The Verve

Alternative-Rock Pop-Rock band formed in 1989 in the small city of Wigan, Lancashire ENGLAND, by lead singer Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury.

The quartet started releasing three independent singles, "All In The Mind" in March of 1992 and the follow-ups "She's A Superstar" and "Gravity Grave"; subsequently they went on to support The Black Crowes, played their first dates in the U.S. and in May of 1993 issued another single, "Blue".
The next month saw the release of their debut full-length album "A Storm In Heaven", but despite the records' overwhelmingly positive reviews they enjoyed modest success in U.K. charts.
Two years later, The Verve, issued their second effort, "A Northern Soul" from which they released three singles: "This Is Music", "On Your Own" and "History"; the album peaked at #13 on the Official U.K. Pop chart, in the meantime Ashcroft quit, effectively breaking up the band in August that same year.
A few weeks later, the frontman re-assembled the group; Ashcroft, Jones and Salisbury decided to continue working together, with new recruit guitarist+keyboardist Simon Tong.
In early 1997 Nick McCabe returned to the fold and the quintet released their masterpiece, "Urban Hymns"; the single "Bitter Sweet Symphony" crashed into the top 3 of the U.K. chart stayed around for three months, followed by "The Drugs Don't Work" which rose to the #1 spot in the same chart; "Bitter Sweet Symphony" stormed the U.S. charts reaching #12 on The Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on Modern Rock chart, "Lucky Man" was another Modern Rock top 20 hit; "Urban Hymns" entered the U.K. Albums chart at #1, hit #23 on The Billboard Top 200 chart and became their greatest international success to date.
The next year signaled the beginning of the end for The Verve, in fact McCabe was pulled out of the group, finally the remaining members announced the group's break-up in April 1999.

Richard Ashcroft released his solo debut album a year later, in July 2000.

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A Storm In Heaven

(1993)

1. Star Sail
2. Slide Away
3. Already There
4. Beautiful Mind
5. Sun, The Sea
6. Virtual World
7. Make It Till Monday
8. Blue
9. Butterfly
10. See You In The Next One (Have A Good Time)

 

A Northern Soul

(1995)

1. New Decade
2. This Is Music
3. On Your Own
4. So It Goes
5. Northern Soul
6. Brainstorm Interlude
7. Drive You Home
8. History
9. No Knock On My Door
10. Life's An Ocean
11. Stormy Clouds
12. Reprise

 

Urban Hymns

(1999)

1. Bittersweet Symphony
2. Sonnet
3. The Rolling People
4. The Drugs Don't Work
5. Catching The Butterfly
6. Neon Wilderness
7. Space And Time
8. Weeping Willow
9. Lucky Man
10. One Day
11. This Time
12. Velvet Morning
13. Come On

 

This Is Music
The Singles 92-98

(2004)

1. This Is Music
2. Slide Away
3. Lucky Man
4. History
5. She's A Superstar
6. On Your Own
7. Blue
8. Sonnet
9. All In The Mind
10. The Drugs Don't Work
11. Gravity Grave
12. Bittersweet Symphony
13. This Could Be My Moment [NEW TRACK]
14. Monte Carlo [NEW TRACK]

 

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