The drums are mixed so very quietly on this record. That's 1993 for you.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 9 June 2016 11:52 (eight years ago) link
This is the only Verve album I love unreservedly. The weakest song is "Butterfly", and I hadn't heard the story about it ostensibly being a last minute improv piece to pad out the album. It makes perfect sense.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 9 June 2016 12:06 (eight years ago) link
what that song is awesome
― Spottie, Thursday, 9 June 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link
I can't fault the mix/overall sound of this record, really - it's a huge part of the appeal for me.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:28 (eight years ago) link
Oh god, the No Come Down version of 'Gravity Grave' ... if anyone really wants to know what all the fuss is about, just listen to that!
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 10 June 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, that totally wasn't a surprise, since 'Slide Away' is the most conventional song on the album, but still fucking wonderful.
I'm more surprised at the 0 votes for 'Virtual World'!
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Friday, 10 June 2016 00:11 (eight years ago) link
My decision came down to Beautiful Mind vs Already There
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 10 June 2016 02:33 (eight years ago) link
Non-album singles and b-sides 1992-1994 would be a fun poll, I mean Gravity Grave would win but still.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 10 June 2016 02:38 (eight years ago) link
I voted Slide Away but Virtual World would be my second choice.
I didn't hear this album until long after the fact but it's one of my favourite shoegaze/space rock/psychedelic records for sure.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 10 June 2016 12:27 (eight years ago) link
The lyrics are very frequently trite pie in the sky nonsense but I can forgive it because of the sound around them, and the sound of them. He altered so much as a singer between this album and ANS, it's crazy.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 10 June 2016 12:35 (eight years ago) link
Non-album singles and b-sides 1992-1994 would be a fun poll
If one has the Verve E.P., No Come Down, and This is Music singles comp, what other non-album tracks from that era are worth tracking down?
― early rejecter, Friday, 10 June 2016 14:03 (eight years ago) link
There's only about a dozen non-Storm in Heaven early tracks, and if you have the Verve EP and No Come Down, I think that covers all of them?
All in the MindA Man Called SunOne Way to GoNo Come DownTwilightWhere the Geese Go6 O'ClockShe's a SuperstarFeelGravity GraveEndless Life
The rest is live/acoustic/unedited versions of same.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 10 June 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
A Man Called Sun is ashcrofts fave song and mine too
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 10 June 2016 16:19 (eight years ago) link
and Mansun's, too
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 June 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
I don't think anyone has ever listened to this album for its lyrics, to be honest.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Friday, 10 June 2016 17:58 (eight years ago) link
I dunno, I always liked "-hello, high are you? -yes. -well that explains it" as an expository refrain.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 10 June 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
Oh, I agree, and I think "it's me throwing stones from the stars on your mixed up world" isn't a bad lyric at all - just I think that with this album, on the whole, the lyrics take a back seat to the music.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Saturday, 11 June 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
true. it sounds like he copied a lot of the choruses from what people had signed in his high school yearbook.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 June 2016 06:51 (eight years ago) link
I love the way this album begins with that massive, reverb-drenched opening chord to 'Star Sail'
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Saturday, 11 June 2016 07:06 (eight years ago) link
pretty amazing looking re-package
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmOV2KxWAAAr7me.jpg
― piscesx, Monday, 4 July 2016 00:17 (eight years ago) link
cool!
― brimstead, Monday, 4 July 2016 00:18 (eight years ago) link
looks nice! also decent price, around $40.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 4 July 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link
Tracklist looks fantastic
A STORM IN HEAVENCD1: The Remastered AlbumStar SailSlide AwayAlready ThereBeautiful MindThe Sun, The SeaVirtual WorldMake It ‘Til MondayBlueButterflySee You In The Next One (Have A Good Time)CD2: B-sides, E.P. TracksAll In The Mind (9/3/1992)All In The MindOne Way To GoA Man Called SunShe’s A Superstar (22/6/1992)She’s A SuperstarFeelGravity Grave (5/10/1992)Gravity Grave (Extended Version)Endless LifeA Man Called Sun (live)Gravity Grave (live encore)Blue (10/5/1993)TwilightWhere The Geese GoNo Come DownBlue (USA Mix)Slide Away (29/9/1992)6 O’ClockCD3: B-Side, Radio Sessions, Unreleased Studio TracksSlide Away cont. (20/9/1993)Make It Til Monday (acoustic)Virtual World (acoustic)Originally issued on the compilation ‘No Come Down’ (B-sides and out-takes)Gravity Grave (live Glastonbury 1993)Butterfly (acoustic)BBC SESSIONSRadio 1 Session – 7/02/1992 (previously unreleased)Slide AwayShe’s A SuperstarAlready ThereBrake LightsRADIO 1 (Mark Radcliffe) Session – 7/12/1993 (previously unreleased)Star SailA Man Called SunSix O’ClockGravity GraveUnreleased Sawmills Studio Sessions (previously unreleased)Shoeshine GirlSouth PacificDVDPromo videosAll In The MindShe’s A SuperstarGravity GraveBlueSlide AwayLive at Camden Town Hall – 23/10/92Slide AwayAll In The MindShe’s A SuperstarStaring StrangerA Man Called SunSouth PacificAlready ThereThe Sun, The SeaGravity GraveBonus content:A Man Called Sun (N.Y.C. Flatbed Truck – 1992South Pacific (Sawmills footage filmed by John Leckie)Blue (USA Mix (promo video)
CD1: The Remastered AlbumStar SailSlide AwayAlready ThereBeautiful MindThe Sun, The SeaVirtual WorldMake It ‘Til MondayBlueButterflySee You In The Next One (Have A Good Time)
CD2: B-sides, E.P. TracksAll In The Mind (9/3/1992)All In The MindOne Way To GoA Man Called Sun
She’s A Superstar (22/6/1992)She’s A SuperstarFeel
Gravity Grave (5/10/1992)Gravity Grave (Extended Version)Endless LifeA Man Called Sun (live)Gravity Grave (live encore)
Blue (10/5/1993)TwilightWhere The Geese GoNo Come DownBlue (USA Mix)
Slide Away (29/9/1992)6 O’Clock
CD3: B-Side, Radio Sessions, Unreleased Studio TracksSlide Away cont. (20/9/1993)Make It Til Monday (acoustic)Virtual World (acoustic)
Originally issued on the compilation ‘No Come Down’ (B-sides and out-takes)Gravity Grave (live Glastonbury 1993)Butterfly (acoustic)
BBC SESSIONSRadio 1 Session – 7/02/1992 (previously unreleased)Slide AwayShe’s A SuperstarAlready ThereBrake Lights
RADIO 1 (Mark Radcliffe) Session – 7/12/1993 (previously unreleased)Star SailA Man Called SunSix O’ClockGravity Grave
Unreleased Sawmills Studio Sessions (previously unreleased)Shoeshine GirlSouth Pacific
DVD
Promo videosAll In The MindShe’s A SuperstarGravity GraveBlueSlide Away
Live at Camden Town Hall – 23/10/92Slide AwayAll In The MindShe’s A SuperstarStaring StrangerA Man Called SunSouth PacificAlready ThereThe Sun, The SeaGravity Grave
Bonus content:A Man Called Sun (N.Y.C. Flatbed Truck – 1992South Pacific (Sawmills footage filmed by John Leckie)Blue (USA Mix (promo video)
― willem, Monday, 4 July 2016 07:29 (eight years ago) link
Where is this information coming from?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 4 July 2016 11:34 (eight years ago) link
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-verve-a-storm-in-heaven-and-a-northern-soul-super-deluxe-box-sets/
― willem, Monday, 4 July 2016 11:44 (eight years ago) link
These are very expensive and full-on. I'd quite like just a double-CD of each album with the associated b-sides and EP tracks remastered, I think. I can't justify £30 each on something I already own and which only really speaks to a me that doesn't exist anymore.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 4 July 2016 13:03 (eight years ago) link
Back when this was originally released I remember reading articles comparing it to 'New Gold Dream' and I was like, wtf...
― yesca, Monday, 4 July 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
tasty
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/verve1_spread.jpg
― piscesx, Saturday, 9 July 2016 12:51 (eight years ago) link
I've been immersed in the remaster most of the afternoon. The run from 'All in the Mind' to 'A Man Called Sun' is spectacular.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Monday, 10 October 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
how does the remastering job sound? the original CD release is pretty good to begin with.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 10 October 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
Obligatory Steve Hoffman thread on the reissues: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-verve-how-come-no-deluxe-reissues.374759/page-13
Picked up both sets even though I have a good portion of the material scattered around.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 13 October 2016 06:10 (seven years ago) link
I don't know if my old ears are up to the job, you know. It always sounded fibrous and muddy to me, and the remaster has the same density without seeming to add a whole bunch.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Thursday, 13 October 2016 07:22 (seven years ago) link
Listening to this again - still incredible!
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Thursday, 5 January 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
No lie.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 January 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
That descending guitar phrase that McCabe plays in 'Beautiful Mind' gets me every time. So simple, yet so superb and OTM. Likewise his little guitar solo during 'Star Sail' ... some genuinely fantastic guitar sounds on this record.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Thursday, 5 January 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link
my friend is a huge Richard Ashcroft fan and asked if i wanted to see them when they came to Hollywood. i told him i was a huge, gigantic Verve fan but could care less about his solo stuff.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 January 2017 03:26 (seven years ago) link
i'm seeing Richard Ashcroft at the Wiltern on April 3, 2017.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 January 2017 03:27 (seven years ago) link
And then you will really care less.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 January 2017 05:19 (seven years ago) link
The last record Ashcroft was involved in that was worth listening to was, funnily enough, The Verve's Forth ...
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Saturday, 7 January 2017 18:30 (seven years ago) link
not sure how to post photos from Wikipedia, but this is where A Storm In Heaven was recorded in Cornwall:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Sawmills_Studios,_Golant,_Cornwall.jpg/1024px-Sawmills_Studios,_Golant,_Cornwall.jpgdo we have any accounts of what the whether was like at the time? potentially very atmospheric
― brimstead, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:59 (ten months ago) link
WEATHER
atmospheric in the metaphorical sensesorry for 3x posts
very famous studio.seem to recall only approachable via boat.
― mark e, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 18:04 (ten months ago) link
ah ha ..
https://www.classicpopmag.com/2020/01/sawmills-studio-interview-they-came-they-saw-they-conquered/
― mark e, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 18:06 (ten months ago) link
ooh thanks for sharing that
― brimstead, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 18:38 (ten months ago) link
yet another site that the Edge/Immersive Reader option is the best way to read it.
― mark e, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 18:45 (ten months ago) link
'Cause I'll be hearing music till the day I diegot my vote.― Bee OK, Tuesday, June 7, 2016
got my vote.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, June 7, 2016
I voted "Already There" and I'm okay with that and see it finished third. Such an amazing album that doesn't get the love that it deserves.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 2 November 2023 01:09 (ten months ago) link