The Verve - Urban HymnsThe Verves 1997 album Urban Hymns, released on September 29th 1997, was one such record. It captured the mood and spirit of the times with songs of an emotional and musical depth that touched a raw nerve throughout the world and ensured this band would graduate from highly respected indie favourites to a genuine rock colossus. A certified classic, Urban Hymns is one of the 20 biggest selling albums ever in the UK (now 11 times platinum) and has sold

joined in places by David Ferguson on stand-up bass

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deep emotion

This was first documented on their 10 Song 7" released on Touch and Go Records in 1982

14: Don't @ Me (Instrumental)

The 15-track collection of originals serves as a master-crafted return for one of the greatest songwriters of the past 50 years

Two other recordings on the set have never been released: the backing track forLive And Let Live and an outtake backing track for Wonder People (I Do Wonder)

‰Û÷The Hill‰۪ and ‰Û÷Would You Be My Love‰۪

Little is known

The 3 surviving members tell their stories in the sleevenotes

The result is an album every bit as stylistically varied

It’s been an exercise in holding the paradoxical relationship of comedy and tragedy