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Keys To The World [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics]

~ Richard Ashcroft
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (23 Jan 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Parlophone/EMI
  • ASIN: B000CBVMH2
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,738 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Why Not Nothing?
2. Music Is Power
3. Break The Night With Colour
4. Words Just Get In The Way
5. Keys To The World
6. Sweet Brother Malcolm
7. Cry Til The Morning
8. Why Do Lovers?
9. Simple Song
10. World Keeps Turning

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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Verve fought their way to the top of the Britpop pile with a series of triumphant, world-beating anthems, but since their dissolution, frontman Richard Ashcroft’s muse has led him further into introspective, acoustic territory. Quite heartening, then, that his third album kicks off with a mighty burst of brass, an ecstatic Motown rhythm and in "Why Not Nothing?", one of his most bullish, headstrong lyrics in recent memory.

Ashcroft’s new emphasis on classic-tinged soulfulness--a nice change from his occasional, unfortunate tendency towards lumpen Britpop blokeiness--permeates Keys To The World, a factor that sets it on a par with the likes of Weller’s 2000 album Heliocentric in the return-to-form stakes. There are two real highlights though: the swooning "Words Just Get In The Way" should see some manly tears shed, an older, wiser uncle of Coldplay’s "Fix You" that offers a shoulder to cry on over a noble flourish of violins, while "World Keeps Turning" ends the album on a proud note, Ashcroft declaring "Everythin’ right in my life again" as the album gallops to a close.--Louis Pattison

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars This is the return to form you've been hearing about, 6 Jan 2006
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I am one of these Ashcroft fans that takes issue with those who say his post Verve material is not very good. I agree that Alone With Everybody was a little polished and probably suffered for the fact that Ashcroft seemed a bit too happy when he wrote it, but I thought that Human Conditions was a fantastic example of great songwriting.
What "Keys to the World" has over the first two, however, is a bit of what was missing. On "Urban Hymns" the ballads were interspersed with rousing numbers "Rolling People" and "Come On". Well those kind of tracks make their return here, with opener "Why not Nothing" as rock n roll as Ashcroft has ever sounded, and the superb title track Keys to The World, which samples a soul singer strangely enough!?! But these songs make all the difference, put in amongst more fine ballads, especially "Sweet Brother Malcolm", that make this Ashcrofts strongest effort since the Verve, and should be the Album we've all hoped he would make to put him back on top of the tree
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars His best Solo album, 2 Feb 2006
I would say that this a real step up in quality for Richard Ashcroft as a solo artist. The album has a great feel, although not the most uplifting in the world. The track 'Break The Night With Colour' is a classic.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Ashcroft's Best Solo Album thus far, 1 April 2006
By N. Scarlett "Student" (Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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The title pretty much says it all. For me, Richard Ashcroft's solo work had, up until this album, been somewhat patchy. He's had some sensational songs, Buy It In Bottles, C'mon People (We're Making It Now) and Check The Meaning to name but three. But his albums seemed to be very much made up of fillers. This album on the other hand is solid all the way through, whilst still keeping some truly great works such as the opening single Break The Night With Colour, and some examples of Ashcroft straying from familiar territory with the opening rocker Why Not Nothing, which is written from an athiest point of view, and the albums closing track, World Keeps Turning, perhaps the most upbeat song Ashcroft has written, with superb lyrics and as is to be expected, superb vocals from one of the best voices of the past ten years. Any fans of The Verve, Britpop in general, or just good music would be well advised to give this album a listen, they won't regret it!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't plan on using a computer
Don't buy this if you want to play it through a computer. It's got all sorts of copy protection to stop that happening. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Norm

4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable listen but not a classic
Keys to the world is a good, solid album but is certainly not on the same scale as The Verve's 'Urban hymns'
I think the album has 5 very good songs (why not nothing, break... Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2006 by A. Grimes

4.0 out of 5 stars A well produced album.
I'm standing up for Ritchie Ashcroft on this one, this is a good album. If you were expecting the Verve then of course you'll be disappointed, but this is a fresh direction and... Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2006 by Dave Stewart

1.0 out of 5 stars Yawnarama
Break The Night With Colour is a fantastic piece of work which leaves everything else on this CD trailing in its wake. Ashcroft's affected vocal style is a further nuisance. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2006 by A. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Very pleasant surprise
I bought about 30 CD's from Heathrow a couple of months ago as I live outside the UK and always pick up a pile of the latest crops of talked about stuff. Read more
Published on 16 May 2006 by Julian S. Smith

2.0 out of 5 stars Peggy does Dylan
I saw Verve in 1995. I can think of no finer band to emerge from these shores in the history of time; plenty that matched - but none that surpassed. Read more
Published on 30 April 2006 by Kezzworld

3.0 out of 5 stars Oh, for the good old days
I loved Urban Hymns. Loved Ashcroft's first album. Was indifferent to his second. Was awaiting a comeback with this album. And... Oh, well. Read more
Published on 4 April 2006 by Strat Cat

3.0 out of 5 stars Not at his best...
I honestly could not decide whether this album deserved 3 or 4 stars. I went for 3 because 3..... is.... alright and so is this album. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2006 by J. Marciniak

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great 3rd album from a hugely under-rated solo artist
I'm shocked by the bad reviews i've read on this album. I can only assume that the reviewers are blind SClub fans that have bought the wrong album.
THIS ALBUM IS GREAT! Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2006 by Mr T R Ransley

5.0 out of 5 stars Ashcroft is back on top form!
This is an absoltely cracking album, full of powerful tunes that are instantly memorable. I would urge any Verve-lovers to go for it and enjoy!
Published on 18 Mar 2006

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