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Generally favorable reviews- based on 54 Ratings
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Positive: 42 out of 54
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Mixed: 7 out of 54
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Negative: 5 out of 54
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JoeMSep 5, 2008Oh my God, it's been so long since they've made an album and this... this is so beautiful and perfect.
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neilSep 8, 2008Utterly disappointing. awesome live when they roll back the years, as they proved at glastonbury, but this doesn't do anything for me at all.
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YokozunaAAug 27, 2008Numbness - Sounds Pink Floydish on Mc Cabe's Guitar playing. Valium Skies - Harkens classic Verve, swirling guitars and shoegaze anthems - my favorite track so far... Noise Epic - Channels Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream.
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MofoManNov 21, 2008Awesome album! Typical Verve album, but its great to have them back after so long.
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GregorAug 26, 2008Exactly what I wanted.
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JSchandelAug 27, 2008A storm in the sonic soup!
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MGraAug 27, 2008Solid album, aside from a couple songs (ie. Numbness, I See Houses). McAbe enjoys a lot of creative license and it shows. The album is really a synthesis of old and new Verve, tapping into both their early psychedelic swirlings and their later knack for singalong melodies. A worthy comeback.
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StephenAug 28, 20088 is about right, great album, very consistant. Not a scratch on Urban Hymns tho. Noise Epic / Valium Skies / I see houses / Love is noise are the highlights.
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DanAug 28, 2008
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ShaunLAug 29, 2008This new album came out sounding very innovative and beautiful. Not their best, but they done a damn good job in making it sound great.
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RamirezSep 11, 2008
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SyrthaGSep 22, 2008Comparing to past albums by The Verve, Forth is a full epic story without single highlights, while Urban Hymns is nothing but couple of singles. Which I find as an essential value for making rather great albums, then bestselling singles.
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ElaineSAug 26, 2008Best album of the millenium so far!
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AlreadyThereAug 26, 2008They're back and their amazing chemistry remains intact!
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kayaAug 26, 2008Awesome album.I'm happy,that The Verve didn't repeat any of 3 albums and came out with new style.
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JamiechudFeb 14, 2009Awful awful album. There's not one song on there that is remotely redeeming. The first single love is noise and it's absolute disgracefull woo woo woooo chorus makes me weep for all the previous albums nostalgic feelings. Y'know the ones where you say I want to listen to anything they did prior to this. Yeah. Rich. You killed em. At least the frat boys can go woo woo woo woo now.
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Aug 29, 2010Ok, I admit, I've always liked their accesible side more, but this album is really something. It's the epic psychedelic journey through the wonderwall of sound. Most important, this album has the identity which is hard to find now a days. Strong 9.
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Jan 23, 2017
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Apr 8, 2014the great album of the verve, the second best album since Urban Hymns, is an perfect album full of great lyrics & great music, is a beautiful since the begin till the end
Awards & Rankings
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Men out of time, The Verve were a neo-psychedelic jam-rock outfit who got fortuitously swept up in the Britpop boom and stumbled upon a timely form of Big Music.
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This album is probably the most solid foundation this quartet have had in 15 years, and it would be a disaster if it wasn’t a springboard for several more.
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Their second reunion carries the listener a good third of the way into this punningly titled fourth album. Trouble is, the second two-thirds are a very long slog indeed.