A Northern Soul

I was first aware of The Verve in 1995 when I first heard History. Like Bitter Sweet Symphony a couple of years later I was blown away and for both songs I can remember where I was when I first heard it.I immediately bought Northern Soul and played it to death, more so than it's follow up Urban Hymns which was commercially more successful. Every song has a special place for me, especially Stormy Clouds which wasn't even a single.Of the extra discs my favourite track is one of the B side tracks to History which I bought at the time - Grey Skies, with the immortal lines "We were so high, we gave NASA a fright".Released at the time of Britpop and while a lot of their contemporaries were light and bouncy The Verve came across as quite dark to me. Always preferred them to Oasis too (though you couldn't accuse them of being light and bouncy!) - Oasis being in their peak years at the time.Beautifully presented - a worthy addition to anyone's collection

Disc three has some amazing previously unheard studio recordings of songs that would crop up on later Verve albums or as b-sides. Mover, Rolling People, Come On, Echo Bass. They're the Northern Soul versions of those songs, slower and more brooding, they're great to compare with the later versions to see how the band progressed their sound.

Bought this for my brother, for his 40th. he was thrilled to bits :)

Arguably the greatest album ever made.

this is the best by the Verve who were great

All perfectly.

Only an idiot would give this album one star & there seems to be one on here. This is The Verve's best album period. Why? Well just read on because others have beat me to it.

Well, I’ve always thought this band was special. After adding this to my collection, I know they truly are just that. The packaging is top shelf. The addition of the un-released material is off to the races. Thank you to the band for letting us hear this music. I will be adding the other super deluxe issues ASAP. What a treat. Just, WOW!!

CD1　A Northern Soul 12曲こちらはリマスターとかはしていないみたいですCD2　EP Tracks & B-sidesThis Is Music1Let The Damage Begin2You And MeOn Your Own3I See The Door4Little Gem5Dance On Your BonesHistory6History Radio Edit7Back On My Feet Again8On Your Own Acostic9Monkey Magic Brainstorm Mix10Grey Skies11Life's Not A RehearsalCD3 Unreleased Studio & BBC Sessions1Brake Lights2Mover3Funky Jam aka The Rolling People4Echo Bass5Muhammad Ali6Come ON7King Riff aka This Is MusicBBC Radio 1 Sessions8On Your Own9So It Goes10A New Decade11THis Is Music12Life's An Ocean13Come On

Top notch collection!!!!

Versione con 3 cd. L'album originale rimasterizzato, nel quale si cominciano a intravedere i Verve più conosciuti in pezzi come On your own, History o So it goes ma con l'inflenza psichedelica del primo album (A new decade, This is music o Stormy clouds).Versione per veri appassionati. Contiene un cd di B-sides e rarità più un'altro interessante con versioni alternative dei brani dell'album e due versioni embrionali di Rolling people e Come on che verranno inserite nel successivo e ben più famoso Urban Hymns.

I never buy boxsets but "The Verve" is an exception.