The Verve’s founder and lead singer, Richard Ashcroft, became a solo act in 2000. He recently released the single “Lover,” ...

For many critics, the story of the Verve’s 1997 Britpop classic ‘Urban Hymns’ begins and ends with album opener ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony.’ The track has quite the story. The band had ...

Although their creative highpoint couldn't sustain amicable relationships within the band long after Urban Hymns' release, The Verve's finest hour continues to offer an elegant reflection of our ...

For our first one, we have reworked The Verve’s 1997 classic third album, Urban Hymns, taking out some tracks; adding in some B-sides, remixes, and alternate versions; and changing the tracklist order ...

but you can understand why people might cite Urban Hymns as a compelling piece of evidence for the theory. After all, by the time they’d released A Northern Soul in 1995, you would’ve gotten long odds ...

The Verve’s Urban Hymns turns 20 today (September 1) and it remains one of the most extraordinary albums of all time. It was the band's third album and followed the excellent, more psychedelic ...

But peel back the layers and discover just why it was that so many fell in love with this album in the first place. The Verve’s Urban Hymns (20th Anniversary) is out now through UMC.

Casual fans might mistake The Verve for having only one hit song, but Urban Hymns is a true masterpiece. Producers Chris Potter and Martin “Youth” Glover led the album through many starts and ...

The hedonistic maximalism of 1997 Britain feels as far away now as it ever has done, but listening back to Urban Hymns in 2017, you are reminded that The Verve were not making the same mistakes that ...