The Verve 
The best album credited to The Verve is Urban Hymns which is ranked number 300 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 5,464.
The Verve is ranked number 265 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 7,513.
The Verve official website: http://www.theverve.co.uk
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- Richard Ashcroft
- See also:
- RPA & The United Nations Of Sound
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The Verve best albums
The following albums by The Verve are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
The Verve bestography composition
The Verve best tracks
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The Verve ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 06/12/2025 23:07 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2025 16:15 | platus | 2,156 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2023 16:57 | Kali | 55 | 80/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 17.9.
The Verve favourites
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The Verve forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/23/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5444): By Romanelli BestEverAlbums 09/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5443): By javicho07 BestEverAlbums 09/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5438): By luigybetisThe Verve comments
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The Verve are known mainly for Bittersweet Symphony, but there is SO much more to them than that 1 song and even album. One of the most criminally underrated bands of all time.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/05/2015 04:17 | #150981
Nice is a good adjective. Nothing to get excited about, but nothing to dislike either.
serpico 03/03/2013 15:34 | #66867
One of the best bands of the history
My personal 'The Verve' ranking albums :
1- Urban Hymns (1997) => 76.9
2- A Northern Soul (1995) => 73.3
3- A Storm In Heaven (1993) => 73
4- Forth (2008) => 72
5- The Verve E.P. (1992) => 70
If I had to create a 'Best of The Verve', it would be made of only 8 tracks, not a great fan of their work :
Slide Away (1993) => 80
On Your Own (1995) => 80
History (1995) => 80
Bitter Sweet Symphony (1997) => 85
Sonnet (1997) => 80
The Drugs Don't Work (1997) => 90
Lucky Man (1997) => 85
Velvet Morning (1997) => 80
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