This Verve Album Is So Good, It Makes Me Cry.
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@andrewkeefe4109
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Hello justin!..i like the prevoius album by the verve..a storm in heaven..produced by legend producer john leckie..its a great album pal!
@stevenwilkinson623
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Northern soul is amazing but storm in heaven is a masterpiece
@dazzlinggems
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
I bought A Northern Soul because of On Your Own and always couldn’t stand So It Goes coming on right after it. I thought the song was annoying for some reason. I sold the album. But of course I bought it back again and just in the last few years So It Goes has become my favorite Verve song of all time. Love how Richard’s voice soars over McCabe’s rolling arpeggiation and the snapping/thump timing of the drums. And of course Richard’s lyrics are timeless and so heartfelt
@WatcynLtd
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Brixton Academy is the one for official release ‘History.’
@greengrass811
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Good album but the production is very lacking, which comes as no surprise as Owen Morris was the producer .
@LoneWolf-cv6pl
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
I think it's storming heaven is way better!
@KrisM189
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
One of an elite group of albums that never bores me after the 9000th time
@iknowyoureright8564
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
And So it goes you come in on your own to this life, you know you’ll leave on your own.
@doctorchang9925
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Great review, what do you think of the stuff before this! I love it!
Also wondered what you think of Mogwai?
@FarrellCapper
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
The Verve were always ahead
@troyphillips6481
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
I think the main reason I rank the Verve now as probably my number 1 band of all time through out any era of music is because I've found no other band tears me up no matter how many times I hear certain songs especially played live. Tears of joy. The way Ashcroft conveys such passion, conviction and anguish as authentically as he does is like no one other singer I've heard. Which is not say many others don't or can't do the same cos there are many who certain can and do it's just the way he does it I find especially impactful.
And then there's the band itself that just elevates the whole thing to a level that cannot be achieved in the same way without them. Even though Ashcroft by himself is good enough to do the songs justice the Verve together just amplify it ten fold.
@sbslipknot1
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
I love he loves this albums!
@kp4588
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
First heard this album at my dealers house. He had an incredible sound system and we were taking bong rips listening to this incredible album. I went to the record store (Salt City CD’s – SLC UT) and bought it immediately. Verve instantly became my favorite band of all time. Same thing happened with Permission To Land. lol.
@Phi1l
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Great album to review Justin, it reminds a bit of Free back in the day. Did you see them play Life's an Ocean on Jools?
@Sugar_K
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
early verve is amazing.. the psychedelic guitar work and the shear amount of space that McCabe could consume with his guitar was incredible. so much better than bitter sweet
@NolalanD
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
I went to Europe right when this record came out, started in London. Bought it on a whim. It was my companion throughout that trip which took me down through continental Europe all the way to Sevilla. Made me a Verve fan for life. Learned about Eddie Hazel and early Funkadelic from reading an interview with McCabe that took me on a deep dive into funk. I like both sides of the band. If they could balance it again and make a 5th I would be there.
@j.4689
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
I have never agreed with an opinion more unanimously than I agree with Justin Hawkins' adoration of this album. The Verve were the best thing going. A Northern Soul was their finest release. A New Decade and Life's An Ocean are the 2 superlative tracks on this masterpiece which has many other compositions that Oasis would have murdered each other for. Nick McCabe is the all-time Maestro. Em7 🎼
@LostCauseonew
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Might have been covered before in the 539 comments, but vibrato is the word you are looking for warble or wobble or whatever word you used to describe what Richard's voice does. I agree, this is a classic album that had/has almost no play in the states. I have zero recollection of how it found it's way into my collection. All I know is that it is beautiful.
@beckstar78
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
richards voice and songwriting hits me deep within
@jeffreyroedel9804
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
The Verve was so good, they should compile a b-sides album from the Northern Soul and Urban Hymns era (like No Come Down is for the early period). And throw in a few unreleased tracks like the incredible All Ways Are Maybes.
@stonedage5087
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Once i realized that Peter haye´s style is a mix of Mccabe and Ashcroft, the world was never the same to me.
@underdawg2743
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
I bought the History single when it came out. It had a great B side called back on my feet. I then bought the Northern Soul album and 30 years later it's still my favourite possession.
@musicsaves97
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Life's An Ocean is easily one of the best songs of the 90's, if not ever.
@r7coo
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
A Storm In Heaven is even better, & Northern Soul is also a superb
@torinoscaletunes
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
The greatest band of the decade. All of them are incredible players. McCabe's on another planet entirely. Convinced me to play guitar in a much freer way, free from the fear of mistakes. Life's an Ocean live on Later with Jools changed my life. Love them. The songs are simple, but they're jamming it, so they were different every night. They went on and made it up, which takes incredible confidence. And McCabe's playing through two sets of amps, fading between delayed washes of sound. Insane.
@MaL-ij6po
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
I will always go back to this album and urban hymns. Also suede dog man star. Nothing like them
@Corporateheadquarters
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
A Storm In Heaven is my fav…but a Northern Soul is moody as fuck and I love it. Owen Morris’s finest work as far as production goes. Oh yeah Nick McCabe sounds epic. Stormy Clouds is prob the best track.
@robr9170
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Urban hymns definitely does haven’t filler tho, weeping willow, this time and velvet morning are great
@robr9170
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
So it goes is an absolute banger
@UrbanWildernessGuitar
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
If you like the verve…go and check out a band called exit calm…hearts and minds is a great song and Rob Marshall’s guitars are incredible just like Nick McCabe …thank me later for introducing you to the greatest British guitar band you’ve never heard of!
@BarbaraAntoinetteVeronica
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Yes, 🦌to my 🤎 rock from the Gr8 Brit Isles.
@BarbaraAntoinetteVeronica
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
He has similar voice as early Bono.
@ln8300
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Better than oasis
@ljj808
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
One of the BEST albums of al time
@remoman
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Such a passionate album. Total vibe.
@bobhenderson9276
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
This was the album of my youth. I was the only person in my school who liked them though, oddly.
@bob6693
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
One of my favourite albums of all time, just brilliant.
@Ian-bq7gp
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Justin you are a groundbreaking great singer and the cream like you, Richard, mc cabe and the verve are brilliant. Not many truely great artists come out but for me Hawkwind, Joe Cocker, the Animals, Prince and Layne and Alice in Chains and Prodigy and a few others were truely original and great however some of the solo. Albums by Bill Ward the drummer from Black Sabbath werent heard but arent metal but some hugely original genius.
@leechapman-ri9rb
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
8:20 I like Justin's reaction.
@lurker-mq4fp
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
I bought this on cassette way back when, and spent a whole summer of unemployment going for walks by the sea with this purring away in the background on my Walkman…I would have bet everything I had (not much when I was out of work 🤣) that they were going to be taking over the world. First 2 Verve albums were truly immense!
@David-x4x9n
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
He so wishes be could of wrote those songs dream on Justin
@larstu24
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
😀You've just convinced me to buy the vinyl. Funny and insightful as usual. BTW, did you ever finish university?
@muzgash
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Stormy clouds is a phenomenal song and it feels like it couldn't have been made at any other time. The band at their peak and just going with the flow, reaching heights that will never be reached again.
@csmith4892
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
History is a favourite of mine on Northerm Soul. Initially I didn't like it but now I can't stop listening to it
@stuartcarswell2815
May 8, 2026 at 8:45 am
Seek out the PUSHERMAN album Justin.. it's called Floored…owen did it not long after this one… it's also a fabulous record but sadly not well known