Tracklist
| 1 | Bitter Sweet Symphony | 5:58 | |
| 2 | Sonnet | 4:21 | |
| 3 | The Rolling People | 7:02 | |
| 4 | The Drugs Don't Work | 5:05 | |
| 5 | Catching The Butterfly | 6:27 | |
| 6 | Neon Wilderness | 2:38 | |
| 7 | Space And Time | 5:37 | |
| 8 | Weeping Willow | 4:50 | |
| 9 | Lucky Man | 4:53 | |
| 10 | One Day | 5:03 | |
| 11 | This Time | 3:51 | |
| 12 | Velvet Morning | 4:57 | |
| 13a | Come On | 6:35 | |
| 13b | Deep Freeze | 2:12 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – VC Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – VC Records Ltd.
- Published By – EMI Virgin Music, Inc.
- Licensed To – Virgin Records America, Inc.
- Manufactured By – Virgin Records America, Inc.
- Glass Mastered At – EMI MFG.
Credits
- Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Wil Malone
- Art Direction, Design [Microdot Sleeve] – Brian Cannon
- Artwork [Microdot Sleeve - Assisted By] – Matthew Sankey
- Bass – Simon Jones
- Cover, Photography By [Interior] – Michael Spencer Jones
- Drums – Peter Salisbury
- Engineer [Assistant] – Lorraine Francis
- Keyboards, Guitar – Simon Tong
- Lead Guitar – Nick McCabe
- Photography By [Additional Interior] – John Horsley
- Producer – Youth (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9 to 12)
- Producer [Additional], Mixed By [Additional] – Chris Potter* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9 to 12)
- Programmed By – Paul Taylor (2)
- Recorded By – Chris Potter*
- Vocals, Guitar – Richard Ashcroft
- Written-By – The Verve (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 13)
Notes
℗ & © 1997 VC Records Ltd. t/a Hut Recordings. Issued under exclusive license in the United States to Virgin Records America, Inc.
Track 13 ends at 6:35, followed by silence, and then an unlisted instrumental entitled "Deep Freeze" running from 13:01 to 15:13; total track time is 15:15.
Track 13 ends at 6:35, followed by silence, and then an unlisted instrumental entitled "Deep Freeze" running from 13:01 to 15:13; total track time is 15:15.
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Urban Hymns (Cassette, Album) | Hut Recordings | 7243 8 44913 4 5, HUTMC 45 | Europe | 1997 | ||
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Urban Hymns (CD, Album, Promo, Book Cover) | Hut Recordings | CDPHUT 45 | UK | 1997 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Integrity is a difficult thing to own if one is in the music business ... artists want the recognition, they want the success, yet they crave those street credentials, credentials that harken back to a by gone era, to groups like The Velvet Underground, who built up a hard core cult following, primarily after they broke up. And The Verve have inadvertently followed them down the same rabbit hole, laying out some stunningly romantic neo psychedelic music, picking up where groups like Echo & The Bunnymen and Jesus and Mary Chain left off, and then self-destructing in the process.
I like to feel that there’s always been a sense of desperation in the music of The Verve. They forever seemed to be stretching for something that was just out of reach and have adjusted their sound and style with each outing to reflect this searching and uncertainness ... yet here on Urban Hymns, it's easy for you to hear the culmination of everything the band has put forth to date. "Velvet Morning" has to be a near perfect song, but then so are nearly all of the tracks found here, this is the album groups wait a lifetime to make, this is the album music lovers wait a lifetime to find.
At times the music can drive you headlong through the night, at other times it can rocket you into space or expand your days in ways you’ve never thought of. There is a cumulative effect to the tunes found here, they build, intermix, weave and collide with each other with both grace and abandonment. The music is some of the most dense and richly textured I have ever encountered, filling the air with shimmering heat waves that constantly wash over and envelop with comfort and peace. The Verve have managed to draw from their influences without compromising themselves, their sound is all their own, and to that end you should find where this most excellent release fits into your life. This is one of the most prized albums in my collection, and I often hesitate reaching for it, for fear that it will not hold up for one more play ... but I tell you true, it has never let me down.
Review by Jenell Kesler
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