- Mini-Disc (30 Oct 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Hut
- ASIN: B000050BBH
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,302,511 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Five years before the group's Urban Hymns broke the band into the mainstream, The Verve's first full-length effort, A Storm in Heaven, gave incredible insight into the band's ability to mesmerize it's audience. Hypnotic vocals courtesy of vocalist Richard Ashcroft and layered musical textures from the band make for an incredible, memorable album. This is not the stuff of background music but instead best suited to provide the soundtrack for a candlelit, incense-filled Saturday night. Perhaps the band's best effort to date. --Denise Sheppard
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the Verve at their best. It is the closest you can get (along with the EPs) to resonating those beautiful early Verve performances where songs lasted 20 minutes and your head and heart were taken somewhere else. There will always be a part of me left in the rafters of Sheffield Octogan in 1992. Guitar sounds that chime like distant bells echoing in a dreamy valley(from the best guitarist of the 90's). Drum beats that shuffle beautifully. Bass lines that remain understatedly melodic. And then theres that Ashcroft fellow before he went too ladish (all that C'mon malarchy!!). These were the days when the man would shuffle bare foot on an indian rug looking like a student lost in the late 60's. This is a fantastic album. It doesnt need to be like Urban Hymns. It doesnt need that cockyness of Luck man. It is perfect as it is. Best listened to in a cave to add echo to echo or in a car watching the sun set over the beautiful Derbyshire wilderness. Dont judge it by what happened in the late 90's. Judge it by the innocence of those long 92/93 summers. Epic
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
By far the best of 'The' Verve albums, it's wild, expansive psychedelic sound removed from the garage, funk and symphonic workouts that followed. John (Stone Roses) Leckie's production has never been better, but this is an atypical example of band democracy at work, before too many drugs combined with Ashcroft's ego and McCabe's mind unpicked everything that the band had built. Highlights include the seamless slide into 'Blue' from 'Make It Till Monday', the relentless percussive thrum of 'Slide Away', and the shimmering silver guitar on 'Already There' and 'Beautiful Mind'. If you like this, check out early singles 'She's a Superstar' and 'Gravity Grave', two more stunners from The Verve's early canon.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Before the Verve became known as "The Verve", they were simply known as "Verve" and this was the only LP they released under that name. Very fitting, as after this album they changed direction and went looking for pop stardom. And even though some of their best efforts (such as History, On Your Own, Bittersweet Symphony, etc) came after this album, A Storm in Heaven was a work of pure genius.
Nick McCabe's psychedelic guitars create a dreamy landscape over which Richard Ashcroft floats his haunting vocals and right from the spacey opener "Star Sail", the album unrelentlessly bellows out brilliant songs. Standout tracks include "Slide Away", "Already There", "Make It 'Till Monday", "Blue" and the outstanding closer "See You In The Next One (Have A Good Time)".
However, aside from having fantastic songs, it is also a very complete album, with each track playing their own part to create a truly excellent album for fans of the Verve and alternative music. Truly, a storm in heaven.
Nick McCabe's psychedelic guitars create a dreamy landscape over which Richard Ashcroft floats his haunting vocals and right from the spacey opener "Star Sail", the album unrelentlessly bellows out brilliant songs. Standout tracks include "Slide Away", "Already There", "Make It 'Till Monday", "Blue" and the outstanding closer "See You In The Next One (Have A Good Time)".
However, aside from having fantastic songs, it is also a very complete album, with each track playing their own part to create a truly excellent album for fans of the Verve and alternative music. Truly, a storm in heaven.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Ambient symphonies
Verve at the peak of their powers and a unique sounding album which could not be mistaken with inferior bands of the time such as Oasis, Stone Roses and others. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Mr. S. Burgess
Subtle Swagger.
Probably like a lot of people, I heard Bitterweet Symphony and then Urban Hymns first in 1997. I got this a year or so later and it blew me away. Read more
Published 24 months ago by David Roumaine
Glorious wall of sound
Years ago I rented this on cassette from Barbican library on a whim. I was intrigued by the artwork and by the name of the band. Read more
Published on 24 May 2010 by Merlin Beard
Not my usual cup of tea but...
One of the things you're generally supposed to say about debuts that you don't think are that good is that they hint at a band's potential and their future direction but if I said... Read more
Published on 6 May 2008 by Shorty11857
This is the pure essence of prog rock,
The first Verve album, A STORM IN HEAVEN, was released in 1993, prior to some legal wrangling necessitating the addition of the definite article to the band's name. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2006 by Mr. Rgs Draycott
An Album From Heaven
Forgive the pun, but if you are looking for an amazingly celestial, atmospheric album then look no further! Read more
Published on 6 April 2005 by Justine K
Fantastic debut.
Rcihard Ashcroft, Nick Mccabe, Simon Jones and Peter Salisbury. This is the band that will rock the generation in 5 years time. That were to rock even. The Verve = Rock gods.
Published on 19 May 2004 by "gregorthedrummer"
the verve
listening to this album is like being in some sort of dream like state when you dont know if youre asleep or awake. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2004 by M. black
The Best Stone Roses Album Never Made
First of all, A Storm in Heaven does not really sound anything at all like The Drugs Don't Work, or even Bittersweet Symphony. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2002 by Richard Magrath
Storm In Heaven-Pure Magic!
OK, this is the Verve's first real album and it is a mixed bag. All the songs are good but some stand out, especially Blue. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2000 by rob_adamson@yahoo.co.uk
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