Urban Hymns - Verve (The) > Reviews

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 ... Read review

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: Neon Wilderness, but I'm being picky

...can take anything away from Urban Hymns, the Verve's most popular and best album. These songs rank alongside some of the true indie legends, Supersonic by Oasis, The Day We Caught the Train by Ocean Colour Scene, Oh Yeah by Ash, All You Good Good People by Embrace, Alright by Supergrass, Parklife by Blur, Love is the Law by The Seahorses, The Drugs Don't Work/Lucky Man/Bittersweet Symphony/Sonnet by The Verve. Everybody knows them, and still loves ... Read review

Advantages: A Classic, don't be put off by the 'Britpop' label, it's just great music
Disadvantages: The last Verve album. A couple of album fillers

Urban Hymns is the last "The Verve" album (they have split before but this time is almost certainty *it*). Richard Ashcroft's vocal talents are fully shown off by this album. Although The Verve are likely to be remembered for "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (Rolling Stones sample)and "The Drugs Don't Work" (simply to Embrace) and "Lucky Man" there are far more gems waiting to be discovered on the album. The rocking "Come On", and soul food "One Day" ... Read review

Advantages: Really Lovely Music
Disadvantages: They have split up. No Special Features

This is in my opinin the best album The Verve have, they are a great band, and its a shame they split up. This is them at there best. 1. Bittersweet Symphony This must be there most popular song of this album, this song is the reason why I purchased the album. Lovely texture, great string backing and great harmonies. 2. Sonnet Nice easy listening music, very nice lyrics, and they are very deep too. Very nice to listen to. 3. Rolling People This ... Read review

Advantages: every track playable
Disadvantages: no enough tracks

urban hymns was without doubt one of the best albums of the nineties.every track was differant,from the awsome energy of "come on"to the downbeat and mellow "the drugs dont work"i have almost worn out this c.d. it sounds just as good today as it did when i first heard it.in my eyes it is a masterpeice,never to be bettered.i dont know many people who dont like it.the album takes you through almost every mood you feel. definetly worth a place in your ... Read review

Advantages: The Verve at there best-all of there greatest songs on 1 C.D
Disadvantages: None

This C.D demonstrates what music is all about, never is there normally a c.d which incorporates so many awsome songs on it. There are four albams released by the verve but this is the only one which incorporates evrything that the verve stands for..........compassion (in the song lucky man) and revalation (In the song bitter sweet symphony). If your only going to buy one verve C.D, then this is the one. The cover is great to look at too...it dosent ... Read review

Advantages: you wont want to put it down once you listen to it once
Disadvantages: none that i can think of...

I have been listening to music for a long time and not sure why i bought this cd, surely not because of the bittersweet symphony, that wasn;t my favorite song and the lyrics were od.d. i think i just went to the virgin records store and bought something that was reccomended and that sounded ok when i tried the sample lyrics... well little did i know that this ced would blow my socks off to day the least... the more I listened to it, the lyrics, the ... Read review

Advantages: The sound it makes
Disadvantages: None at all

Urban hymns was the verves final album before they split up. It is the album which knocked Oasis' 'Be here now' off the top of the charts and they held the place for the next five weeks. The verve were one of the countries best bands and this album shows that. Everything about it says classic, the singles taken from the album, the massive hit it became, the vocals of Richard Ashcroft which seem be as if they were meant for these songs, well he did ... Read review