Re: Album of the day (#7207): Urban Hymns by The Verve

DommeDamian — Sat, 6 Jun 2026 03:28:43 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 06/06/2026 07:28

Trash.

Re: Album of the day (#7207): Urban Hymns by The Verve

HoldenM — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 22:10:32 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 06/06/2026 02:10

Very front-loaded but solid.

Track picks
1. Bitter Sweet Symphony
2. Sonnet
4. The Drugs Don't Work
7. Space And Time

Album of the day (#7207): Urban Hymns by The Verve

BestEverAlbums — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 16:00:24 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 06/05/2026 20:00

Today's album of the day

Urban Hymns by The Verve (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1997.
Country:
The Verve discography rank: 1 (out of 8 listed on BEA)
1997 rank: 8
1990s rank: 57
Overall rank: 295
Average rating: 77/100 (from 1119 votes).

Tracks:
1. Bitter Sweet Symphony
2. Sonnet
3. The Rolling People
4. The Drugs Don't Work
5. Catching The Butterfly
6. Neon Wilderness
7. Space And Time
8. Weeping Willow
9. Lucky Man
10. One Day
11. This Time
12. Velvet Morning
13. Come On

indicates a top-rated track.

Top voted comments:

"Britpop's softer and most eloquent side. A songbook for the disenfranchised, Urban Hymns is beautiful from start to finish, capturing the disgruntled tinge of its contemporaries and presenting it in a conversational and delicate attire. It's a flawed masterpiece, too long and too soft for its own good in places, but it's hard to deny how reassuring and how comforting Richard Ashcroft's words are.

I have a lot of sentiment with this record. It came out just around the time I was born, and the CD copy I still play in the car all the time is the same as the one my parents bought shortly after its release; Lucky Man inadvertently soundtracked a lot of big moments in my life, and very aptly too I must add; the album has opened me up to a hell of a lot of other 90s alternative bands, and continues to shape my taste to this day.

It's for those reasons that I can forgive the slow pacing and dragged feel that others pick out. Urban Hymns packs the depth and approachability that I crave on occasion - a healthy dose of slightly dreamy alt rock, with enough 90s guitar riffs for all the family and a diorama of melancholic, politically tinged lyrics - and has been there for me enough to have earned a prized place among my collection. A flawed masterpiece for sure, but like all flawed masterpieces, it's what you see in it that matters most."
- DeusExMackia (Rating: 80/100)
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"J just love the sound of the whole album. An absolute gem."
- welshbird (Rating: 90/100)
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Re: Album of the day (#7207): Urban Hymns by The Verve

Re: Album of the day (#7207): Urban Hymns by The Verve

Album of the day (#7207): Urban Hymns by The Verve