Alone With Everybody
- Richard Ashcroft
- Band Name: Richard Ashcroft
- Record Label: Virgin
- Release Date: Jun 27, 2000
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90Nearly an instant classic...one of the most convincing and refreshing debuts in recent memory.
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The result is not only a more ambitious album than one might have expected, it's also a substantial step forward from Urban Hymns, the Verve's own crowning achievement.
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A 60-minute torrent of positivity, an open-ended love letter to his wife -
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He has moved on from the effervescent prettiness of his former band to make music for himself -- something the Verve might have done somewhere in time, but it wouldn't have been so honest or stripped as this solo jaunt
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Warm, lush soundtracks bathe the ears in the same bittersweet symphonics that marked out the latter-day Verve. [#146, p. 82]
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80This is a confident, competent new direction from one of rock's most intriguing figures.
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80Though not without the psychedelics that informed the Verve's early records, Ashcroft spends most of Alone elaborating on the same elegance he initially allowed to die with the Verve's 1998 disbanding. [#46, p.67]
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For the most part, Richard Ashcroft's debut solo disc delivers.... an album full of soulful and genuine expressions of hope.
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80A grand, sweeping album of heavenly melodies and rich, full textures.
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70Alone With Everybody is a good album with great moments.
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70Admittedly, he seems to be missing a sparring partner like McCabe and thus, "Alone" often suffers a lack of tension. Still, Ashcroft's unabashed joy is rather contagious.
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70Fans of the The Verve, or just plain fans of "Bittersweet Symphony," may feel a little let down as the record as a whole, though still steeped in a love of strings and complex arrangement, does not carry the same sonic weight of previous work.
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There's a lot to like about Alone With Everybody, and a lot to take in. Most of these busily layered tracks exceed five minutes, and most outstay their welcome.
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60In all seriousness, it's often closer to Elton John than The Verve.
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60There's almost no drama to be found on Alone With Everybody... [t]he songs don't turn corners, and they fail to elicit any real emotional response.
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The problem is that Alone never peaks -- it's without a memorable riff or melody or chorus standing out from the mellow flow.
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40Now more than ever Richard Ashcroft is comfortable with music that strays alarmingly close to the Middle Of The Road.
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40Music that is designed to smother, to sedate, to lull the listener into a soporific state of boredom.
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30At the core of these lush power ballads is a lot of empty posturing -- especially when it comes to lyrics.
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29Overly orchestrated mid-tempo ballads with inane lyrics.
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LilianaR9I like: A song for the lovers!
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dougb1this recrod is wretched
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