Here Today... Gone To Hell!

what does everyone think of this truley great band.

3 albums theyve got, has anyone actually heard all of them? id be surprised..... Urban hymns is easily one of the best albums ever made, and some would say it was the last great album made, released in 1997. Northern soul really flows as an album with epic songs such as "history"... I really love richard ashcrofts lyrics he is one of the best songwriters of all time.



Storm In heaven
A Northern Soul
Urban Hymns

I've only heard Urban Hymns. It's good, but didn't make me a fan.

The Verve are good but Ashcroft doesn't come close to being one of the best song writers of all time, in my opinion.

have you heard any of their albums apart from urban hymns? such a diverse writer

have you heard a northern soul? its not an accessible album at all but once it clicks its fuckin magic

Hmmm. Bitter Sweet Symphony is a nice peaceful song. Heard it in 'Cruel Intentions'

i've got all 3 albums.  I actually think Northern Soul is the best album from start to finish, it's too bad no band can make music like that now.  The Verve were a one off.  Urban Hymns has their more classic numbers I would have to agree.  I'v only heard what Ashcroft's released as singles so far, none of his albums.  Are they worth buying?  He certainly seems to capture a bit of the Verve sound.

ive only heard one of his solo albums "alone with everybody" and I think its brilliant.

his third solo album is out soon! ive heard

I guess the only album I liked was A Storn In Heaven.  I was never a fan of the brit-pop scene - but I don't really conder them or Radiohead much a part of it.

whats storm in heaven like? im hoping to buy it tomorrow...

Ive owned urban hymns since 1998... and last year i got northern soul.. and its taken me about 1 year to fully appreciate its greatness.

and tomorrow i will get storm in heaven

All their songs sound the same to me

the verve make me realise just how poor bands like feeder and embrace are.

I don't actually own any Verve albums, but I'm sure Urban Hymns will make it's way into my collection when I'm at a record store one day.

I have both of Ashcroft's solo albums (at least I think there's only 2?).  I haven't listened to the second one too much (The Human Condition).  I think the first 4 tracks off Alone With Everybody are absolutely incredible though.

lol man, have you heard any of the verves music though?

Yes, I've heard Urban Hymns... what I meant was I've never been in a record store and thought about picking up a copy of the CD at the same time.  :P

I basically know only 2 of their songs...one of them in my opinion is one of the saddest songs ever: The Drugs Don?t Work.

I picked up Urban Hymns the other week, forgotten just how good the Verve are - this is an amazing album, a genuine classic, deffinetly the best album by a British band in many a year.

tie yourself to the mask my friend and this storm will end!

urban hymns is a great album.. but Northern Soul is even better

Why did they cease to continue?

now, I am using myself as a source here but:

I think most of us only know "Bitter Sweet Symphony"  and some other songs but we don't connect them with the bands name.

I dunno, I dont really know much @ all about them!

The Verve are so fucking awesome. Whoever started this thread is also awesome.

Symphony, Drugs dont work,  Sonnet, etc are amazing songs

Ashcroft's solo is also awesome.

I always thought Symphony was written by the Stones..then I found out it is just the synthesizer loop which was used in another Stones song. I read that Ashcroft used it without permission and as a result had to pay royalties everytime the song had airtime and had to share writing credits with Jagger and Richards.  Apparently, he said that 'Its the best song Stones have written in 20 years'.

He might be right...if a song can capture so much in a few verses and express it with such depth through the singer's voice, this is it.

Also, Coldplay introduced Ashcroft onstage by saying something like "Here is the greatest song ever written, by the greatest singer in the world, Mr. Richard Ashcroft"

Ashcroft is quickly becoming one of my favorite singers...not only are his lyrics great, you can feel the tension, the pain and the fragility in his voice. Best of all, he can do it with nothing but a guitar...and probably doesn't even need that.

For those who don't know, Oasis wrote Cast No Shadow about Ashcroft.

What song is it?

I've always thought the song was "You can't always get what you want" but apperantly it's not.

Can anyone answer my question lol, i searched through pages and pages to find this thread lmao.

"This samples an obscure orchestral version of "The Last Time," a 1965 song by the Rolling Stones. This was recorded before they got permission from the Stones to use the riff, so the Verve had to sign away most of the royalties from this in order to release it."

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1101

There's more stuff on there.



I think they had a few breakups, the guitarist refused to join. After some convincig, they reunited but finally broke up for good when the guitarist left permanently.

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/verve/bio.jhtml

I got drawn to their music after hearing Ben Harper do a live cover of "The Drugs Dont Work" a great but depressing song.

A Ben harper fan? Cool...that's an amazing cover by the way.

so they have reunited last year i think.. decided to check urban hymns out.. i've read some about it and bittersweet symphony and the drugs don't work are awesome songs

New album is great! Check out some samples if you can.

The new album is pretty good.  The songs are all on the longer side, though, but its definitely worth checking out.