Charlatans Give ‘You Cross My Path’ Album Away Free On Xfm | Mimicking Radiohead?
The Charlatans have announced that their new album You Cross My Path will be available as a free download from the Xfm.co.uk website for two months prior to getting a full physical release.
This will the long running British band’s tenth studio album, but first to go the way of digital downloads as it’s preferred choice of consumer delivery.
The album will be completely free to download from the Xfm website from March 3rd. On May 19th, a full two and half months later, the album will get a physical release on both CD and Vinyl formats in 33 countries. To encourage fans to buy the retail version, this will include a strictly limited deluxe edition vinyl 45’s box set of the LP.
The first single Oh Vanity! will also be available as a standalone free download, from February 25th.
The full track listing for the album is going to be:
‘Oh! Vanity’
‘Bad Days’
‘Mis-takes’
‘The Misbegotten’
‘A Day For Letting Go’
‘You Cross My Path’
‘Missing Beats (Of A Generation)’
‘My Name Is Despair’
‘Bird / Reprise’
‘This Is The End’
I know what you’re thinking? The same thing as everyone else in the blogosphere seems to, that The Charlatans are merely copying Radiohead, and hoping to receive as much publicity for the download offer as they did last year.
But, it seems that with a further bit of digging, you can clearly see that The Charlatans thought of it first, and Radiohead may have actually copied them in the first place.
According to a story on The Plugg, way back on September 30th, Alan McGee announced that The Charlatans would be offering their next album as a free download.
“McGee claimed that people weren’t buying CD’s any more and since downloading the music illegally has become so acceptable, they might as well give it away for free and make money from gigs and merchandise.”
Later that exact same day, Radiohead first made the announcement, and for all we know, decision, to offer In Rainbows as a free download, with just a voluntary donation asked for.
So maybe where The Charlatans lead, Radiohead follow? That is a statement I never thought I’d utter in a million years.
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