Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

4786538

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r9026789]

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-01-06

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0602547865380

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Verve

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

The Verve were an English rock band that formed in Wigan in 1990. The core members of the group were Richard Ashcroft on vocals, Nick McCabe on guitar, Simon Jones on bass, and Peter Salisbury on drums. They later added Simon Tong as a second guitarist for their album "Urban Hymns." Originally known as Verve, they changed their name to The Verve in 1994 after a dispute with a jazz label also named Verve.

Their early material was influenced by My Bloody Valentine and featured guitar-based soundscapes. However, they would later transition into a more conventional alternative rock sound. In April 1999, The Verve announced their disbandment but reunited eight years later to record a new album and resume touring.

Similar artists to The Verve include Richard Ashcroft, Ian Brown, Kula Shaker, Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass, Ocean Colour Scene, The Stone Roses, James, The Seahorses,
Doves,
Blur,
Primal Scream,
Travis,
The Charlatans,
Cast,
Noel Gallagher,
Embrace,
The La's,
Stereophonics,and Pulp.

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Released in the UK on 21 June 1993, A Storm In Heaven was a modest UK hit (No. 27 in the album chart) but over the past two decades has come to be regarded as something of a psychedelic classic. Drenched in echo and reverb it is highly atmospheric, extremely nuanced and, for many long-term fans, remains the band's 'lost' masterpiece.



For a debut it was as adventurous and audacious as they come - with Richard Ashcroft's semi-hallucinatory lyrics&nbsp;of hope, love, isolation and insanity reflecting the burgeoning mood of a generation. 

Life under post-Thatcher Tory rule might have been grim, but as Ashcroft sang on "Slide Away" ...These are our times and your highs...

A Storm in Heaven

Music GB

Buy The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (Vinyl, CD) now from Rough Trade - independent purveyors of great music, since 1976.