Simpatico

Simpatico is the ninth studio album by British rock band the Charlatans, released on 17 April 2006 through Creole and Sanctuary Records. After signing to the latter label in early 2005, frontman Tim Burgess and guitarist Mark Collins went to Palm Springs, California, to write new material. With Jim Lowe and the band producing, recording was held at Hook End Manor in Oxfordshire, with overdubs later being done at Townhouse Studios in London. Simpatico is a dub reggae and rock album that draws comparisons to the work of the Dead 60s, Hard-Fi, and UB40. Bassist Martin Blunt and Burgess attributed the sound shift to them listening to Ken Boothe, Gregory Isaacs, and Studio One. Simpatico received mixed reviews from music critics, who were split on the overall songwriting, while others lambasted the reggae direction. It peaked at number 5 in Scotland, number 10 in the United Kingdom, and number 83 in Ireland. "Blackened Blue Eyes" reached the top 30 in Scotland and the UK, while "NYC" charted outside the top 50 in the UK. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpati...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)