A Northern Soul | 
| Artist: The Verve
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music
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Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 35692
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 40437
UPC: 724384043728
EAN: 0724384043728
ASIN: B000000W8C
Release Date: June 20, 1995
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Condition: Brand new. Shipped from the UK by Airmail direct to 5 airports in the United States. Delivery takes approximately 5 working days from posting - we're frequently faster than a lot of US based sellers.
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| Tracks:
| • | New Decade | | • | This Is Music - The Verve, Jones, Simon [The V | | • | On Your Own - The Verve, Jones, Simon [The V | | • | So It Goes | | • | Northern Soul | | • | Brainstorm Interlude | | • | Drive You Home | | • | History - The Verve, McCabe, Nick | | • | No Knock on My Door | | • | Life's an Ocean | | • | Stormy Clouds | | • | Reprise |
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Though The Verve has finally taken its rightful place in the Brit Rock cannon, it languished for years behind such English luminaries as Oasis and Radiohead. During that time, The Verve release several albums that got less attention than they deserved. Mark A Northern Soul as one of them. The 1995 release was perhaps the first album on which the band reeled in its trademark guitar epics and fashioned bona fide pop songs. "On Your Own" is one of the lushest and loveliest tracks never to find a minute of commercial airplay in the U.S. or abroad. No self-respecting fan of modern rock should be without this one. --Nick Heil
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| Customer Reviews: Read 51 more reviews...
 This one is as intense as it gets. July 7, 2000
Stan (Portland, OR USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
"Urban Hymns" is a fine album, but "A Northern Soul" is the Verve's greatest record. Why? It's the intensity -- seldom have I heard rock music performed with such passion and desperation. The band, and especially Richard Ashcroft, pour their hearts and souls into every track as if their lives depend on it. Much has been written about the squalor surrounding the recording of "A Northern Soul" -- the drugs, the broken glass, the screaming arguments -- and you can hear the effects in the music. The production is far from perfect; it sounds murky, and the mixes sometimes sound odd. Every track is amazing, but special consideration must be given to "So It Goes," the title track, "History" and "No Knock on My Door." Richard sings with a far purer voice on "Urban Hymns" and his new solo record, but the pain he exorcises here -- it's about a break up of devastating circumstances -- and how he does it is stunning. It's absolutely tragic that this magnificent record tanked outside the U.K.; indeed, the band broke up because of it, almost for good. If you've only heard "Urban Hymns", I hereby command you, dear reader, to purchase "A Northern Soul" and bask in its imperfect, yet mesmerizing glory.
A bit unpolished, but still amazing music April 19, 2000
R. Rosenkranz (near Seattle, WA USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Verve has slowly made their way into being one of my favorite bands (too bad that I've heard they've now broken up). Urban Hymns was once "down" in my top 20, but every time I listen to it, I raise it a notch. Now it is solidly in my top 10 CDs of all-time, moving into U2/Dire Straits territory.Which made me recently go out and buy "A Northern Soul". I figured I had to try another Verve CD since I like Urban Hymns so much. And am I glad I did! These guys are just amazing! What incredible, spectacular music! Great vocals, driving rythyms, and pulsating guitars punctuate the CD, with their touching, quiet ballads lending good balance. "History" has to be the best song I've heard in a long time. I will agree with many of the reviews here that the production of this CD is weak. However, the "rawness" of the production doesn't detract too much from the CD. In fact, it gave me a sense that I was listening to a band on the verge of greatness. And their greatness was to come a little later with Urban Hymns. Still, their talent is undeniable, and this is a must-buy.
You come on your own and you leave on your own February 26, 2000
Noel (HongKong)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the only cd I've listened that could make me cry
One of the best albums of the 90s, yet unknown by many March 5, 2004
justin (north carolina)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you know of the Verve as the "Bittersweet Symphony" song and the Urban Hymns album, then you're definitely missing out on what the Verve is all about. A Northern Soul is in many ways, even better than Urban Hymns. Soul hads a slightly harder sound, with songs like "A New Decade","This is Music", the title track "A Northern Soul", and "No Knock on My Door". But the album also contains ballads like the excellent "On Your Own" and "So It Goes". It also contains a song that sounds a lot a track from Urban Hymns, which is "History". It also contains a few songs that sound a lot like A Storm in Heaven, their debut album, these being "Stormy Clouds", "Life's An Ocean", and "Drive You Home" All in all, the album has the right balance of sound, and at times, it's simply amazing. The album does have a weak song or two, one of which is "Drive You Home" But one of the best things I like about this album is being able to understand most of the lyrics. In their previous albums, the lyrics are echoed out and tough to hear, but A Northern Soul is much better, with Richard Ashcroft's lyrics coming to the front of the music.
 Now "This Is Music"! August 8, 2004
H3@+h (VT)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a great, great album. Any fan of the band, or "Urban Hymns", or brit-pop, or just amazing tunes really should hear this. I admit it's not as easy to listen to as the next album, but it's just as good given the chance. Songs like "New Decade", "On Your Own", and the beautiful "History" make this disc one of the best of the genre. It's what I would call their "Bends" or "Unforgettable Fire", if you know what I mean, the classic before the classic. Anyway, be you southern or northern, every soul should give it a listen.
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