The Verve Top Uk Album Charts

The Verve’s first album in over 10 years makes an incredible debut on the UK Album Charts.

With their first album in over 10 years, alternative-rock act The Verve made an impressive debut this week on the UK Album Charts with their latest album , “Forth“, reaching the number one spot.

Backed by the success of their single “Love Is Noise“, “Forth” is the first album by The Verve since 1997’s critically-acclaimed “Urban Hymns“, which spawned the mega-hit “Bittersweet Symphony“. Along with being the band’s first record in over a decade, it is also their first record since reuniting in 2007 from an eight year break-up.

Also debuting on the charts this week were metal band Slipknot, who secured the number two spot with their album “All Hope Is Gone”. The Verve’s debut this week also knocked Irish pop band The Script down from first place to third. Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends” also dropped 4 spots this week and is now at number eight.

Report by David Lowe-Bianco.

Comments

[Dragon Master]

The Verve is coming back, it seems. I think their new album isn't as satisfying as Northern Soul, or, Urban Hymns.

[jiminizzle]

I'm gonna have to get this I think.

[irishman]

great album, got it last week, it's great, though as dragon master said, not as good as northern soul or urban hyms, good to have em back though!

also, in before before all the "The only song of theirs I know is bitter sweet symphony and it's a ripoff LOL!!!11!1" trolls

[Fabrizet]

sounds ok.

[punkrockjoe]

This is completely off topic but the script are absolutely appalling, how can that shit get to number 1? Anyway the single love is noise is pretty cool.

[dieloony2]

irishman wrote:

great album, got it last week, it's great, though as dragon master said, not as good as northern soul or urban hyms, good to have em back though!

also, in before before all the "The only song of theirs I know is bitter sweet symphony and it's a ripoff LOL!!!11!1" trolls

woah there fanboy.

But seriously it's always worth noting their biggest hit wasn't even written by them, it was the orchestral version of Last Time by rolling stones with their own words put over it. Because if you don't bring it up you are giving the band too much credit.

With that aside i listened to the song and it is okay, it's original, but my mind wasn't blown.

It sorta seems like the media is trying to make this band sound better/more popular then they actaully are.

[rageagainst64]

dieloony2 wrote:

irishman wrote:

It sorta seems like the media is trying to make this band sound better/more popular then they actaully are.

i agree, which seems very strange to do

[Wesseem]

these guys opened at a coldplay concert and the people around us were asking who the **** they were. i had no idea myself either, atleast until they started to play bittersweet symphony. These guys are just getting over hyped by the media to get some record sales going.

[Serjem]

this is turning out like FOB... remember... spam news and reviews / interviews... i'm getting kinda sick of verve articles ... the band itself is quite good alright... and i dont want it to turn to the band mentioned above

[Crystal_Baller]

it's pathetic that none of you know who The Verve are. if it wasn't for them you wouldn't even have bands like Coldplay. The Verve are back...and thats amazing for the music industry.

and to try to compare them to FOB, disgusting...know the history and who they are before you try to knock them

[langers73]

ive been listening to alot of b side and single tracks lately, and a storm in heaven. if people actually gave them a chance i'm sure a lot of people would like them. maybe not in this forum though, the whole concept of spacey guitar work, reverberated vocals and groovy basslines is far too much for the average shredder to comprehend.

[DirkLance]

langers73 wrote:

ive been listening to alot of b side and single tracks lately, and a storm in heaven. if people actually gave them a chance i'm sure a lot of people would like them. maybe not in this forum though, the whole concept of spacey guitar work, reverberated vocals and groovy basslines is far too much for the average shredder to comprehend.

The problem with most people here is not the Verve's music, or that they "stole"/sampled music. It's that there is a whole world of guitar players here who are tired of UK fanboys hyping bands. Yes, the Verve are talented, and we always hear so much about Oasis, too.

Not to disrespect the talent and prestige these bands have built, they are being put on far too high a peg, and many people are in the business of knocking them back down. Honestly, I'd rather side with the "shredder" in this case.

[BrianApocalypse]

The Verve aren't really talented though, are they? Every song I've seen them play has been badly written, repetitive and mind-numbingly boring, with lyrics about how bad northern life it, except for the Verve, who are rockstars.

But then I suppose most fans of the Verve, casual and hardcore alike, are a bit simple, so they couldn't recognise something well written, and not written in part by a producer.

[Crystal_Baller]

BrianApocalypse wrote:

The Verve aren't really talented though, are they? Every song I've seen them play has been badly written, repetitive and mind-numbingly boring, with lyrics about how bad northern life it, except for the Verve, who are rockstars.

But then I suppose most fans of the Verve, casual and hardcore alike, are a bit simple, so they couldn't recognise something well written, and not written in part by a producer.

you my friend are on crack...i would love to here something from you with a quarter of the talent...the music by the verve is real dont knock it while you sit in your parents basement criticing everything on the internet