The Verve. Forth (2008)

Forth is the fourth album by English alternative rock band The Verve and was released internationally on August 25, 2008, and a day later in North America. The album is the band's first release since reforming in 2007 and touring at various festivals in 2008. It is also the band's first album of new material since Urban Hymns was released in 1997, excluding two unreleased tracks on the singles compilation album This Is Music: The Singles 92-98.

The album's first single, "Love Is Noise", received its first airplay by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 on June 23, 2008. The band also released a non-album track, "Mover", as a free digital download a week later.

The album was leaked on August 13. On August 19, The Verve put all of the album online on their MySpace for one week, allowing everyone to listen to the songs in their entirety.

Track Listing

All songs written by The Verve, except where noted.

1. "Sit and Wonder" - 6:52
2. "Love Is Noise" (Richard Ashcroft, The Verve) - 5:29
3. "Rather Be" (Ashcroft) - 5:38
4. "Judas" - 6:19
5. "Numbness" - 6:35
6. "I See Houses" (Ashcroft) - 5:37
7. "Noise Epic" - 8:14
8. "Valium Skies" (Ashcroft) - 4:34
9. "Columbo" - 7:30
   • "Ma Ma Soul" - 5:45
   • "Muhammad Ali" - 6:26
     
10. "Appalachian Springs" (Ashcroft) - 7:34

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The Verve. Urban Hymns (1997)

Urban Hymns is the highly acclaimed alternative rock/space rock album released on September 29, 1997 by English rock band The Verve. After the release of the band's previous album, A Northern Soul, The Verve broke up due to growing tensions between Richard Ashcroft and Nick McCabe. They reunited in 1996 and recorded Urban Hymns, which earned nearly unanimous critical praise upon its release and went on to become one of the biggest selling albums of the year largely on the strength of the international chart-topper "Bitter Sweet Symphony".

The Verve were known for their music's complex, immersive sonic textures. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, and remains the band's most well known song. "The Drugs Don't Work", the band's only UK #1 to date, has become a concert staple for jam bands and other groups. The rest of the album alternates between wistful ballads like "Sonnet" and "Space And Time", spacey grooves like "Catching The Butterfly" and "The Rolling People", and all-out rockers like the Led Zeppelin-esque, pounding "Come On", which closes the set.

Melody Maker named Urban Hymns as the number-one album of 1997 in its year-end list. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 18th greatest album of all time. In the same year it was also shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize. In 2000 Q placed the album at number 58 its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever, while in 2006 its editors voted it the 16th greatest album of all time.

The Verve were awarded with the first ever "Q Classic Album" award for this album at the 2007 Q Awards.

Since its release, the album has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

1. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (Jagger/Keith Richards/Richard Ashcroft) – 5:58
2. "Sonnet" (Ashcroft) – 4:21
3. "The Rolling People" (The Verve) – 7:01
4. "The Drugs Don't Work" (Ashcroft) – 5:05
5. "Catching the Butterfly" (The Verve) – 6:26
6. "Neon Wilderness" (Nick McCabe, The Verve) – 2:37
7. "Space and Time" (Ashcroft) – 5:36
8. "Weeping Willow" (Ashcroft) – 4:49
9. "Lucky Man" (Ashcroft) – 4:53
10. "One Day" (Ashcroft) – 5:03
11. "This Time" (Ashcroft) – 3:50
12. "Velvet Morning" (Ashcroft) – 4:57
13. "Come On" (The Verve) – 15:15

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