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A Northern Soul | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Verve
Label: Hut
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 1508
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 40437
UPC: 724384043728
EAN: 0724384043728
ASIN: B000000W8C
Release Date: July 1, 1995
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | New Decade | | • | This Is Music | | • | On Your Own | | • | So It Goes | | • | Northern Soul | | • | Brainstorm Interlude | | • | Drive You Home | | • | History | | • | No Knock On My Door | | • | Life's An Ocean | | • | Stormy Clouds | | • | Reprise |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Verve's first album, A Storm In Heaven was a little too much like a wet weekend to really live up to its title, dallying in intangible psychedelia. Bolstered by Oasis producer Owen Morris, A Northern Soul delivered a lot more. The opening "A New Decade" was imbued with all the glorious bombast that its title suggested, and "This Is Music" sounded like some furious gospel, with shamanic lead singer Richard Ashcroft bellowing the title like he was administering to his flock. Inconsistencies marred A Northern Soul, however, with "Brainstorm Interlude" hardly even worthy of inclusion, and "Life's An Ocean" simply unrolling as an overlong jam. The album's clincher, surely, is the almighty "History". The Verve's greatest achievement, "History" is an epic, tearful elegy, and to date one of rock music's greatest moments. It alone proves that A Northern Soul is a failed masterpiece. By the next album, Urban Hymns, The Verve had learnt to dispense with the filler. --Louis Pattison
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
Absolutely awesome August 1, 2008
G. Merryweather (Edinburgh, UK)
Believe the vast majority of reviews here: A Northern soul is not as commercial or immediately accessible as Urban Hymns, but infinitely more powerful and balanced and contains some of The Verve's best work.
The Verve At Their Best October 7, 2007
Mr. M. A. Morris
The Amazon review above is right in many ways. A Nothern Soul is rambling and full of bombast. It does have filler in it and isn't nearly as slick as its successor. This is a fans record if ever I've heard one. What current band would say 'I'm going to die alone in bed' or 'Too busy staying alive'? Few if any, for that matter, few bands in history would have the bottle to say that. This isn't a record that the radio would have on continuous rotation like Urban Hymns but by heck theres few records that have the lead singer laying his life out for all to see. What makes it all the more important is that Ashcroft could have grown up anywhere in the country not just Wigan and he'd have still said the same things, there was some painful universal truths in there, that are as relevant today as they ever were.
Its not just what is said, its the sound. McCabe in my opinion completes a trio of British guitarists who just aren't held in high-enough esteem, the others being Kevin Shields and Jonny Greenwood. Riffs and feedback surrounding you at every turn, ridiculous jams that irritate the critic with 10 albums to listen to in a day but thrill the fan for hours on end. Then there is that rhythm section which give the whole album gravitas and quality, a bottom end so heavy the top end could have been half as good as I've mentioned and it will still be a 3star album. As it is the vital other two stars are earned with change to spare.
maybe the most important album you could own ? July 14, 2007
Richard Grant (Scotland)
this album is essential to those who find salvation in music and also those who just love good music , i personally found this a life changing album which shifted my perspective of myself to a bit of a dick to actually someone with a bit more depth than your average cd:uk presenter , the album will change you , especially "history" and "life's an ocean" but hey just listen to it with headphones yourself and see .
Maybe the best album I own March 20, 2007
gabbar
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Sheer genius.
Anyone who thinks Urban Hymns is better than this is a fool, who deserves only to be pitied.
I can see why some people would rate Storm in Heaven better than this, but for me that album is patchy and lacks coherence.
In contrast, Northern Soul is a singular (albeit bleak) vision, perfectly realised.
Music that speaks March 30, 2005
A. Taylor (London)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have just listened to this album again after a long break from it. It reminded me of what great music sounds like (not like the pretentious dross that's knocking around at the moment). This album really speaks to you. It doesn't just speak, it shouts with all its might. Like the synopsis of the album says, it is flawed (Brainstorm Interlude and Lifes an Ocean). But the magnificence of the rest of the album more than makes up for it. I remember it took me a while to tune into the sound, once you do the ride is both powerfull and long lasting. I thought that maybe this album was not enjoyed like it should be, but having read the other reviews of this album I realise there are lots of other people who Love this album just like I do. This is a must if you Love music and what it can do for the soul.
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