RICHARD ASHCROFT 'HUMAN CONDITIONS' Double VINYL LP (PRE-SALE)
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RELEASED 27th June 2025
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Originally issued on Hut Records in October 2002, Human Conditions built on the success of Alone With Everybody, retaining the new fans he had gained with that record - This re-issue replicates the 2002 UK first pressing and is available on audiophile 180g double vinyl in gatefold sleeve
"It's a beautiful world," sings Ashcroft on opening track and lead single "Check The Meaning". Its eight-minutes seem a culmination of all of Ashcroft's work to date a haunting guitar figure, swelling strings, and subtle orchestration back a lyric that catalogues the battle of love over evil, ending with Ashcroft assuring the listener "It's gonna be alright." It is a powerful beginning to a powerful album. "Buy It In Bottles" maintains the introspection of "The Drugs Don't Work", a mood that can be also found on "Running Away" and "Lord I've Been Trying"; while "Bright Lights" and "Paradise" bring the anthemic rock.
When Brian Wilson guests on one of your albums, it suggests a certain status has been attained; Richard Ashcroft demonstrated that he could hold his own in such company; both are songwriters of the human condition, and the song Wilson appears on "Nature Is The Law", closes Human Conditions in stellar fashion.
Side: 1 1 Check The Meaning 2 Buy It In Bottles Side: 2 1 Bright Lights 2 Paradise 3 God In The Numbers Side: 3 1 Science Of Silence 2 Man On A Mission 3 Running Away Side: 4 1 Lord I've Been Trying 2 Nature Is The Lawprice rating
