This Is Music: The Singles 92-98 [Import]

1. This Is Music

2. Slide Away

3. Lucky Man

4. History

5. She's a Superstar

6. On Your Own

7. Blue

8. Sonnet

9. All in the Mind

10. Drugs Don't Work

11. Gravity Grave

12. Bitter Sweet Symphony

13. This Could Be My Moment

14. Monte Carlo

This Is Music: The Singles 92-98,The Verve,EMI Int'l,Alternative Pop/Rock,Britpop,Dream Pop,England,Indie Rock,Neo-Psychedelia,Noise Pop,Pop,Rock,Shoegaze,Space Rock

Average customer rating: The Verve were a great band GOOD INTRODUCTION BUT LOUSY REMASTERING OF "STORM IN HEAVEN" ERA TRACKS What a surprise 3.5 Stars: My first taste of The Verve SUPRISES INSIDE

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Tracks:

1. This Is Music
2. Slide Away
3. Lucky Man
4. History
5. She's A Superstar
6. On Your Own
7. Blue
8. Sonnet
9. All In The Mind
10. The Drugs Don't Work
11. Gravity Grave
12. Bitter Sweet Symphony
13. This Could Be My Moment
14. Monte Carlo

Album Details

This is the Definitive Best of Collection from the Verve. The Package Will Consist of Singles Released from the Hugely Successful Albums "a Strom in Heaven", "a Northern Soul" and "Urban Hymns" as Well as Various EPs and B-sides.

Customer Reviews:

The Verve were a great band.......2007-03-11

The Verve was a British band of the 1990's who have since broken up. On this CD we have 14 of the best Verve songs from their era of existence 1992-98. I really like this album and am awarding it 4.5 stars. I first heard of this band in June 1997 when staying in London, when their justly-famous and classic song Bittersweet Symphony made the UK top 5 . Even better was the achingly-beautiful yet despairing lament The Drugs Don't Work, which reached #1 on the UK chart in September 1997. I was working as a locum doctor in a psychiatric clinic at the time in Birmingham, England, and could really relate to the heartfelt pain that this song evokes, yet it has one of the most beautiful of melodies. Third song Lucky Man was also fantastic, as was the fourth song: Sonnet. All these were off the 1997 album Urban Hymns. After really getting into these songs in 1997-98, I later found out that the Verve actually had two earlier albums I'd not heard, and from these were taken other good songs like This Is Music, History and Gravity Grave etc.

The Verve were a great band with strong choruses, trippy production, and emotive, slightly avant-garde lyrics. Their vocalist Richard Ashcroft is a distinctive and highly-talented singer/songwriter who has continued on in the 2000's as a solo artist, though I know little about the other band members.

Highly regarded compilation CD.

GOOD INTRODUCTION BUT LOUSY REMASTERING OF "STORM IN HEAVEN" ERA TRACKS.......2006-12-16

This collection is a good way to be introduced to The Verve but the tracks taken from the album "A Storm In Heaven," "Slide Away" and "Blue" are not so much remastered as remixed, bringing Richard Ashcroft's vocals to the forefront instead of letting them swirl through Nick McCabe's amazing guitar work as on the original album. I was incredibly disappointed by this decision as "A Storm In Heaven" is a powerful album as it was originally mixed and was I was looking forward to hearing the two tracks remastered on this collection. I sincerely hope this isn't a sign of what's to come if all three Verve albums are remastered. "A Storm In Heaven" is an amazing album and if it is to be remastered, the sound should be expanded, not re-done. Whether this is Richard Ashcroft's ego interfering and trying to re-write history (no pun intended) or just a poor choice by the album producer I'm not sure. For excellent examples of remastering work, see the remasters of the entire Slowdive catalog and The Jesus and Mary Chain. For an example of a poor remastering job where tracks were re-done, see Tori Amos' collection "Tales Of A Librarian."

What a surprise.......2006-11-10

I have just recently discovered The Verve. It seems that I went right through the 90's without knowing nothing about this great band. Heard Bittersweet Symphony performed by Richard Ashcroft and Coldplay at the Live 8 Concert in July 2005 in London and inmediately fell in love with this truly great song. Went on to find more about these guys who unfortunately went separate ways before the end of the century. Despite claims from rock legends (Rolling Stones) that Bittersweet Symphony was plagiarized from them, I just totally connected with this beautiful song which appearently became a symbol of a whole generation. Richard Ashcroft lyrics are great. Music also. SO if you happen to be a like me, and never heard anything by The Verve, please go ahead and start with Bittersweet Symphony.

3.5 Stars: My first taste of The Verve.......2006-10-07

I first heard about the brittish emo rock group 'The Verve' after listening to their hit song that had made the radio stations over and over again for a long period of time here in Australia. Their song 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' is one of the best songs ever made and its melody is surreal and enchanting. I purchased this album for that reason, it had this song on it and I really wanted it. "This Is Music" is a album consisting of 14 songs that became The Verve's singles betwee 1992-95.

The Verve sound like a cross between Coldplay and Oasis with a slightly more pop sound to them. Unexpectedly I enjoyed this album after getting over the first two songs of the album that were plain and sounded unoriginal. The third song in 'Lucky Man' has became another favourite song of mine with lyrics that are heartfelt and easy to sing along with. 'On Your Own' and 'Sonnet' are beautiful melodies about loneliness and love which are heartwarming.

But the stand out of course is 'Bitter Sweet Symphony', this song is magical and has helped me through alot of tough emotional times. The last two songs of this album are merely fillers and B-Sides. This having been my intro to The Verve, I found myself liking this band and look forward to purchase more CD's in the later future by them.

SUPRISES INSIDE.......2006-09-07

OK, look, i'm a Verve fan and am biased for the most part. My favorite verve songs wont fit on one cd, however this is a must own.

Obviously it has 2 previously unreleased songs. I'm sold.

I got it and listened to it from a music store in Atlanta. Guess what, Slide Away has either been remixed or re-recorded and BY GOD IT SOUNDS GREAT!!! You can actually very explicitly understand the lyrics and there are some new twists and turns in the instrumentation.

So COME ON!!! What are you waiting for!!!

Average customer rating:

This Is Music: The Singles 92-98 The Verve Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Shoegazing | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Space Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Neo-Psychedelia | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00064X27S Release Date: 2004-11-30

Tracks:

1. This Is Music
2. Slide Away
3. Lucky Man
4. History
5. She's a Superstar
6. On Your Own
7. Blue
8. Sonnet
9. All in the Mind
10. Drugs Don't Work
11. Gravity Grave
12. Bitter Sweet Symphony
13. This Could Be My Moment
14. Monte Carlo

Average customer rating:

This Is Music: Singles 92-98 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000E6G68U Release Date: 2006-03-14

Average customer rating:

This Is Music: The Singles 92-98 The Verve Manufacturer: EMI/Virgin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Shoegazing | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Space Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Neo-Psychedelia | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002VL8LM Release Date: 2004-11-23

Tracks:

1. This Is Music
2. Slide Away
3. Lucky Man
4. History
5. She's a Superstar
6. On Your Own
7. Blue
8. Sonnet
9. All in the Mind
10. Drugs Don't Work
11. Gravity Grave
12. Bitter Sweet Symphony
13. This Could Be My Moment
14. Monte Carlo

Album Description

Japanese edition includes one bonus track, 'I See the Door' which was previously available as a UK B-Side. This Is Music is a collection of all The Verve's singles including two unreleased tracks, This Could Be My Moment and Monte Carlo, taken from the Urban Hymns sessions. The Verve, from Wigan, were formed in 1990, releasing their debut album A Storm in Heaven three years later. It was followed by the hugely acclaimed A Northen Soul in 1995. Three years later, in the summer of 1997, The Verve established themselves as one of the most crucial English rock bands of all time with the Urban Hymns album which, with its landmark singles Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work, dominated the chart for over a year. EMI. 2004.

Average customer rating:

This Is Music: The Singles 92-98 The Verve Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000LZ804W

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