Verve


Albums

Urban Hymns (2017)



Verve - Urban Hymns


In our 'Re:View' section, Richard Lewis explains why British band, The Verve, is considered one of the seminal bands of the late 1990s and early 2000s due to 1997 Platinum album, 'Urban Hymns', which has just been reissued in an expanded 5 CD with DVD box set


Reviews


Forth (2008)
Verve - Forth

Lazy and somewhat formulaic fourth album and first CD in eleven years from the Verve


Love is Noise (2008)
Verve - Love is Noise

Spendid first single in ten years from the Verve, which comes in various different formats


Related


Interviews

Erland and the Carnival
Interview Erland and the Carnival - Interview

Offbeat trio Erland and the Carnival recently put out their debut album which consists of electric arrangements of traditional folk songs. Anthony Strutt speaks to them about their previous band which include Verve, Damon Albarn, the Cult, the Orb, and Paul McCartney's the Fireman project


Live

Black Ships
King's College, London, 2/6/2011 Ryuichi Sakamoto - King's College, London, 2/6/2011

At their debut gig, Anthony Strutt watches the Black Ships, the new band of the Verve's Nick McCabe and Simon Jones, play a convincing and spectacular show


Richard Ashcroft
Great Hall, Exeter University, Exeter, 16/5/2006 Richard Ashcroft - Great Hall, Exeter University, Exeter, 16/5/2006

Often critically maligned in recent years, former Verve frontman recently returned with his third solo album 'Keys to the World'. Benjamin Howarth finds him on belligerent form at a stunning show at Exeter University