The Verve - Forth
NME.COM feature on The Verve - Forth album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.
Release date: 22 August 2008
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- Sit and Wonder
- Love Is Noise
- Rather Be
- Judas
- Numbness
- I See Houses
- Noise Epic
- Valium Skies
- Columbo
- Appalachian Springs
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The Verve - Forth: Wikipedia Album Entry
Forth
Forth is the fourth and final album by English alternative rock band The Verve. It was released internationally on August 25, 2008, and a day later in North America. The band reformed in 2007, having broken up in 1999. Forth is their first album of new material since their 1997 album Urban Hymns.
The album's first single, "Love Is Noise," received its first airplay by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 on June 23, 2008. The song reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart and became a summer hit in Europe. The band also released a non-album track, "Mover," as a free digital download a week later.
Background
The band recorded new songs in Richmond between 2007 and 2008. Most of the backing tracks were done before touring the UK in November and December. Then, recording continued between February and the start of their summer dates in April and some final work was done after the mini US-tour done between April and May before their summer festival appearances in Europe and Japan. The new songs feature vocalist Richard Ashcroft's structured balladry found on Urban Hymns with freeform sonic storms inspired by Nick McCabe's guitar. Jonathan Cohen of Billboard states that Forth is " bracing blend of the experimentalism of the group's early work and the more structured songwriting of its last two efforts."
"Sit and Wonder" and "Love Is Noise" have been played live during the band's festival appearances, including the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2008; "Rather Be" also received select live airings throughout the summer, notably as part of the band's headlining set at the V Festival in August 2008.
Release and reception
Like The Verve's previous studio album Urban Hymns, Forth peaked on the UK Albums Chart at number one, and at number 23 on the U.S. Billboard 200. Forth was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. The album sold about 21,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.S., and as of January 2009 has sold about 53,000 copies in the U.S.
Forth was named #47 in Q's "50 Best Albums of the Year" for 2008.
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The Verve - Forth Lyrics
The Verve - Noise Epic Lyrics
The Verve:Noise Epic
This song is performed by The Verve and appears on the album Forth.
The Verve - I See Houses Lyrics
I see houses
Rows and rows of red bricks
I see black cars
Some blood stained exit
The Verve - Judas Lyrics
Feelings
Only feelings
Just let 'em, let 'em go
The Verve - Love Is Noise Lyrics
Will those feet in modern times
Walk on soles that are made in China?
Through the bright prosaic malls
And the corridors that go on and on and on
The Verve - Rather Be Lyrics
There's no need for introductions
No dark corridors or things
You won't find your fortune
You might find some pain
The Verve - Numbness Lyrics
Just breathe in the air but don't be afraid
There's a time for us to make
Sense of all this pain
Sense of all this pain
The Verve - Appalachian Springs Lyrics
Does anybody know where we're really gonna go?
I was wondering if we got that real soul
You know the thing we cannot trade or ever own
The Verve - Columbo Lyrics
Baby why you wasting time crying,
like its the only thing to do
baby don't you worry you're still crying
your instincts is all you've got in you
The Verve - Sit And Wonder Lyrics
I sit and wonder, I often wonder
I sit and wonder about the things she does
I sit and wonder, I often wonder
I've been waiting for this moment to come
The Verve - Valium Skies Lyrics
How do you keep yourself up for good?
Seems like the whole world is losing
How do you stop yourself from giving in?
Seems like the whole world is crying
