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A Storm in Heaven

~ The Verve
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (21 Jun 1993)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hut
  • ASIN: B000025IQ8
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Mini-Disc  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,491 in Music (See Bestsellers 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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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. Appearing in the wake of the commercial success of the "shoegazer" trend in England, it successfully bridged the gap between the rock affectations of Ride's spectacular GOING BLANK AGAIN and Spiritualised's debut album, both early shoegazing cornerstones.
Building on the spaciousness of their first few singles, A STORM IN HEAVEN marries the Verve's psychedelic leaningsto the sonic whirlwind of Nick McCabe's guitar heroics. Highlights include "The Sun, the Sea", which is peppered with massive, crunching rock sounds, even featuring some hyperactive horns toward the end. "Virtual World", with the addition of flutes to the mix, conjures Jethro Tull caught in an elaborate crystalline guitar sound sculpture. The real winner here, though, is the majestic and enveloping "See You In the Next One (Have a Good Time)", which tones down much of the histrionics that precede it in favour of a dramatic acoustic sound with echoing vocals and McCabe's understated piano.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stormy, 14 Sep 2004
By Bongey Billy Bacon (Chesterfield, Derbyshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Early Verve Captures the World, 28 Feb 2006
By A. Williamson (London) - See all my reviews
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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.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Enter a musical dreamland, 17 Aug 2000
Out of the many albums i have listened to spanning across heavy metal through seventies rock to modern dance music, the Verves a storm in heaven has got to be one of the best i have listened to.From the opening chord of star sail you know you are going to be launched into a musical fantasy dreamland for the next 45 minutes. Nick McCabes reverb soaked, delay ridden guitar work draws from some of the best psychedelia of the seventies and Richard Ashcrofts soft vocals are more than capable of putting you into a soft mood. I fully reccomend it to anyone who likes to listen to a good bit of clever guitar work and it is most definitely the Verves finest hour
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4.0 out of 5 stars 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 18 months ago by Shorty11857

5.0 out of 5 stars Unrivalled genius
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. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2006 by Y. Li

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 17 Jan 2006 by Mr. Rgs Draycott

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 7 April 2005 by Justine K

4.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 23 Feb 2004 by M. black

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 7 Dec 2000 by rob_adamson@yahoo.co.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-Blowing
Storm in Heaven is a life-changer. I got into the verve when 'this is music' came out, I thought it could'nt get any better than that...how wrong I was. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2000 by m.coster@tesco.net

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