Urban Hymns - Album
Urban Hymns (Album) by The Verve
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The Verve Originally Verve Was An English Alternative Rock Band. The Band Was Formed In 1989 At Winstanley College Wigan Greater Manchester England By Vocalist Richard Ashcroft Guitarist Nick McCabe Bassist Simon Jones And Drummer Peter Salisbury. Simon Tong Later Became A Member. The Band Originally Split In 1995 But Reunited In 1996 To Great Commercial Success. They Split Once More In April 1999. The Band Reunited Once More In June Of 2007 But This Reunion Was Short Lived Despite The Release Of The Album Forth In 2008 And The Band Split Again In August 2009. Beginning With A Psychedelic Sound Indebted To Space Rock And Shoegazer Music By The Mid-1990s The Band Had Released Several EPs And Two Acclaimed Records. They Also Endured Name And Lineup Changes Breakups Health Problems Drug Abuse And Various Lawsuits. The Band's Commercial Breakthrough Was Urban Hymns And Its Single Bitter Sweet Symphony Which Became A Massive Worldwide Hit. Soon After This Commercial Peak The Band Quit Amid Creative Struggles Within And Ashcroft Went Onto A Successful Solo Career. Tong Briefly Joined Blur As A Replacement For Graham Coxon. It Is Rumored That Simon Jones Did A Studio Album With Ari Pap Of The Floor Monks Called 'Aint Nothing To It' And Was Never Released Because They Both Had Bigger Projects Going On At The Time. Close Family And Friends Assure Us Its A Fabulous Indie/rock/alternate Album And They Really Wish It Would Have Been Released. The Verve Were Chosen To Close The 2008 Glastonbury Festival Which They Did With A Set Based On The Classic 1997 Album 'Urban Hymns'. Discography A Storm In Heaven • 21 June 1993 • #27 UK A Northern Soul • 3 July 1995 • #13 UK Urban Hymns • 29 September 1997 • #1 UK #23 US Forth • 25 August 2008 • #1 UK #23 US
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The Verve Originally Verve Was An English Alternative Rock Band. The Band Was Formed In 1989 At Winstanley College Wigan Greater Manchester England By Vocalist Richard Ashcroft Guitarist Nick McCabe Bassist Simon Jones And Drummer Peter Salisbury. Simon Tong Later Became A Member. The Band Originally Split In 1995 But Reunited In 1996 To Great Commercial Success. They Split Once More In April 1999. The Band Reunited Once More In June Of 2007 But This Reunion Was Short Lived Despite The Release Of The Album Forth In 2008 And The Band Split Again In August 2009. Beginning With A Psychedelic Sound Indebted To Space Rock And Shoegazer Music By The Mid-1990s The Band Had Released Several EPs And Two Acclaimed Records. They Also Endured Name And Lineup Changes Breakups Health Problems Drug Abuse And Various Lawsuits. The Band's Commercial Breakthrough Was Urban Hymns And Its Single Bitter Sweet Symphony Which Became A Massive Worldwide Hit. Soon After This Commercial Peak The Band Quit Amid Creative Struggles Within And Ashcroft Went Onto A Successful Solo Career. Tong Briefly Joined Blur As A Replacement For Graham Coxon. It Is Rumored That Simon Jones Did A Studio Album With Ari Pap Of The Floor Monks Called 'Aint Nothing To It' And Was Never Released Because They Both Had Bigger Projects Going On At The Time. Close Family And Friends Assure Us Its A Fabulous Indie/rock/alternate Album And They Really Wish It Would Have Been Released. The Verve Were Chosen To Close The 2008 Glastonbury Festival Which They Did With A Set Based On The Classic 1997 Album 'Urban Hymns'. Discography A Storm In Heaven • 21 June 1993 • #27 UK A Northern Soul • 3 July 1995 • #13 UK Urban Hymns • 29 September 1997 • #1 UK #23 US Forth • 25 August 2008 • #1 UK #23 US read less
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Urban Hymns Is The Third Album By English Rock Band The Verve Released On 29 September 1997. It Earned Nearly Unanimous Critical Praise Upon Its Release And Went On To Become The Band's Best-Selling Release And One Of The Biggest-Selling Albums Of The Year. The Album Received Nearly Unanimous Critical Praise Upon Its Release With Melody Maker Naming Urban Hymns As The Number-One Album Of 1997 In Its Year-End List. The Album Is Featured In The Book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". In The Years Following Its Release Urban Hymns Received Much Acclaim. In 1998 It Won Best British Album At The Brit Awards It Was Also Shortlisted For The Mercury Prize And Q Magazine Readers Voted It The 18th Greatest Album Of All Time. The Magazine Placed It In The Same Position In 2001. In 2006 Its Editors Voted It The 16th Greatest Album Of All Time. The Verve Was Awarded With The First-Ever "Q Classic Album" Award For This Album At The 2007 Q Awards. In A 2008 Poll Urban Hymns Was Ranked As The 10th-Best British Album Of All Time. The Verve Were Known For Their Music's Complex Immersive Sonic Textures. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" Was A Hit On Both Sides Of The Atlantic And Remains The Band's Most Well-Known Song. "The Drugs Don't Work" The Verve's Only Number One Single In The UK Has Become A Concert Staple For Jam Bands And Other Groups. The Rest Of The Album Alternates Between Wistful Ballads Like "Sonnet" And "Space And Time" Spacey Grooves Like "Catching The Butterfly" And "The Rolling People" And All-Out Rockers Like The Led Zeppelin-Esque Pounding "Come On" Which Closes The Album. The Verve Had Previously Released Two Albums A Storm In Heaven In 1993 And A Northern Soul In 1995. Neither Album Had Achieved Mainstream Success And The Band Split Shortly After Their Second Album Due To Internal Conflicts. Vocalist Richard Ashcroft Quickly Reformed The Group Including Guitarist Nick McCabe But Also With Simon Tong A Friend Of Ashcroft. The Verve Had Become A Five-Piece Music Group.