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Alone With Everybody

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 10 votes
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Album Info
Label: Virgin
Release Date: 27 June 2000
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
Summary
The debut solo release from The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
MTV.com
Nearly an instant classic...one of the most convincing and refreshing debuts in recent memory.
Read Full Review >Wall of Sound
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.
Read Full Review >Alternative Press
Warm, lush soundtracks bathe the ears in the same bittersweet symphonics that marked out the latter-day Verve. [#146, p. 82]
Magnet
Though 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]
New Musical Express
A 60-minute torrent of positivity, an open-ended love letter to his wife -
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
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
Read Full Review >Billboard
This is a confident, competent new direction from one of rock's most intriguing figures.
Read Full Review >Ink Blot Magazine
For the most part, Richard Ashcroft's debut solo disc delivers.... an album full of soulful and genuine expressions of hope.
Read Full Review >Spin Cycle
Admittedly, 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.
Read Full Review >HOB.com
Fans 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.
Read Full Review >Checkout.com
Alone With Everybody is a good album with great moments.
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
The problem is that Alone never peaks -- it's without a memorable riff or melody or chorus standing out from the mellow flow.
Read Full Review >Select
In all seriousness, it's often closer to Elton John than The Verve.
Sonicnet
There'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.
Read Full Review >Dot Music
Music that is designed to smother, to sedate, to lull the listener into a soporific state of boredom.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
Now more than ever Richard Ashcroft is comfortable with music that strays alarmingly close to the Middle Of The Road.
Read Full Review >CDNow
At the core of these lush power ballads is a lot of empty posturing -- especially when it comes to lyrics.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Liliana R gave it a9:
I like: A song for the lovers!
doug b gave it a1:
this recrod is wretched
Phil A gave it a10:
Richard Ashcroft has made a brilliant debut solo album here. While this in no way can be compared to the Verve and what they did, it's still incredible and fascinating album. Anyone who says this is Middle of the Road is really not listening, because Ashcroft is easily being innovative on this record the same way the Verve were. Check out the incredibly 'out there' New York, with heavy hitting riffs and interesting back drop noises. I Get My Beat is also sounding nothing like what I've ever heard on the radio. Meanwhile, Ashcroft throws in some deliciously infectious pop tunes via "C'mon People We're Making It Now" which sound only like Ashcroft and nothing else in this solar system. Match the catchy songs with their confidence and absolute power to affect, like A Song For The Lovers, which shows with great power how Ashcroft is still capable of wowing us. ?Great album, people who say otherwise need their heads examined.
THEWALRUS SEMOLINA gave it a9:
this is a great record, it can give you some positive energy an also it can put in a soft mood....I love it, my favourite track is Brave New World, a cool-fresh ballad alike Sonnet or Lucky Man from Verve`s Urban Hymns. Ashcroft is the second best songwriter nowadays (second to Noel Gallagher!) Buy it and listen to it 24 hours a day!
anshuman s gave it a 6:
yeah at first listen it does sound over orchstrated...infact a lil' more than a few listens. it's a good buy though.
alan l gave it a 10:
fuckin love it
Georg H. gave it a 7:
It isn't as powerful as The Verve's Urban Hymns.
