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Music : A Northern Soul
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A Northern Soul by: The Verve |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724384043728 Label: Virgin Records Us Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Records Us Release Date: June 20, 1995 Studio: Virgin Records Us Sales Rank: 63506 MPN: 40437 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Though The Verve has finally taken its rightful place in the Brit Rock cannon, it languished for years behind such English luminaries as Oasis and Radiohead. During that time, The Verve release several albums that got less attention than they deserved. Mark A Northern Soul as one of them. The 1995 release was perhaps the first album on which the band reeled in its trademark guitar epics and fashioned bona fide pop songs. "On Your Own" is one of the lushest and loveliest tracks never to find a minute of commercial airplay in the U.S. or abroad. No self-respecting fan of modern rock should be without this one. --Nick Heil Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Pure Genius!As weird as it may sound, it took me probably 10 years to really appreciate this album. It is not that I did not like it at first. I really liked it after a couple of listens and afterwards I still really liked it. However, looking back at the type of songs that this album features makes me think this album is just beyond words. I would put this album as the best all time only if they included "The Rolling People" and "Let The Damage Begin" on this because they were also written, I believe, during these sessions. So many unbelievable rocking and tripped out tracks on this album such as "This Is Music", "A New Decade", "Life's An Ocean", "Stormy Clouds" and the reprise. "Life's An Ocean" is just one of the greatest songs ever written. And also ... Read More: Rating: - Corporate Music Can Go to Hell....I hear older guys always complaining that they "don't make music like they used to." They always like to compare today's music with that which they grew up with, classic stuff from the 60's and 70's, where the music was a story, and the band made an album, not just a bunch of singles that were mashed together under the same title. Well, this is an album, not just a bunch of singles, and it is a testament to the history and greatness of both Rock and the British Invasion. Listening to "A Northern Soul" is a journey, reminiscent of Pink Floyd and the Moody Blues, wherein a story is told over the course of an entire album. Today's music is, yes, a bunch of singles meant to be published on the radio piecemeal by Corporate ... Read More: Rating: - One of the best albums of the 90s, yet unknown by manyIf you know of the Verve as the "Bittersweet Symphony" song and the Urban Hymns album, then you're definitely missing out on what the Verve is all about. A Northern Soul is in many ways, even better than Urban Hymns. Soul hads a slightly harder sound, with songs like "A New Decade","This is Music", the title track "A Northern Soul", and "No Knock on My Door". But the album also contains ballads like the excellent "On Your Own" and "So It Goes". It also contains a song that sounds a lot a track from Urban Hymns, which is "History". It also contains a few songs that sound a lot like A Storm in Heaven, their debut album, these being "Stormy Clouds", "Life's An Ocean", and "Drive You Home" All in all, the album has the right balance of sound, and at ... Read More: Rating: - This Is Music!Rumored to have been written, recorded, and produced under the influence of ecstacy, this album is by far one of the most haunting listens of the mid-90s, and one of the best. Richard Ashcroft and his cronies with this album crafted a challenging and incredibly rewarding listen, that will have you coming back to it again and again. As with any band that chooses to craft music characterized as subtle, as opposed to those that lay it all out there, this album demands repeated listens before you can see it for what it really is. Perhaps one of the darkest albums of the mid-90s in texture and content, this album sends you into the middle of a psychedelic freak-out storm at sea and doesn't let up until it's over. On first listen, any expectations ... Read More: Rating: - in my top 10 - everytimethis album just has everthing. massive guitar riffs, incredible rhythm section, richard's vocals at his very best and layered to the max in the right places. songs about living and dying on your own and being a miserable selfish human. but actually there are moments of great beauty and honesty. it makes you feel happy or sad depending on your mood. this album was pretty much overlooked by the mainstream at the time and yet it wipes the floor with ubran hymns. shows what the media and the general public really know doesn't it? nick mcabe, what a guitarist. |
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