A Northern Soul

A Northern Soul

Infobox Album
Name = A Northern Soul
Type = studio
Artist = The Verve


Released = June 20 1995 (U.S.) July 3 1995 (UK)
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, Britpop
Length = 62:59
Label = Hut, Virgin, Vernon Yard
Producer = Owen Morris
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rif4zfj8eh4k link]
*Stylus Magazine [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/the-verve-a-northern-soul.htm link]
Last album = "No Come Down" (1994)
This album = "A Northern Soul" (1995)
Next album = "Urban Hymns" (1997)

"A Northern Soul" is the second studio album by English rock band The Verve. The album was released in the United States on June 20 1995 and in the United Kingdom on July 3 1995 (see 1995 in British music). In 1998 "Q" magazine readers voted it the 53rd greatest album of all time. The title is a reference to Northern Soul, a popular soul movement in Britain during the 1960s.

The sessions

Nick McCabe has described the first three weeks of the sessions (which have become semi-famous for the band's enormous intake of ecstasy) to be the happiest of his life. Over time, however, friction started to develop between Richard Ashcroft and McCabe, and after the album failed to become a commercial success, Ashcroft disbanded The Verve (though he reformed it several weeks later). Despite its lack of critical success on its release, the album is now hailed as an underrated classic by the music press.

Track listing

# "A New Decade" – 4:11
# "This Is Music" – 3:35
# "On Your Own" – 3:33
# "So It Goes" – 6:11
# "A Northern Soul" – 6:32
# "Brainstorm Interlude" – 5:11
# "Drive You Home" – 6:41
# "History" – 5:26
# "No Knock on My Door" – 5:11
# "Life's an Ocean" – 5:43
# "Stormy Clouds" – 5:34
# "(Reprise)" – 6:11

Trivia

*Richard Ashcroft dedicated the title track for Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher after the latter dedicated the song "Cast No Shadow" to him. In the lyric booklet for the 1995 album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? it says that "Cast No Shadow" is "dedicated to the genius of Richard Ashcroft."


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