Live It Like You Love It

• Artist: The Charlatans
• Rating:
• Release Date: October 29, 2002
• Type: Live
• Genre: Rock

Review

Recorded at the Manchester Evening News Arena in December 2001, Live It Like You Love It sees the Charlatans UK not quite living up to the mantra that is this live album's title. Over the course of the first ten tracks, Tim Burgess offers up some truly weak vocals, his voice lacking any passion, as he accidentally goes in and out of falsetto and hits a myriad of sour notes. While his bandmates are generally in better form, it would be a stretch to call their playing tight and impassioned. Even when Manchester guitar god Johnny Marr appears deus ex machina to help out on "Weirdo," the band plays well below its abilities as represented on many superb albums. Burgess and company steer through their key singles and standouts, tackling five songs from Wonderland, four from Tellin' Stories, two from Us and Us Only and Some Friendly, and one from Between 10th and 11th. Surely a peek at the set list would show a rendition of "Can't Get Out of Bed" from Up to Our Hips or any track at all from their self-titled rebirth album, but no. All this being said, for the encore of the final four songs, Burgess emerges revitalized, all the other players attack their instruments, and energy bursts forth from where none previously existed. How strange that extended versions of "Forever" and "Sproston Green" rock the hardest, their vibes perfectly aligned. Still, the finale isn't enough to recommend Live It Like You Love It, and fans who've enjoyed them live might wonder if this set was just a bad showing, or if a recording just can't convey the band's live, psychedelic party atmosphere. This being said, fans would do well to investigate every studio effort before treading into this murky and uneven affair. ~ Tim DiGravina, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Love Is the Key	Mark Collins, Tony Rogers, Jon Brookes, Martin Blunt, Tim Burgess	The Charlatans UK	(5:26)
Judas	Martin Blunt, Mark Collins, Jon Brookes, Tony Rogers, Tim Burgess	The Charlatans UK	(4:17)
Tellin' Stories (Lyrics)	Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Mark Collins, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins	The Charlatans UK	(5:07)
A Man Needs to Be Told	Martin Blunt, Tim Burgess, Tony Rogers, Jon Brookes, Mark Collins	The Charlatans UK	(4:40)
One to Another (Lyrics)	Tim Burgess, Martin Blunt, Rob Collins, Jon Brookes, Mark Collins	The Charlatans UK	(4:35)
The Only One I Know	Tim Burgess, Jon Brookes, Martin Blunt, Jon Baker, Rob Collins	The Charlatans UK	(4:32)
Impossible	Jon Brookes, Tony Rogers, Mark Collins, Tim Burgess, Martin Blunt	The Charlatans UK	(4:51)
North Country Boy	Martin Blunt, Mark Collins, Rob Collins, Tim Burgess, Jon Brookes	The Charlatans UK	(4:25)
You're So Pretty We're So Pretty	Tim Burgess, Martin Blunt, Tony Rogers, Jon Brookes, Mark Collins	The Charlatans UK	(5:02)
Weirdo	Tim Burgess, Jon Brookes, Rob Collins, Martin Blunt	The Charlatans UK	(3:51)
How High	Jon Brookes, Mark Collins, Rob Collins, Martin Blunt, Tim Burgess	The Charlatans UK	(3:07)
Forever	Martin Blunt, Tim Burgess, Jon Brookes, Mark Collins, Tony Rogers	The Charlatans UK	(7:29)
And If I Fall	Martin Blunt, Mark Collins, Tim Burgess, Jon Brookes, Tony Rogers	The Charlatans UK	(5:02)
Sproston Green	Jon Baker, Martin Blunt, Rob Collins, Tim Burgess	The Charlatans UK	(9:55)

Credits

Gerard Saint (Design), David Robertson (Guitar Technician), Sinisha Nisevic (Photography), Steve Phillips (Engineer), Gerard Saint (Art Direction), Ian Barton (Monitors), Tom Sheehan (Photography)

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