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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. Sit And Wonder |
| 2. Love Is Noise |
| 3. Rather Be |
| 4. Judas |
| 5. Numbness |
| 6. I See Houses |
| 7. Noise Epic |
| 8. Valium Skies |
| 9. Columbo |
| 10. Appalachian Springs |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Space And Time |
| 2. Sonnet (Live At Coachella) |
| 3. This Is Music (Live At Coachella) |
| 4. The Rolling People (Live At Coachella) |
| 5. Lucky Man (Live At Coachella) |
| 6. Love Is Noise (Live At Coachella) |
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A great album and a great return for the Verve. Not as many stand-out, memorable tracks as Urban Hymns, but there are plenty of great tunes here. The opening tracks "Sit And Wonder" and "Love Is Noise" are classic Verve songs. And the final track "Appalachian Springs" is a beautifully written masterpiece. The rest of the album is also full of great soundscapes. Needs playing through from start to finish a few times before it really sinks in!
The bonus DVD is a nice little extra, but could have been better. The "Space & Time: The Verve Documentary" isn't really much of an insightful documentary. It's only 25 minutes of Nick & Simon saying how great it is to be back playing again after 10 years, interspersed with voxpop clips of fans saying how great it is the band are back together again, and short clips of live performances from the 2007/08 tour. More enjoyable is "The Verve: Live At Coachella, April 2008" which consists of the five tracks: Sonnet, This Is Music, The Rolling People, Lucky Man and Love Is Noise. These are all great live performances, especially Lucky Man and Love Is Noise. However it would have been nice to see more of the gig than just these 5 tracks.
The bonus DVD is a nice little extra, but could have been better. The "Space & Time: The Verve Documentary" isn't really much of an insightful documentary. It's only 25 minutes of Nick & Simon saying how great it is to be back playing again after 10 years, interspersed with voxpop clips of fans saying how great it is the band are back together again, and short clips of live performances from the 2007/08 tour. More enjoyable is "The Verve: Live At Coachella, April 2008" which consists of the five tracks: Sonnet, This Is Music, The Rolling People, Lucky Man and Love Is Noise. These are all great live performances, especially Lucky Man and Love Is Noise. However it would have been nice to see more of the gig than just these 5 tracks.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a 'difficult' album to say the least. After watching them play live last year I thought this album would be the kick in the backside the music world needs right now. Big music played with huge intent. Instead all we get is a diluted, uninspired, sloppy bunch of half-arsed ideas that seem to go completely against what these guys are about and what they can do live. 'Sit & Wonder' started out as a belting monster of a live track when they were first performing it. What on earth did they do to it in the studio?? They seem to have compressed the life out of it with McCabe's once immense guitar lines reduced to a tinny squeal. Ok so it's not a completely terrible album. There are moments in tracks like Judas, Numbness and Columbo where you can just about make out the fiery interplay that made this band so legendary in their early days and Love is Noise along with Valium Skies stand up perfectly well against the band's earlier hits. But in the end there's too many half-baked ideas for Forth to be a truly great album. In fact Noise epic just about sums this album up. It starts off with real intent but just as the hairs on your neck begin to rise, it deflates into blandness with Ashcroft, obviously bereft of ideas, lazily reciting some lyrics while the band try desperately to turn a half-arsed idea into an 'Epic'. Where's the fire of 'A Northern Soul'? The Innovation of 'Storm In Heaven'? Or the hook-laden melodies of "Urban Hymns? The only reason I can find for justifying buying this album is that at least you get to hear brief flashes of what was once a hugely talented and intense group of musicians. I'm sure I'm not alone in being slightly frustrated that Forth isn't what we were hoping for. However, despite this I am still glad they're back! Let us all hope that there is more to come because they are still a very special group of musicians and I'm not convinced the world has realized this yet!
Format:Audio CD
The current single"Love is noise"is pure and Classic The Verve so Consequently it is "The First of Forth!" and what an album it is!!
in years to come this could be thought of as highly as "Northern Souls" and "Urban Hyms" the fact that the only good two bands from Manchester have got back toghether with new albums,(the others being James)
The album features the classic traits of the Verve.epic productions and sonic explorations,this is a great album.
The accompanying dvd is also rather good as well.
Just think with james and The Verve back together whats the betting on Hermans Hermits aand with Joy Division/New order unlikely to get together again that would be three good bands to come out of Manchester!!!
in years to come this could be thought of as highly as "Northern Souls" and "Urban Hyms" the fact that the only good two bands from Manchester have got back toghether with new albums,(the others being James)
The album features the classic traits of the Verve.epic productions and sonic explorations,this is a great album.
The accompanying dvd is also rather good as well.
Just think with james and The Verve back together whats the betting on Hermans Hermits aand with Joy Division/New order unlikely to get together again that would be three good bands to come out of Manchester!!!
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To say the least I'm very disappointed....
Ok, most people know there are 3 types of Verve and generally with that comes 3 types of Verve fan. Before the first breakup era, the Urban Hymns era and as a live band. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2008 by Mr. P. Matthews
Pitiful, meritless, soulless money-driven comeback sellout...
They did it for the money.
What other possible conclusion can you draw? From all accounts, they can't stand to be in the same room together, so they're not in in for the... Read more
What other possible conclusion can you draw? From all accounts, they can't stand to be in the same room together, so they're not in in for the... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2008 by Nitrous McBread
Welcome Back
Forth has been worth the wait. Sonically charged and fuelled with soul, the album features epic sounds capes that remind us all of why we fell in love with the band in the first... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2008 by Mbdaniel
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