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71 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

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  • Summary: The English rock band reunites after its 1999 split to release its fourth album.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. Paste Magazine
    88
    The album will satisfy those wondering whether the band can achieve the nosebleed heights of its formidable back catalog, and it's once again evident that Ashcroft needs guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury to keep his shamanistic flights of fancy tethered to earth.
  2. Dot Music
    60
    For the first four tracks, The Verve dig deep into their chaotic history to conjure the strange, intoxicating mix of stridency, shimmering beauty, pretension and vulnerability that made them so distinctive back in their pomp. And then the plot is suddenly lost, along with the tunes.
  3. NOW Magazine
    20
    Instead of moving forward with a bold new sound, they seem lost and confused, eventually reverting to the sprawling space rock jams of their early years, which may be their comfort zone.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. SyrthaG
    10
    Comparing to past albums by The Verve, Forth is a full epic story without single highlights, while Urban Hymns is nothing but couple of singles. Which I find as an essential value for making rather great albums, then bestselling singles.… Expand
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  2. neil
    4
    Utterly disappointing. awesome live when they roll back the years, as they proved at glastonbury, but this doesn't do anything for me at all.
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  3. Jamiechud
    1
    Awful awful album. There's not one song on there that is remotely redeeming. The first single love is noise and it's absolute disgracefull woo woo woooo chorus makes me weep for all the previous albums nostalgic feelings. Y'know the ones where you say I want to listen to anything they did prior to this. Yeah. Rich. You killed em. At least the frat boys can go woo woo woo woo now.… Expand
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