{"title":"The Verve","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Verve Vinyl Records \u0026amp; Music Collection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore The Verve vinyl records at UMusic Shop South Africa. Discover alternative music through physical releases that bring the artist’s musical identity, individual recordings and visual presentation into one collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Verve: the music and the story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Verve connected Richard Ashcroft’s voice with expansive guitar textures and songs that could grow from intimate reflection into a much larger emotional space. Their catalogue links psychedelic experimentation with a strong instinct for melody and dramatic progression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrban Hymns places Richard Ashcroft’s expansive singing within arrangements that can move between acoustic intimacy and a broad, immersive band sound. A singles collection offers another route through the group’s development. Exploring both kinds of release reveals how a direct melodic statement and a more exploratory instrumental environment became connected, making the familiar chorus part of a wider atmosphere rather than the only reason to return to the music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCatalogue highlights\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrban Hymns is the central later studio statement, while This Is Music: The Singles provides a wider route across the group’s recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe guitar textures and the scale of the vocal line give the best-known songs their reach, while the wider catalogue reveals a more exploratory instrumental foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUrban Hymns: Explore the vinyl presentation, with product options that include a heavyweight pressing, gatefold packaging, and a remastered edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Is Music: The Singles: Explore the vinyl presentation, with product options that include a coloured or special-design pressing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy collect The Verve?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quieter passages and unexpected arrangement choices help define the emotional setting, giving the complete programme a range that is not always apparent from its most immediately recognisable track. Vinyl gives the sleeve artwork and playing sequence a tangible place in a music collection. The visual design and the moment of placing a record on the turntable become part of returning to the music. The particular pressing or package defines the edition, so explore the individual release for its track list and stated presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore The Verve at UMusic Shop South Africa and choose a physical release to make part of your own music collection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-verve-urban-hymns-2lp","title":"The Verve - Urban Hymns (2LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in September 1997, The Verve's third studio album Urban Hymns saw the band reach their commercial peak. With the addition of guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong, Urban Hymns expertly caught the mood of the late-‘90s, and went on to become one of the all-time classic British albums. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eEleven times platinum in the UK and with ten million copies sold worldwide to date, it also delivered four of the era’s most iconic tracks – worldwide smash ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’, the UK No.1 ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’, ‘Lucky Man’ and ‘Sonnet’. 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As such, the album now represents the complete story of The Verve’s singles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePlease note that each vinyl is unique and the colors may appear slightly different from the image displayed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eLP1 Side A\u003cbr\u003e1. This Is Music\u003cbr\u003e2. Slide Away\u003cbr\u003e3. Lucky Man\u003cbr\u003e4. History\u003cbr\u003eLP1 Side B\u003cbr\u003e1. She's A Superstar\u003cbr\u003e2. On Your Own\u003cbr\u003e3. Blue\u003cbr\u003e4. Sonnet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eLP2 Side C\u003cbr\u003e1. All In The Mind\u003cbr\u003e2. The Drugs Don't Work\u003cbr\u003e3. Gravity Grave\u003cbr\u003eLP2 Side D\u003cbr\u003e1. Bitter Sweet Symphony\u003cbr\u003e2. Love Is Noise\u003cbr\u003e3. 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