![]() Given his role as the Verve’s principle songwriter, coupled with the fact that Alone features the string arrangements of Will Malone and the production/mixing skills of Chris Potter - both of whom worked on Urban Hymns - then a degree of familiarity might be expected with regard to the sound.Ĭharacteristic aspects of the Verve’s swansong - and of earlier outings like A Storm in Heaven and A Northern Soul - do carry over onto Alone. But, of course, none of the hype answers the questions on everybody’s mind: namely, what, if anything, does the ex-Verve vocalist’s new material have in common with that of his former band? And, more importantly, is it better that the Verve’s parting masterpiece, 1997’s Urban Hymns?Īshcroft has described his new CD as a record that picks up where Urban Hymns left off. Alone with Everybody ranks among the most highly anticipated Brit-rock releases this year, generating the level of expectancy that prefaced the last Oasis album and, to a lesser degree, Primal Scream’s XTRMNTR. Short-lived as it was, such a coup didn’t come as any great surprise. Proving that Wigan can have Detroit any time, Ashcroft’s solo debut sailed into the UK album charts at number one to depose the Motor City Mouth, albeit only for a week. ![]() Although the prospect of Richard Ashcroft kicking the ass of Marshall Mathers is a scenario too bizarre even for MTV’s truly appalling Celebrity Death Match series, that’s precisely what happened recently.
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