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bought for a friend he was happy with it
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Brilliant album
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Before 'Urban Hymns' came 'A Northern Soul' and this 'A Storm in Heaven'. Unlike Urban Hymns the vast majority of this abum was made in jams rather than written by Ashcroft. On the contrary the real genius in The Verve is Nick McCabe. His psychadelic jams can take you to different worlds they are so good. The first half of the album is absolutely faltless, moving from strong openers to placid Already There and Beautiful Mind. Then the atmosphere is broken by a loud, passionate The Sun, The Sea(also has a Saxophone solo). Then one of my favourite tracks Virtual World which took me a while to really enjoy but it is such a great song but may need a few listens. I see Make it til Monday and Blue as the same song as the sift in together and you dont know when Blue starts and when MitM ends until the strong guitar line on Blue comes in and they make a great combination. The the one low point on the CD is Butterfly, it is ok but a bit long and clunky and feels just like an album filler. See you in the Next One is a beautiful song. It is Ashcrofts first try at song writing and it seems to incoperate a dreamy sound that the later work lost. As you can probably see from the title this is my favourite album but I can see where they could have made some improvements. I think they should have dropped Butterfly and put in She's a Superstar, A Man called Sun and Gravity Grave. It is also a bit short at ten songs but while it lasts it really feels like heaven. Highlights: Slide Away, Beautifiul Mind, The Sun, the sea, Virtual World and the combination of Make it til Monday and Blue.Read full review
Bought this CD to find where the seeds of the truly brilliant "Urban Hymns" album were sewn. Its all here in a slightly less polished form but still well worth a listen.