Bitter Sweet Symphony is the biggest single from Urban Hymns and certainly one of the standouts of the 90s, but the album, The Verves third and most commercially successful, contains other tracks that show Richard Ashcrofts ability to write memorable and at times classic records. Now the drugs dont work / They just make you worse / But I Know Ill see your face again, grieves the lead singer on Drugs Dont Work, and songs like Lucky Man, Sonnet, and One Day that fill up the LP perfectly capture the Wigan bands aesthetic, which combines psych and space rock to the tune of Britpop. The band went through breakups, legal problems (w/ the Stones over the use of the sample in Bitter Sweet Symphony), and members individual struggles in the 90s, but when they were whole, they made music representative of the the era.
- 180g black double vinyl pressing (please note: actual pressing color and packaging may differ from mock-up photo)
- original release year: 1997
- music label: Capitol 2025
reviewed by donut savage 08/2016
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