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Today's album of the day

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

Year: 1997.
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Overall rank: 180
Average rating: 77/100 (from 677 votes).

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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

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[Applerill]

I remember having a big dance party at my house my junior year of high school for all my homeschool speech and debate friends and their familiess. I originally made a stupid indie-and-dadrock playlist, but I remember halfway through I put on this album before heading out to be with the girl I liked outside. An hour later, nobody had changed it, and everyone was still seeming to be having a blast. I don't know if this was just their low standards (since I sure don't think it's consistent all the way through), but it sure was a moment.

[Grzywa]

I thought it was massive when it first came out. Its appeal got lost on the way, and I find some bits like Drugs Don't Work or Lucky Man pretty dull as individual tracks, but Bitter Sweet Symphony will last ages and I think it works well as a whole.
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[RoundTheBend]

Honestly... I'll have to give it a spin.

When these guys came out I didn't think much more than a one hit wonder band.

[zdwyatt]

This album surprised me at the time. "Bittersweet Symphony" is this sort of singular accomplishment and I didn't expect the album to really live up to its promise. And while nothing matches that single, the rest of the album is really quite good. I am pleasantly surprised to see the album so well-regarded on BEA, even though I don't think it'd make my top 200.

[SleepDealer]

Bought it when it came out on the strength of the first two singles. One of the first CDs I donated to charity. No regrets, especially since they're from Wigan.
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[Insomniac]

I was 16 when this came out, and all the "cool" try-hards loved it.

I tend to lump it in with No Doubt's "Tragic Kingdom", which dropped in a similar time frame, in that I found it to be a proper singles album (the singles, that everyone bought it on the strength of, were far and away the strongest tracks). Haven't listened to it in at least 15 years.

[benpaco]

I still think Drugs Don't Work is the strongest song on here, but yeah, it's a lot of filler with a couple good singles.
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[babyBlueSedan]

Agree that everything that isn't a single is terrible, but I also cannot stand Bittersweet Symphony, The Drugs Don't Work, or Sonnet. So yeah, this album is entirely forgettable for me. Not really sure what turns me off of it, but I think it has to do with being a little too earnest.
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[Temporary33]

Amazing album all the way through.