Following the album's physical release, You Cross My Path peaked at number 39 in the UK.[91] It also charted at number 25 in Scotland[92] and number 96 in Ireland.[93] "The Misbegotten" reached number five on the UK Indie Singles Chart,[94] while "Oh! Vanity" peaked at number two on the same chart.[95]

Legacy edit

In the following years, several authors commented on the Charlatans' decision to release You Cross My Path for free. In his book Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened to Record Shops? (2009) about record stores, author Graham Jones lamented the declining sales of CDs in independent shops, writing that the situation "would be even worse" if acts followed Charlatans' directive. He noted that while the band was happy with receiving 30,000 fans to download it, the only individual that would not be was their "accountant who saw them get zero pounds in sales for an album that cost thousands to record. [...] Many artist can achieve 30,000 downloads if the music is free".[96] In The Entertainment Industry: An Introduction (2010), co-authors Stuart Moss and Stephen Henderson contrasted Radiohead's choice on In Rainbows with the Charlatans' You Cross My Path; writing, "these approaches support a viewpoint that some artists have decided that it is important to get the music in the hands of music fans as this should lead to packed concerts where profit can be made".[97] Matthew David expanded on this in Peer to Peer and the Music Industry: The Criminalization of Sharing (2010), as he said fans "demanded to pay for both" the album and their live shows. He referred to this as an "extreme example of reterritorialization," the emphasis on live gigs mixing with "relegitimation of the payment for recordings which come direct from the artists, and for which payment" is given to bands.[98]

In 2020, Burgess remarked that it "felt like quite a radical, punk thing to do [...] We got a million downloads and got to play in Australia for the first time on the back of it, so something good came out of it".[99] Actor Joaquin Phoenix expressed admiration for the album,[100] and would eventually work with Burgess for two months on some songs a few years later.[101]

Track listing edit

All songs written by Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Mark Collins and Tony Rogers.[18]

  1. "Oh! Vanity" – 3:57
  2. "Bad Days" – 3:28
  3. "Mis-Takes" – 3:25
  4. "The Misbegotten" – 4:13
  5. "A Day for Letting Go" – 2:52
  6. "You Cross My Path" – 4:05
  7. "Missing Beats (Of a Generation)" – 3:38
  8. "My Name Is Despair" – 4:19
  9. "Bird" – 2:38
  10. "This Is the End" – 4:28

Personnel edit

Personnel per booklet.[18]

Charts edit

Chart performance for You Cross My Path
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[93] 96
Scottish Albums (OCC)[92] 25
UK Albums (OCC)[91] 39

See also edit

  • Ghosts I–IV – the 2008 album by Nine Inch Nails, similarly released for free
  • Post Electric Blues – the 2009 album by Idlewild, which was initially self-released and later released through Cooking Vinyl
  • Bandcamp – a service that allows artists to sell music for free

References edit

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Sources

External links edit

  • You Cross My Path at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
  • at Xfm's website
  • "More bands embrace the option of giving away music" at Reuters

December 01, 2023
cross, path, tenth, studio, album, british, rock, band, charlatans, released, march, 2008, free, download, from, radio, station, website, following, promotion, band, ninth, studio, album, simpatico, 2006, frontman, burgess, manager, alan, mcgee, devised, idea,. You Cross My Path is the tenth studio album by British rock band the Charlatans released on 3 March 2008 as a free download from radio station Xfm s website Following promotion for the band s ninth studio album Simpatico 2006 frontman Tim Burgess and manager Alan McGee devised an idea to give away their music for no charge Guitarist Mark Collins and keyboardist Tony Rogers visited Burgess in Los Angeles California where they would write new material and followed this up with jam sessions with the whole band in early 2007 Recording sessions were split across Hollywood California Blessington Ireland and Cheshire Greater Manchester with Rogers given a separate producer credit independent of the band You Cross My Path is an electro and pop album that evoked the work of Kasabian New Order and Simple Minds Following the reggae direction of Simpatico Rogers organ returned to the forefront of the band s sound on You Cross My Path You Cross My PathStudio album by the CharlatansReleased3 March 2008RecordedHollywood California Blessington Ireland Big Mushroom CheshireGenreElectro popLength36 40LabelSelf released Cooking VinylProducerTony Rogers The CharlatansThe Charlatans chronologyForever The Singles 2006 You Cross My Path 2008 Who We Touch 2010 Singles from You Cross My Path You Cross My Path Released 22 October 2007 Oh Vanity Released 25 February 2008 The Misbegotten Released 5 May 2008 Mis Takes Released 14 July 2008You Cross My Path received generally favourable reviews from music critics many of whom praised the songwriting though some were less enthusiastic about its quality It charted at number 25 in Scotland number 39 in the United Kingdom and number 96 in Ireland After their former label folded the Charlatans announced their decision to release the album for free Some writers thought they were copying Radiohead who announced on the same day that they would be doing that strategy with In Rainbows 2007 You Cross My Path was released as the lead single from the album of the same name in October 2007 and was promoted with a tour of the UK the following month Oh Vanity was released as its second single in February 2008 followed by The Misbegotten in May 2008 You Cross My Path was released physically through Cooking Vinyl that same month which the Charlatans toured the UK in support of Mis Takes appeared as the fourth single from it in July 2008 over the next two months they played at a few festivals and held a live show in New Zealand at the end of the year Contents 1 Background and development 2 Writing and recording 3 Composition and lyrics 4 Release 4 1 Free download 4 2 Initial promotion 4 3 Subsequent promotion 5 Reception 5 1 Legacy 6 Track listing 7 Personnel 8 Charts 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksBackground and development editThe Charlatans released their ninth studio album Simpatico in April 2006 through Creole and Sanctuary Records 1 It peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart while one of its singles Blackened Blue Eyes charted within the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart 2 A month later it was reported that the band left their long serving manager Steve Harrison in favour of Stephen King and former Creation Records owner Alan McGee both of Creation Management 1 McGee s first suggestion as a manager was for the band to do a greatest hits tour 3 Shortly afterwards frontman Tim Burgess decided to give up drinking and doing drugs 4 eventually going through a detox programme 5 Following this the band went on a tour of the United States to promote the album 1 and then appeared at the Oxegen T in the Park and V Festivals 6 In October 2006 Burgess and McGee went on a DJ tour which the former saw as a bonding event between the pair that would help them map out the band s future plans 7 During this time Burgess realised that the Internet was gaining momentum as a self promotional tool with the pair having used Myspace to promote their tour He was aware that Pete Doherty of the Libertines which McGee used to manage would post various live or demo recordings online for others to check out Fans enjoyed this Burgess commented that these were early indications that record labels were not required to release music into the wider world He noted that listeners were plundering the internet to acquire music via peer to peer file sharing websites 7 McGee similarly arrived at the conclusion that no one was purchasing CDs saying that people preferred to download music online 8 While on the tour Burgess and McGee came up with the suggestion of giving away the Charlatans new music to others 7 The band considered several proposals including working with Sanctuary again signing to a different label or founding their own label 9 After ultimately deciding on giving away music they made some terms to stick to they needed it to be the best album they could write it had to be given away to the highest number of people as was possible and they had to go into it wholeheartedly 10 Writing and recording editIn November 2006 their third compilation album Forever The Singles was released 11 promoted with a UK tour until the end of the year 12 It included a remix of one of their earlier tracks You re So Pretty from their seventh album Wonderland 2001 done by Martin Youth Glover Burgess said he altered the speed of it which gave Burgess the idea that their next album should have a faster tempo 3 When asked if they would follow the sound of Simpatico Burgess responded that they would be following the compilation as there was too many dark thoughts around the making of Simpatico so we want get away from that They planned to record with Youth or Wonderland producer Danny Saber 13 when hearing a demo of You Cross My Path McGee also proposed Alan Moulder 14 Burgess said that McGee wanted them to release another new album by mid 2007 which Burgess thought was not an ideal deadline 13 In January 2007 guitarist Mark Collins went to meet Burgess in Los Angeles California keyboardist Tony Rogers also visited a week 13 The two stayed at a flat on the corner of the Sunset and Vine Streets which Burgess would visit to work on material and McGee supervised 15 Burgess thought it was an appropriate place to work on their next album as Sunset amp Vine had been the name of the final track on Simpatico 15 The Charlatans then held jamming sessions throughout February 2007 13 Surrounding supporting shows for the Who 16 the Charlatans played a one off headlining show at Delamere Forest in Cheshire Greater Manchester in June 2007 17 Recording sessions were done in Hollywood California Blessington Ireland and at Big Mushroom Studios in Cheshire the album s booklet gives Rogers a separate producer credit independent of the band 18 Discussing the varied locations they worked in he explained that they had a computer and recording gear and made it wherever they decided to visit 19 using the Logic Pro DAW software 20 As Burgess watched Rogers use it he got a copy of the programme for himself and became accustomed to it in between past tours 21 While this was occurring Burgess and his wife Michelle stayed at the K West Hotel in London for around six months which was a hotbed for individuals in the music industry 22 As Tim Burgess would be busy with recording Michelle Burgess passed the time drinking with William Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain and the manager of Evan Dando on one occasion Tim Burgess went to record in Birmingham only to return to find his wife still partying unaware that he had been absent 23 By October 2007 mixing was underway 24 with Moulder doing the majority of the recordings at Assault amp Battery Studios in London while James Spencer mixed A Day for Letting Go and Bird at Big Mushroom 18 Burgess was excited about working with Moulder name checking the latter s involvement on Loveless 1991 by My Bloody Valentine Moulder was initially unsure about the mixing until McGee convinced him to do it 14 Composition and lyrics edit nbsp Several aspects of You Cross My Path were compared to the music of New Order pictured such as the overall sound Blunt s basslines and Burgess lyrics Musically the sound of You Cross My Path has been described as electro 25 and pop 26 taking influence from krautrock 27 compared to the work of Kasabian 26 New Order 27 28 29 30 31 and Simple Minds 27 Burgess attributed the electronic textures to him listening to krautrock acts Kraftwerk and Neu 3 and admitted that it was heavily inspired by New Order 32 After the diversion to reggae on Simpatico Rogers organ returned to the forefront for You Cross My Path 30 AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine said it continues the foundation set by their fifth album Tellin Stories 1997 re treading that release s mixture of contemporary and classic perhaps even gently favoring the modern as this does emphasize sound over song 33 Burgess wanted the album s title to be The Gothic Wild West in the vein of actor Sergio Leone 34 but this was vetoed by the other members 35 Burgess lyrics which tackled break up and being disaffected 27 recalled that of New Order frontman Bernard Sumner 27 36 In addition to this Blunt s bass parts were also compared to those by New Order member Peter Hook 36 For the album s opening track Oh Vanity they had written the first verse before going to a party hosted by the William Morris Agency 37 Three members of the band attended two of lines refer to Burgess meeting Paris Hilton at said party 38 It has a groove in the vein of Booker T amp the M G s 33 and a wordless chorus section 28 its two chord progression recalled the work of Elbow 26 while the keyboards were in the style of the Killers 39 The Independent critic Andy Gill wrote that it had a propulsive motorik groove wreathed in swirling con trails of psych rock synthesiser 27 Bad Days is an up tempo pop rock 40 and synth pop track 25 that Gill said was full of skittish disco hi hats striding bass and an electropop synth motif 27 Blunt and Rogers wrote the first idea that would evolve into the final song in the latter s basement Rogers would also start the lyrics that Burgess subsequently finished 41 and would include a reference to the Cure 15 Mis Takes exemplifies the New Order comparison come across as a mix of that act s songs Blue Monday 1983 and World The Price of Love 1993 28 Burgess explained that it was a vitriolic track about a person that once threatened him while at a bus stop 42 Erlewine wrote that it has a cold keyboard atmosphere which uncannily sounds like a new wave relic without disregarding the band s signature grooves 33 The Misbegotten recalled the Charlatans 1995 self titled album 40 and was influenced by Doris Norton whose electronic music Burgess admired He used William S Burroughs cut up technique for the lyrics it details an instance where a man approached Burgess at a party and proceeded to offer him the chance at sex with his wife much to Burgess discomfort 43 A Day for Letting Go is a mid tempo track focused on Rogers organ 27 which Burgess said was about having one s soul crushed 44 He wrote the lyrics which were influenced by the Shangri Las 43 during New Year s Eve 2007 while in Texas 45 Blunt referred to it as The Doors meet The Ronettes with an acid twist 46 Discussing You Cross My Path Burgess said there was a few unsavoury characters in the music industry and this track was a handy shot across their bows 47 Influenced by his sobriety 48 it included lines taken from The Exorcist 1973 and references to the Bible 14 The Austin Chronicle writer Marc Savlov said it starts with an acid like barrage of electro before segueing into more familiar Pacific Coast Highway rock out territory 40 Burgess acknowledged that it shared the same chord progression with Circus of Death 1978 by the Human League and Sunrise 1985 by New Order 48 and that the drum beat was a pre set pattern on Logic Pro 49 Blunt and Rogers intentionally wrote Missing Beats Of a Generation as a short song so that people would listen to it more 50 The lyrics which talk about a person having sex while in their youth included a reference to DNA while a section of its melody cribbed Primary 1981 by the Cure 35 My Name Is Despair which is done in the style of Depeche Mode 30 starts with noise from a street in Manchester over a sample of Reality Asylum 1978 by Crass It began as a jam session between Blunt and Brooks which Burgess subsequently re wrote in Los Angeles 35 It had a title that Burgess felt was akin to the name of a pulp novel or a vengeful western Talking about the lyrics he said he was leaving an old life behind I felt my previous experience was like a sea in which I was caught in the swell 34 being influenced by Southern Gothic fiction 44 Samar Grewal of Rolling Stone India said it was a modal sonic exploration complete with the hum and drone of guitars freely interweaving organ low piano notes even ululation all tied together by nifty hi hat and cymbal work comparing it to Trainspotting 1997 by Primal Scream 39 Bird which was written over the course of a week 44 echoed the sound of the Charlatans shoegaze contemporaries in the early 1990s namely Swervedriver 30 With it Burgess began pondering if his best days were behind me he stylised the word in all capital letters as a reference to David Lynch using uppercasing in his film Inland Empire 2006 51 With the album s closing track This Is the End Burgess said he had Tears 1986 by the Chameleons in mind and that they were trying to emulate The End 1967 by the Doors 52 The lyrics were reminiscent of the work of William Wordsworth while the music was styled after the Verve 53 Release editWhy would you volunteer to join the army for 10 years unless you had no choice Record companies are kind of like the army very regulated We were really excited when Xfm got behind us and were as enthusiastic about the download as we are 24 Manager Alan McGee in 2008 on his rationale behind releasing the album as a free download Free download edit In September 2007 Sanctuary Records shuttered operations after being bought by Universal Music Group 54 Burgess mentioned that they had left Sanctuary was they were not happy with their contract 55 On 1 October 2007 the Exclaim reported that the band would be giving away their upcoming album as a free download in partnership with the radio station Xfm McGee theorised that this could be a business model in the future reasoning that the band would receive more money from gig attendees people purchasing their merchandise and publishing fees regardless 24 Head of Music at Xfm Mike Walsh thought it would be a worthwhile endeavour something that also thought would happen more often in the future and agreed that it could help with live performances 8 Some months prior Prince had given away Planet Earth 2007 in the ballpark of three million copies as part of an effort with The Mail on Sunday This in turn became a driving factor in ticket sales for his residency of record setting shows at The O2 Arena in London 8 While Burgess thought it was an odd choice to go with The Mail on Sunday McGee proposed collaborated with The Sun which the rest of the Charlatans were unsure about 10 As part of the promotion the radio station would be releasing interviews with Burgess and McGee 24 the pair would be featured together on ITV News at Ten 10 Burgess said the band wished for the listeners to have ownership of their music and they wanted the artists us to own the copyright He said that being without a label meant that they could release music as soon as they finished making it and not have to wait for other parties to be involved 55 Burgess claimed it was a music industry first we re the first people to do this highlighting the decline of CD sales 55 That same day Radiohead announced that they would be doing the same thing with their album In Rainbows 2007 36 In an interview from early 2008 Burgess said they had the idea of giving it away before they had begun writing material for it 56 while the concept for Radiohead to do it had been proposed since April 2007 57 Director general of the Entertainment Retailers Association Kim Bayley said this method would stall upcoming acts ability to make money from putting their music on sale She warned that music could be viewed as being something disposable in the near future 8 Initial promotion edit You Cross My Path was released as the album s lead single digitally on 22 October 2007 58 its music video was directed by Charles Mehling who was one of Burgess first friends in Los Angeles and only charged them one tenth of his usual fee 35 In November 2007 the band embarked on a three date tour of the UK 59 which saw the debut of four songs from the forthcoming album 60 On 3 January 2008 You Cross My Path was formerly announced for release as a free download in two months time Alongside this the album s track listing was posted online 61 Oh Vanity was released as the second single digitally on 25 February 2008 62 its music video was directed by Douglas Hart and starred Peaches Geldof Hart wanted it to be akin to the ending of Carrie 1976 though without the blood featured in that film s conclusion 15 The free download of You Cross My Path was made available through Xfm s website on 3 March 2008 56 four days later it was reported that it had been downloaded over 60 000 times which would have reached the number two position on the UK album chart had it been eligible 63 Burgess said it was estimated that the rate of sales to peer to peer file sharing was 1 60 meaning that for each CD or digital download of an album sold it would be shared illegally between 60 individuals 7 He was appreciative of this reaction while McGee remarked No longer does music have to work in the traditional major label dominated way 63 You Cross My Path was made available through the band s own website on 17 March 2008 64 which was promoted with a one off show at the London branch of the Hard Rock Cafe on 24 April 2008 65 By May 2008 the downloads had reached over 90 000 66 In his autobiography Telling Stories 2012 Burgess said the figure rose above 150 000 10 Gigwise s Jon Bye felt that the limited offering of this very album as a free download failed to have the same impact as the likes of Radiohead or Nine Inch Nails 26 BBC Music writer Chris Jones 67 musicOMH contributor Ben Hogwood 28 and Gill thought the band were copying Radiohead s strategy as the latter remarked Radiohead s internet initiative is starting to be followed by other acts with varying degrees of success 27 Erlewine said the band felt compelled to released it this way as they needed a method to announce their return to seize the attention of onetime fans who had long ago stopped paying attention to the group 33 Burgess said Radiohead s method involving asking for the downloader s email address which he said differed from the band s approach as they took zero information from people 10 The Sunday Telegraph writer Juliette Garside noted that In Rainbows had a compulsory charge albeit a handling fee of 45p for credit card purchases 68 Subsequent promotion edit The Misbegotten was released as the third single from You Cross My Path on 5 May 2008 Blank Heart Blank Mind and Set Me Free were included on the CD version while a remix of The Misbegotten featured on the seven inch vinyl edition 69 Initially scheduled for 12 May 2008 70 You Cross My Path was released physically on CD and vinyl through Cooking Vinyl on 19 May 2008 61 while the US release occurred on 10 June 2008 66 For the artwork Burgess wanted a cat on the cover and approached Faris Badwan of the Horrors about designing it 21 The artwork was not in their minds when deciding to make the album for free prompting them to tell Badwan that he had to make it within a few days 71 Burgess came across Badwan from an exhibition he had hosted Badwan drew five cats that were intended to represent each member of the band 21 Throughout May 2008 the band embarked on a tour of the UK 72 Coinciding with this Burgess ran a two week podcast about how the tour was progressing talks with other members and general banter 36 Prior to a European tour McGee quit his manager role in the midst of wanting to leave the music business 73 He had sent an email to Burgess who was unable to check his inbox due to limited access to the internet It was not until when the band was in Berlin Germany that Burgess got in contact he found out that Michelle and McGee had gotten into a disagreement As she felt that Burgess was not sticking up for her the two did not talk for a week He was unsure about the full events that unfolded but alleged the Michelle made remarks about McGee s family 74 In June 2008 the band played a one off show at the Cannock Chase Forest in Staffordshire 64 On 1 July 2008 the live EP Live at IndigO2 was released which included versions of Oh Vanity Bad Days The Misbegotten and This Is the End 75 Mis Takes was released as the fourth single from You Cross My Path on 14 July 2008 Complete Control and It s What It Is It s What It Was were included on the iTunes Store version 76 Over the next two months they performed at the T in the Park 77 and V Festivals 78 and headlined Ben amp Jerry s festival 79 In October 2008 the band went on another tour of the UK Originally planned for release on 20 October 2008 80 Oh Vanity was reissued physically on 3 November 2008 Complete Control and live versions of The Only One I Know 1990 and Oh Vanity were included on the CD edition people that bought the single on CD seven inch vinyl and digital download were given a cover of Murder 1984 by New Order 76 Later in November 2008 the band performed their first ever show in New Zealand 81 In May 2009 they performed at The Great Escape Festival 82 The following month the band headlined a stage which they helped curate at the Isle of Wight Festival 83 Throughout July and August 2009 the band performed at a variety of festivals including GuilFest and Summer Sundae 84 The band had planned to go on a tour of the US 85 and Canada but this was cancelled as Brookes required shoulder surgery 86 Oh Vanity was later featured on the band s fifth compilation album A Head Full of Ideas 2021 87 Reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic69 100 88 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 33 The Austin Chronicle nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 40 Drowned in Sound5 10 53 Gigwise nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 26 The Independent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 27 musicOMH nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 28 The Observer nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 29 Pitchfork6 10 89 PopMatters8 10 30 Yahoo Launch nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 25 You Cross My Path 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 69 based on 14 reviews 88 Many reviewers praised the songwriting going as far as to call it the band s best release in several years Erlewine said they boost the rhythms and tak e risks in their production all without abandoning the classicist structures they ve relied upon since their self titled album He felt that the tracks aren t growers they re immediate but what is compelling is the variety of sounds as they took risks again without losing their identity 33 Michaela Annot of Drowned in Sound wrote that the album chooses to resolutely endorse the same style of music that they ve offering up for the past twenty years Her sole issue being Burgess vocal delivery and maudlin lyrics and while it was not an invigorating brew the mix of swirling Hammond and ponderous bass and drums stays on the right side of tepid most of the time 53 Gill called a triumphant reaffirmation of the band s essential qualities adding that whatever betrayal or disappointment Burgess has suffered it clearly hasn t dimmed either his spirit or the band s knack for engaging melodies 27 John Bergstrom of PopMatters wrote that it was the band s best album in a decade not to mention one of the best albums of the year is a bit of a surprise He mentioned that whether it s sheer desperation reinvigoration or both they sound more confident than they have since their heyday 30 The Line of Best Fit writer Rich Thane whose interest in the band waned over the years was surprised by it saying that they reinvented themselves once more 36 The Observer writer Jim Butler said that the band have never been afraid of proclaiming their influences showcasing here the influence from New Order and the result is a melodic and hard fought triumph 29 Other critics were less enthusiastic about the songwriting Savlov thought that the album served as its own tribute LP layering the best bits of Burgess emotionally disconnected couplets atop the band s trademark soaring keyboards and insistently hummable guitars 40 Pitchfork contributor Ian Cohen thought it was possibly their strongest work since Tellin Stories but was unsure if it was a causality of the times or its own merits it s the sort of thing that s so competent that it s more likely to be defined by its failures than its success 89 Hogwood thought that Oh Vanity and Mis Takes were easily the two most memorable tracks on the album which isn t to say the rest are all filler they re just not quite as memorable 28 Bye wrote that it was crushingly middle of the road with a degree of flabby excess around the edges Despite this he said that the band delivered a really quite capturing release which more than proves that The Charlatans are still worth taking a note of 26 Yahoo Launch s Jason Draper said that there was nothing wrong with paying respect to past loves but it s not enough to be Manchester s indie survivors simply replicating Madchester club sounds it s hard to see this crossing the path of anyone outside of the devoted 25 Pras Rajagopalan of Exclaim wrote that it was not worth purchasing physically as the band miss the mark here in so many ways be it the tepid songwriting the production that makes the band s rhythm section sound like a limp wristed afterthought or their affirmation on revisiting the same ground they did ten years ago 90 Following the album s physical release You Cross My Path peaked at number 39 in the UK 91 It also charted at number 25 in Scotland 92 and number 96 in Ireland 93 The Misbegotten reached number five on the UK Indie Singles Chart 94 while Oh Vanity peaked at number two on the same chart 95 Legacy edit In the following years several authors commented on the Charlatans decision to release You Cross My Path for free In his book Last Shop Standing Whatever Happened to Record Shops 2009 about record stores author Graham Jones lamented the declining sales of CDs in independent shops writing that the situation would be even worse if acts followed Charlatans directive He noted that while the band was happy with receiving 30 000 fans to download it the only individual that would not be was their accountant who saw them get zero pounds in sales for an album that cost thousands to record Many artist can achieve 30 000 downloads if the music is free 96 In The Entertainment Industry An Introduction 2010 co authors Stuart Moss and Stephen Henderson contrasted Radiohead s choice on In Rainbows with the Charlatans You Cross My Path writing these approaches support a viewpoint that some artists have decided that it is important to get the music in the hands of music fans as this should lead to packed concerts where profit can be made 97 Matthew David expanded on this in Peer to Peer and the Music Industry The Criminalization of Sharing 2010 as he said fans demanded to pay for both the album and their live shows He referred to this as an extreme example of reterritorialization the emphasis on live gigs mixing with relegitimation of the payment for recordings which come direct from the artists and for which payment is given to bands 98 In 2020 Burgess remarked that it felt like quite a radical punk thing to do We got a million downloads and got to play in Australia for the first time on the back of it so something good came out of it 99 Actor Joaquin Phoenix expressed admiration for the album 100 and would eventually work with Burgess for two months on some songs a few years later 101 Track listing editAll songs written by Martin Blunt Jon Brookes Tim Burgess Mark Collins and Tony Rogers 18 Oh Vanity 3 57 Bad Days 3 28 Mis Takes 3 25 The Misbegotten 4 13 A Day for Letting Go 2 52 You Cross My Path 4 05 Missing Beats Of a Generation 3 38 My Name Is Despair 4 19 Bird 2 38 This Is the End 4 28Personnel editPersonnel per booklet 18 The Charlatans Martin Blunt bass guitar Jon Brookes drums Tim Burgess lead vocals Mark Collins guitars Tony Rogers keyboards Production and design Tony Rogers producer The Charlatans producer Alan Moulder mixing all except tracks 5 and 9 James Spencer mixing tracks 5 and 9 Faris Badwan artwork Jenny Hardcore artwork photography Tim Burgess artwork Colin Sheehy artwork Jeff Teader artworkCharts editChart performance for You Cross My Path Chart 2008 PeakpositionIrish Albums IRMA 93 96Scottish Albums OCC 92 25UK Albums OCC 91 39See also editGhosts I IV the 2008 album by Nine Inch Nails similarly released for free Post Electric Blues the 2009 album by Idlewild which was initially self released and later released through Cooking Vinyl Bandcamp a service that allows artists to sell music for freeReferences editCitations a b c Sexton Paul 2 May 2006 Charlatans Team Up With McGee Billboard Archived from the original on 5 February 2023 Retrieved 11 February 2023 Charlatans full Official Chart History Official Charts Company Archived from the original on 21 April 2022 Retrieved 9 February 2023 a b c Charlatans fresh start Manchester Evening News 16 April 2010 Archived from the original on 5 February 2023 Retrieved 15 February 2023 Haddow Joshua 1 June 2012 Tim Burgess Blew Cocaine Up His Anus Vice Media Archived from 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2023 Nissim Mayer 27 April 2012 Tim Burgess interview I must have enjoyed my time on drugs Digital Spy Archived from the original on 15 May 2022 Retrieved 15 May 2022 Sources Burgess Tim 2013 Telling Stories London Penguin Books ISBN 978 0 241 97196 3 Burgess Tim 2019 One Two Another Line by Line Lyrics from the Charlatans Solo and Beyond London Constable ISBN 978 1 4721 3031 0 David Matthew 2010 Peer to Peer and the Music Industry The Criminalization of Sharing SAGE Publications ISBN 9781849204309 Jones Graham 2010 Mr Dunlop and the Blowup Doll Last Shop Standing Whatever Happened to Record Shops Omnibus Press ISBN 9780857124173 Moss Stuart Henderson Stephen 2010 Moss Stuart ed The Entertainment Industry An Introduction CABI ISBN 9781845935511 External links editYou Cross My Path at YouTube streamed copy where licensed Archived version of the original download page at Xfm s website More bands embrace the option of giving away music at Reuters Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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