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Post by ton on Aug 12, 2011 14:58:33 GMT
Dismissed it myself at the time, i remember giving it some shit here on soapy as well.. (my only post of 2008) Today is the day ive finally grown the balls/lumps to say it's an amazing album. We all can hear its no voyager 1 space rock stuff, nor is it urban hymns. What we do have is an epic opening song, followed by one of the best singles in years (Love is Noise  ) and after that it goes deep. Strong points: obvious one: love the overall sound of things, especially the guitar. The cynic in me would say it's a band desperate to sound contemporary and failing. But in reality its more like: what if a band like M83 or A Shoreline Dream weren't fucking comma's and decided to write a decent tune? Long, diverse compositions.  Ashcroft is a fantastic singer, dont know if this can be disputed tbh. Amazing singer. Opinions? Mahoney, faceless brad and jorn i see you all give it 3*, ffs. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2011 15:01:06 GMT
I gave it a 3? Fucking hell I was feeling generous that day  I'll revisit it sometime just for you. I barely listened to it when it came out which is remarkable considering the Verve comeback gigs were some of the best gigs I've ever seen & I was so excited about the record when it was announced. |
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Post by jollyboy on Aug 12, 2011 15:02:40 GMT
Yeah, i quite enjoy it too. Easily their weakest, but there's some decent moments on it indeed. I actually think Love Is Noise is brilliant. I caned the fuck out of that when it first came out. Was well exciting when they ended their Glasto set with it too
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Post by jollyboy on Aug 12, 2011 15:05:08 GMT
There's some quality b-sides from that time too - Mama Soul and Mover are brills I think
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2011 15:10:46 GMT
Love Is Noise is BIG. I haven't listened to it in years though  |
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Post by ton on Aug 12, 2011 15:13:46 GMT
Mover, yes, big tune. Love is Noise I never understood the hate for. Then again, I've always hated The Drugs Dont Work...
Appalachian Springs, big, big tune.
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Post by jollyboy on Aug 12, 2011 15:18:10 GMT
I think that Mover was written around Northern Soul period, mind hehe
Rather Be is one of their best ballads i reckon. Ashcroft's voice is corking on that
That last record he made was totally laughable though, sadly. So bloody bad
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Post by ton on Aug 12, 2011 15:26:06 GMT
Yes, now you say it. Didnt like the last album either, although ive only heard it once. Alone With Everybody, now that was an album  (actually love it  ) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2011 15:28:25 GMT
(wonders how long until Horizen quotes buy it in bottles)
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Post by secondcoming on Aug 12, 2011 15:31:32 GMT
ARE YOU READY?!
The videoclip showed are you ready? in multiple languages, the cunt Ashcroft had the Dutch one wrong. Think I will lower my votings for anything Ashcroft every did to 1*
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Post by srk on Aug 12, 2011 15:33:51 GMT
Alone with everybody *was* great. The 2nd one was shit. Just terrible.
I loved forth when it came out, but I haven't bothered with it in eons. Loved 'sit and wonder' too.
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Post by jollyboy on Aug 12, 2011 15:59:20 GMT
Heh, I liked Are You Ready, but the rest of that record was comedy bad
Haha that was a track on his debut, Karlos. "I built a boat from bamboo ..... BUT IT SUNK"
Amazing lyric. Really sums up the frustration of being stranded on a desert island with the bird from Spiritualized
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Post by monkeytennis on Aug 13, 2011 15:18:35 GMT
shockingly amazing comeback gigs, shit, boring album.
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Post by Benoît Assou-Ekotto on Aug 13, 2011 15:46:14 GMT
There's enough on the album, for me, to warrant it's existance and make it worthy of The Verve name. I fucking love The Verve. It's definetly too long and there's some duff tunes on there but Sit and Wonder, Love Is Noise, Rather Be, Judas, Valium Skies and Appalachian Springs are tunes. I quite like Noise Epic as well but it's obviously a bit silly. Mover is a tune as well. The gigs were amazing. They were better in 97 though when I first saw them |
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Post by Fuzzy Dunlop on Aug 13, 2011 16:06:13 GMT
Sit and Wonder alone would make it worthwhile tbh, sounds amazing live. Columbo's great too though.  |
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Post by jp on Aug 13, 2011 22:19:42 GMT
the verve are still in my top ten gigs of all time. amazing really considering i never have consider myself to be a massive fan of theirs. argree though that despite love is noise being a huge single, the rest of forth was a bit pony.
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Post by Mr David on Aug 13, 2011 22:40:47 GMT
THEY WERE WELL BETTER IN 1993 WHEN I FIRST SAW THEM
forth is a dog of a record though, I'd be surprised if I ever listened to anything ashcroft recorded again.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2011 16:25:34 GMT
Haha that was a track on his debut, Karlos. "I built a boat from bamboo ..... BUT IT SUNK"  I know where its from, I just like to see you mention it every time Ashcroft gets a mention. It's tradition. |
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Post by eddiemurphy on Aug 14, 2011 17:53:12 GMT
COME ON PEOPLE MAKING IT NOW  |
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Post by calimocho on Aug 16, 2011 17:40:40 GMT
that a huh little moaning thing he does in Love Is Noise is terrible imo.
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(actually love it 
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I know where its from, I just like to see you mention it every time Ashcroft gets a mention. It's tradition. 
