Never the most stable band on the planet, The Verve finished ... to record their second album deeply fractured, and the sessions only widened the cracks. ‘A Northern Soul’ remains, two decades ...

At the height of their fame The Verve were synonymous with Britpop, a scene that ironically they were an inspiration for. However, an untimely split after their second record meant it took them longer ...

Yet this tension underpinned the band’s best work and their legacy is a powerful one, overwhelming the subsequent solo career of singer Richard Ashcroft, now onto his fifth album ... A Northern Soul, ...

combined with the noisy jam “Brainstorm Interlude” “A Northern Soul” is the gaping wound from which everything on the Verve’s sophomore album emanates. Much of its power is located in ...

When news emerged that The Verve’s first two albums ... fewer songs featured on set lists dominated by tracks from A Northern Soul and 1997’s Urban Hymns. Although their most successful album, selling ...