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| 2.5 average | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | July 22nd 20 |
The debut solo release from former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft can only be described as tepid
and uninspired. Sure, the band had been heading towards this tame britpop sound before on their
massive album Urban Hymns, but that was a record full of quirks, eccentricities, and most
importantly excellent songwriting. Alone With Everybody sounds like what an AI would create if you
fed it Be Here Now-era Oasis and then told it to tone it down so even your nan won't mind it. The
albums opening track and biggest single, A Song for the Lovers really sums up everything wrong with
this album, with its eerie similarity to The Cure's Lovesong, minus all the passion. This album is
unoriginal, boring and bloated. There are some nice moments every now and again, Brave New World is
a very good tune. But that's far too little amongst the hour-long runtime to recommend this to
anyone.
47/100
Highlights: Brave New World, Crazy World.
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| 4.0 excellent | JDoberman | February 25th 19 |
His best by a long shot, in my opinion (outside of actual Verve albums, I mean) though Keys to the World would probably be a firm second since the highlights of that one are pretty nice. This one could have been the fourth Verve record easy, but it is interesting to hear how he developed these songs without the other 3. Opening four tracks are golden, and there are scattered examples of greatness following that - heavily recommended for fans of later Verve. If you didn't like Urban Hymns though, it may be a tougher sell
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| 4.0 excellent | fifek | February 22nd 23 |
| 3.5 great | olmedou | September 8th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Collis | January 19th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Royl123 | October 22nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | NateMa | February 1st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Alexxx | November 6th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Gueero | September 26th 17 |
| 3.5 great | YayoG1 | September 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | teahead | January 9th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | dkkc | January 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | CamCar | July 24th 14 |
| 3.5 great | mppwns | February 3rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | cvrcmrc | September 1st 10 |
| 3.0 good | Yay | August 16th 10 |
| 3.5 great | nbden | July 22nd 10 |
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