| Modern Nature | ||||
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| Studio album by The Charlatans | ||||
| Released | 26 January 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 at Cheshire | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 46:45 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
| Producer | The Charlatans, Jim Spencer | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Clash | 7/10 |
| Daily Express | 4/5 |
| The Daily Telegraph | |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| London Evening Standard | |
| Loud and Quiet | 8/10 |
| musicOMH | |
Modern Nature is the 12th studio album by British alternative rock band The Charlatans, released on 26 January 2015. The album charted at No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart with over 10,000 units sold, making it the band's highest-charting album since Wonderland in 2001. The album dropped in its second week of release down to No. 16.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Modern Nature received a score of 80, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Writing for Exclaim!, Lisa Sookraj described the album as "a fluid release, a chilled-out, soulful take on the Charlatans' psychedelic sound complemented by muted horns and jazzy keys."