A Northern Soul

by The Verve

A Northern Soul cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 July 1995
  • Label: Hut
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 3:01:50
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Simon Jones, Peter Salisbury, Gavyn Wright, Nick McCabe, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Ashcroft

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during a period of intense interpersonal turmoil and ecstasy abuse, 'A Northern Soul' captures The Verve at their most deeply atmospheric and depressive. The album merges swirling, highly psychedelic space rock with Richard Ashcroft's passionate, melancholic lyricism, resulting in a lush, hypnotic triumph.

Genres

Descriptors: drugs, atmospheric, guitar-driven, male vocalist, effects-laden

Tracklist

  1. A New Decade (4:13)
  2. This Is Music (3:35)
  3. On Your Own (3:33)
  4. So It Goes (6:11)
  5. A Northern Soul (6:32)
  6. Brainstorm Interlude (5:11)
  7. Drive You Home (6:41)
  8. History (5:26)
  9. No Knock On My Door (5:11)
  10. Life's An Ocean (5:41)
  11. Stormy Clouds (5:36)
  12. (Reprise) (6:13)
  13. Let The Damage Begin (4:21)
  14. You And Me (3:55)
  15. I See The Door (5:20)
  16. Little Gem (3:51)
  17. Dance On Your Bones (7:27)
  18. History (4:01)
  19. Back On My Feet Again (5:55)
  20. On Your Own (4:18)
  21. Monkey Magic (5:01)
  22. Grey Skies (4:47)
  23. Life's Not A Rehearsal (6:20)
  24. Brake Lights (3:58)
  25. Mover (4:10)
  26. Funky Jam (AKA The Rolling People) (5:52)
  27. Echo Bass (6:30)
  28. Muhammad Ali (4:16)
  29. Come On (5:12)
  30. King Riff (AKA This Is Music) (3:27)
  31. On Your Own (4:01)
  32. So It Goes (5:42)
  33. A New Decade (4:06)
  34. This Is Music (3:43)
  35. Life's An Ocean (6:00)
  36. Come On (5:19)

Credits

  • The Verve - primary artist, producer, written-by
  • Mark Lee - accompanied by [studio assistant]
  • Simon Jones - bass guitar, percussion, keyboards, twelve-string guitar
  • Brian Cannon - concept by [sleeve], design, art direction
  • Peter Salisbury - drums, percussion
  • Nick McCabe - guitar, piano, twelve-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric organ [hammond organ], piano, synthesizer [moog], acoustic guitar
  • Savage & Best Management - management [uk representation]
  • Larrikin Management - management [usa representation]
  • Jack Adams - mastered by
  • Michael Spencer Jones - photography by
  • Mary Scanlon - photography by [the verve in the cafe]
  • Scarlet Page - photography by [the verve on the bus]
  • Owen Morris - producer, electric organ [hammond organ], arranged by [strings], strings [synthesized strings]
  • Richard Ashcroft - vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, electric piano
  • Wil Malone - arranged by [strings]
  • Gavyn Wright - strings
  • London Symphony Orchestra - strings

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