tbh bittersweet is about on par with the rest of the songs on here for me, I was more agreeing with the fact that they've done better in general
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Ah fair enough. I'm more familiar with this than I am with their earlier work, though I may try and rectify that over the next few days.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Bittersweet rules, it just receives the same hate that every overplayed song will get
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@Archelirion honestly their earlier stuff blows this out of the water and into the stratosphere, in my opinion of course. Its actually crazy how good their EP and debut are comparatively
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very different styles though
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the drugs don't work is a1
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Album Rating: 4.0
They just make you worse.
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Verve is a1
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This could stand to be a little bit shorter
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Album Rating: 4.0
true
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Album Rating: 4.0
fucking 90's
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Album Rating: 4.5
it's funny that people say it could be shorter because honestly they'd already cut some of the best songs of their career off this record as it was
yet somehow, I completely understand the argument - maybe it's just that certain tracks could be swapped
speaking of "best songs left off the record" though, eleven studio tracks from this era which have never been released before just came out via a leak from someone involved with the reissue process
apparently they were all going to go on the new Urban Hymns box that just came out, but ol' Dickie turned it down for god knows what reason
seriously though, they're pretty much all fucking great. Sweet & Sour is already one of my favorite Verve songs and the thing's only been publically available for less than a month
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDCgYJTLTTFZl6r81ncrchlpRalVRLbSv
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Album Rating: 4.0
This is a great fucking record. Velvet Morning is classic.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Overlong, but some absolute bangers here.
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Album Rating: 4.5
the alternate record that this could have been with some of the b-sides & outtakes (of which altogether there is about an album's worth) would have almost certainly been their best. Echo Bass, Three Steps, and Sweet & Sour among others is some of their best work
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Album Rating: 4.5
Actually it coulda probably just been a double album, tbh
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Album Rating: 4.5
Weeping Willow is so underrated, such a pretty song. The ending is beautifully chilled! Saying that, the end of Sonnet is epic too. I miss 90s England!!
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Album Rating: 4.5
used to listen to this a lot, definitely holds a special place in my heart.
checkin this b-sides and outtakes. edit: Three Steps is pretty dope
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Album Rating: 4.5
yeah, some of their best material is in the outtakes of this record. in fact, as strongly as i'd assert Northern Soul as being my absolute favorite record of theirs, i think Urban Hymns may be my favorite era, when you include everything recorded (officially released or otherwise) during that era. the pairing of McCabe & Simon Tong is an underrated "tour de force" as well
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Album Rating: 4.5
I've had to bump this to a 4.5
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