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Album: Urban Hymns (20th Anniversary Edition)
# Song Title   Time
1)    Bitter Sweet Symphony More Info... 0:06
2)    Sonnet More Info... 0:04
3)    The Rolling People More Info... 0:07
4)    The Drugs Don't Work More Info... 0:05
5)    Catching the Butterfly More Info... 0:06
6)    Neon Wilderness More Info... 0:02
7)    Space and Time More Info... 0:05
8)    Weeping Willow More Info... 0:04
9)    Lucky Man More Info... 0:05
10)    One Day More Info... 0:05
11)    This Time More Info... 0:04
12)    Velvet Morning More Info... 0:05
13)    Come On More Info... 0:15
 
Album: Urban Hymns (20th Anniversary Edition)
# Song Title   Time
1)    Bitter Sweet Symphony More Info... 0:06
2)    Sonnet More Info... 0:04
3)    The Rolling People More Info... 0:07
4)    The Drugs Don't Work More Info... 0:05
5)    Catching the Butterfly More Info... 0:06
6)    Neon Wilderness More Info... 0:02
7)    Space and Time More Info... 0:05
8)    Weeping Willow More Info... 0:04
9)    Lucky Man More Info... 0:05
10)    One Day More Info... 0:05
11)    This Time More Info... 0:04
12)    Velvet Morning More Info... 0:05
13)    Come On More Info... 0:15
 
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Performer Notes
  • URBAN HYMNS contains a hidden track after "Come On."
  • The Verve: Richard Ashcroft (vocals, guitar); Simon Tong (guitar, keyboards); Nick McCabe (guitar); Simon Jones (bass); Peter Salisbury (drums).
  • Additional personnel: Mel Wesson, Paul Taylor (programming).
  • Producers: Andrew Loog Oldham, Youth, The Verve, Chris Potter.
  • "Bitter Sweet Symphony" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or A Group With Vocal and Best Rock Song.
  • Personnel: Richard Ashcroft (vocals, guitar); Simon Tong (guitar, keyboards); Nick McCabe (guitar); Simon Jones (bass guitar); Peter Salisbury (drums); Paul Taylor , Mel Wesson (programming).
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (10/16/97, pp.104-106) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...their strongest album to date....the songs on URBAN HYMNS are anchored by propulsive guitar rhythms and sinuous, infectious vocals....a breathtaking venture, an ambitious balance of stargazing and worldweary pathos."

Entertainment Weekly (10/10/97, p.92) - "...a surprising--and stunning--comeback from Britain's shoe-gazing shamans the Verve, resurrected after two splintered years. Crooner Richard Ashcroft makes it all sound like churchworthy gospel." - Rating: B+

Q (10/01, p.81) - Ranked #18 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"

Q (12/99, p.92) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."

Q (1/98, p.115) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."

Q (6/00, p.69) - Ranked #58 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...Rose to national anthem league, an appeal to a post-club generation who now use rock'n'roll as a comedown aid..."

Q (7/00, p.141) - Included in Q's "The Best Male Angst Albums Of All Time"

Uncut (p.108) - "[T]he most striking qualities of URBAN HYMNS now are its musical coherence and the powerfully sustained mood of melancholic stoicism."

Magnet - "[A] classic artifact of 1990s Britrock, a guitar album that resists being confined by those terms and a pop album unafraid to let its freak flag fly."

Melody Maker (12/20-27/97, pp.66-67) - Ranked #1 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums Of The Year."

Melody Maker (10/4/97, p.51) - "...An album of unparalleled beauty so intent on grabbing at the strands of music's multi-hued history....all songs which sound like they've lived a little more than most."

Village Voice (2/24/98) - Ranked #18 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.

NME (Magazine) (12/20-27/97, pp.78-79) - Ranked #3 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll.

NME (Magazine) (9/27/97, p.54) - 8 (out of 10) - "....Its sheer magnificence and spirit is such that the danger of it overwhelming anything that follows it is obvious. This, after all, is the musical signature of the year....The Verve's best album to date..."
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