Richard Ashcroft Alone With Everybody Vinyl
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RICHARD ASHCROFT Alone With Everybody (2000 UK vinyl album including the hit singles Money To Burn & A Song For The Lovers picture sleeve CDHUTX63)
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Like so many before him, the 's ex-frontman Richard Ashcroft is destined to be the victim of his own success. That the Verve's final album, the universally applauded Urban Hymns, with its down-tempo laments and thoughtful lyrics captured a space in time and was taken to a nation's hearts, makes it a tough act to follow, even for the man who was the creative force behind the Verve. And Richard Ashcroft's solo debut Alone With Everybody doesn't really compare at all. The thoughtful country-tinged ballads "Brave New World" and "I Get My Beat"--strummed acoustics, melancholic strings and lyrics that run like a conversation with himself--confirm Ashcroft's ability to pen a captivating melody. Meanwhile, singles "A Song For The Lovers" and "Money To Burn"--positively up-beat by his standards--may not be as emotive or touch the same nerve as Urban Hymns' "The Drugs Don't Work", "Lucky Man" or "Bitter Sweet Symphony", but they're still infectious. And the eerie atmosphere and raw edge of "New York" reassure that there's more to him than plodding, sentimental acoustic tunes. The Verve would never have pulled off an Urban Hymns Volume II, which is why their leading light has been wise not to try to either. --Dan Gennoe
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A Song For The Lovers
I Get My Beat
Brave New World
New York
You On My Mind In My Sleep
Crazy World
On A Beach
Money To Burn
Slow Was My Heart
C'mon People (We're Making It Now)
Everybody
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