A Northern Soul

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A Northern Soul
Studio album by The Verve
Released	July 3, 1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Rock, Britpop
Length	62:59
Label	Vernon Yard
Producer(s)	Owen Morris
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Verve chronology
No Come Down (1994)	A Northern Soul (1995)	Urban Hymns (1997)

A Northern Soul was The Verve's second (and penultimate) album and was released on July 3, 1995 (see 1995 in music).

[edit] 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.

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Other

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 53rd greatest album of all time.

The Verve
Nick McCabe | Richard Ashcroft | Simon Jones | Peter Salisbury | Simon Tong
Discography
Studio albums: A Storm in Heaven | A Northern Soul | Urban Hymns
EPs: Verve EP | Five by Five
Compilations: No Come Down | This is Music: The Singles 92-98
Singles: "All in the Mind" | "She's a Superstar" | "Gravity Grave" | "Blue" | "Slide Away" | "This Is Music" | "On Your Own" | "History" | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | "The Drugs Don't Work" | "Lucky Man" | "Sonnet"
Tours: Gravity Grave Tour | Urban Hymns Tour
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