Confirmation (The Best Of The Verve Years) - Charlie Parker

Advantages: loads of great music
Disadvantages: none

...This great album from The Verve must be one of the best albums ever created, although the verve have split they still sell many copies of their singles and their album in music stores today. This album has most of The Verves greatest ever achievements with songs like 'Luckyman', 'The Drugs Dont Work', 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' and my personal favourite 'Sonnet'. Their music is the most relaxing music around and i could listen to the album on repeat for hours, I cant say the same for many other albums. Since the band split a couple of years back Richard Ashcroft (the lead singer) has went on to produce many great singles of his own and has still maintained the standards set by his earlier band 'The Verve'. I can honestly recommend this album to anybody. I hhope this has been of help to you, thanx.... Read review

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Advantages: Charlie Parker of course.
Disadvantages: None.

..., lovely tune, lovely playing, but not wild enough for me. 16. Marmaduke Now we are back to a bit of Parker madness, nice and fast, nice and quirky, gentle piano and drum backing and Charlie doing his thang. 17. Cheers Interesting number, I can really here soul and funk roots in this and the influence Parker had on later music should not be underestimated. 18. My Old Flame Not a live track, and one of Parkers best ballads. from the start it draws you in and each note is played with such precision and feeling that it sometimes (with headphones) makes me cry with joy. Perfect, just perfect. I challenge even folks that do not like jazz, not to like this. Silky and edgy all at once. This generally comes up first in seraches for Parker songs, yet is so different from the majority of his stuff. There are some tracks that Parker made famous... Read review

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Advantages: Some real good songs, Verves best album.
Disadvantages: Its a shame they are no more.

...How very dissapointing it is to see the Verve split up after their finest album to date. The band decided to go their seperate ways just as they had combined to produce one of the best albums of the year and finally had made headways into the musical scene. From the bombastic chart topping "Bitter Sweet Symphony" to the last track "Come On", Richard Ashcroft and his songs take you through a haunting and beautiful album. Lyrics are good, and the album flows very well, glittered with some very special songs, including the rather depressing and much acclaimed "The Drugs Dont Work" as well as "Velvet Morning". This is a great album, worthy in a good collection. Its a shame the Verve never had a chance to see whether they wee talented and capable enough to better it. It would have been a tough ask!... Read review

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