Urban Hymns (deluxe / remastered 2016)

~ Release by The Verve (see all versions of this release, 19 available)

Tracklist

1▶Digital Media

2▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	This Is Music (live) mixer: Chris Potter (UK producer/mixer, Z Management, worked with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft) recorded at: Haigh Hall in Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (on 1998-05-24) live recording of: This Is Music (on 1998-05-24) writer: Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones (member of The Verve), Nick McCabe and Peter Salisbury (English drummer and co-founder of The Verve)		3:59
2	Space and Time (live) mixer: Chris Potter (UK producer/mixer, Z Management, worked with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft) recorded at: Haigh Hall in Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (on 1998-05-24) live recording of: Space and Time (on 1998-05-24) lyricist and composer: Richard Ashcroft		6:00
3	Catching the Butterfly (live) live recording of: Catching the Butterfly (on 1998-05-24) writer: Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones (member of The Verve), Nick McCabe, Peter Salisbury (English drummer and co-founder of The Verve) and Simon Tong (The Verve)		6:29
4	Sonnet (live)		4:34
5	The Rolling People (live)		6:05
6	Weeping Willow (live)		4:38
7	The Drugs Don’t Work (live) mixer: Chris Potter (UK producer/mixer, Z Management, worked with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft) recorded at: Haigh Hall in Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (on 1998-05-24) live recording of: The Drugs Don’t Work (on 1998-05-24) lyricist and composer: Richard Ashcroft publisher: EMI Music Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)		6:00
8	Lucky Man (live) live recording of: Lucky Man (on 1998-05-24) lyricist and composer: Richard Ashcroft		5:30
9	Life’s an Ocean (live) mixer: Chris Potter (UK producer/mixer, Z Management, worked with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft) recorded at: Haigh Hall in Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (on 1998-05-24) live recording of: Life’s an Ocean (on 1998-05-24) writer: Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones (member of The Verve), Nick McCabe and Peter Salisbury (English drummer and co-founder of The Verve)		6:49
10	Velvet Morning (live) mixer: Chris Potter (UK producer/mixer, Z Management, worked with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft) recorded at: Haigh Hall in Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (on 1998-05-24) live recording of: Velvet Morning (on 1998-05-24) lyricist and composer: Richard Ashcroft		6:01
11	Bitter Sweet Symphony (live) mixer: Chris Potter (UK producer/mixer, Z Management, worked with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft) recorded at: Haigh Hall in Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (on 1998-05-24) live recording of: Bitter Sweet Symphony (on 1998-05-24) lyricist and composer: Richard Ashcroft publisher: ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) is based on: The Last Time		10:10
12	A New Decade (live) mixer: Chris Potter (UK producer/mixer, Z Management, worked with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft) recorded at: 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., United States (on 1997-11-03) live recording of: A New Decade (on 1997-11-03) writer: Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones (member of The Verve), Nick McCabe and Peter Salisbury (English drummer and co-founder of The Verve)		3:44
13	History (live) live recording of: History (in 1998) writer: Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones (member of The Verve), Nick McCabe and Peter Salisbury (English drummer and co-founder of The Verve)		4:54
14	Slide Away (live)		4:10

Credits

Release

copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 2017)

purchase for download:	https://music.apple.com/gb/album/1443258184 [info] https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/urban-hymns-the-verve/0060255762095 [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/album/4uWmfuW68AR0mGFpYlUDjL [info] https://www.deezer.com/album/46871272 [info] https://www.pandora.com/artist/the-verve/urban-hymns-deluxe-remastered-2016/ALbx392VmZ23mxw [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/gb/album/1443258184 [info] https://tidal.com/album/77892325 [info]

Release group

creative direction:	Brian Cannon (designer. photographer, director) microdot

associated singles/EPs:	Bitter Sweet Symphony Lucky Man Sonnet The Drugs Don’t Work

part of:	Pitchfork: The 50 Best Britpop Albums (number: 10) (order: 10) Brit Award for British Album of the Year (winners) (number: 1998) (order: 18) Absolute Radio’s The 100 Collection (number: 40) (order: 40) Mercury Prize Shortlist Nominees (number: 1998) (order: 67) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 857) (order: 858)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/20634 [info]
reviews:	https://web.archive.org/web/19990202053459/http://www.live-wire.com/record-reviews/xframe/v/verve/urban-hymns.html [info] https://web.archive.org/web/19990219160647/http://www.chez.com/syberpop/hymns.html [info] https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vqvh [info]
other databases:	http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/39602 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_verve/urban_hymns/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000027235 [info]
Wikidata:	Q371855 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 00602557620955
Format:: 2×Digital Media
Length:: 2:35:01

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

UMC
[none]

Release events

[Worldwide]
2017-09-01

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