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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0017046500326 Label: Hut Manufacturer: Hut Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Hut Release Date: June 21, 1993 Studio: Hut Sales Rank: 5136
From Amazon.com: Five years before the group's Urban Hymns broke the band into the mainstream, The Verve's first full-length effort, A Storm in Heaven, gave incredible insight into the band's ability to mesmerize it's audience. Hypnotic vocals courtesy of vocalist Richard Ashcroft and layered musical textures from the band make for an incredible, memorable album. This is not the stuff of background music but instead best suited to provide the soundtrack for a candlelit, incense-filled Saturday night. Perhaps the band's best effort to date. --Denise Sheppard
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Rating: - Not my usual cup of tea but...
One of the things you're generally supposed to say about debuts that you don't think are that good is that they hint at a band's potential and their future direction but if I said that about the Verve's debut it would just be a lie. It's unbelievable that this is the band who several years later would record Urban Hymns, and that's not just because of the difference in the quality of the music but the styles, I never thought it was possible for a band to go from Shoegaze to BritPop, especially not ... Read More
Rating: - Unrivalled genius
Before the Verve became known as "The Verve", they were simply known as "Verve" and this was the only LP they released under that name. Very fitting, as after this album they changed direction and went looking for pop stardom. And even though some of their best efforts (such as History, On Your Own, Bittersweet Symphony, etc) came after this album, A Storm in Heaven was a work of pure genius.
Nick McCabe's psychedelic guitars create a dreamy landscape over which Richard Ashcroft floats ... Read More
Rating: - The Early Verve Captures the World
By far the best of 'The' Verve albums, it's wild, expansive psychedelic sound removed from the garage, funk and symphonic workouts that followed. John (Stone Roses) Leckie's production has never been better, but this is an atypical example of band democracy at work, before too many drugs combined with Ashcroft's ego and McCabe's mind unpicked everything that the band had built. Highlights include the seamless slide into 'Blue' from 'Make It Till Monday', the relentless percussive thrum of 'Slide Away', ... Read More
Rating: - This is the pure essence of prog rock,
The first Verve album, A STORM IN HEAVEN, was released in 1993, prior to some legal wrangling necessitating the addition of the definite article to the band's name. Appearing in the wake of the commercial success of the "shoegazer" trend in England, it successfully bridged the gap between the rock affectations of Ride's spectacular GOING BLANK AGAIN and Spiritualized's debut album, both early shoegazing cornerstones. Building on the spaciousness of their first few singles, A STORM IN HEAVEN marries the ... Read More
Rating: - An Album From Heaven
Forgive the pun, but if you are looking for an amazingly celestial, atmospheric album then look no further! It takes you to some outer region of space where you can float in the music's sheer creativity and depth. I often wonder how this album creates such a unique, out-of-this-world feel; it must be a combination of Richard Ashcroft's hauntingly beautiful singing and many guitar effects. Star Sail is a brilliant example of this with its use of heavy guitars, background vocals, and the lyrics!! I recommend ... Read More
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