Reviews (page 14 of 14)
God, I hate this album. The enormously overplayed opening track, Bittersweet Symphony alone makes me gag. It's saccharine sweet, over-the-top dramatic, and otherwise self-indulgent. Just shite.
Generic and boring britpop
1.5: +Bittersweet Symphony +The Drugs don’t work
Boring.
Whiney shit.
hmmm soninho. Só é salvo por bittersweet symphony
Bittersweet Symphony remains an absolute banger. Rest of the album is trash
Meh
No. Sounds like the 90s
90’s to the max! But idk. Didn’t click. Kinda water off a ducks ass
The Verve vind ik oprecht een van de slechtste bands ooit.
Following the great Bittersweet Symphony, there's an hour plus of the most insipid Britpop ever recorded. I'm far from the biggest fan of Oasis but at least they know how to write some interesting songs unlike these guys.
No go bro
Not a top 1001 album, i don't care what anyone says :-)
DNF
dont send me no shit like this again
Bittersweet Symph is ok... other than that it doesn't do anything for me
Not my vibe.
There is definitely a formula they follow. Would not recommend.
Christ, this was turgid. Bailed after three tracks. Played some Sam and Dave instead.
complete toilet
Significant snooze, and the bonus track of a baby crying was largely unwelcome.
"The Hit" is a 6 minute long song with the same 8 bars repeated throughout. No tempo, time signature, or chorus/verse changes. It's been crap since I heard it in the 90's and it's crap now. The rest of this is filler. And at a whopping 1 hour 15 minutes... Jesus what were they thinking?
There are elements of interesting music here… but together it is incredibly lame for some reason. If it wasn’t for a few super catchy violin notes on Bittersweet Symphony, I don’t think there would be anything memorable on this album at all.
snooze. always wondered why bittersweet symphony was so popular. emotionless vocals over drums and strings. wow.
Self-indulgent trash-ballads
This gives U2/nirvana crossover vibes not ok
This was an absolute chore to get through, every single song was longer than it needed to be and listening to them all back to back was monotonous and grating
No. No. Thrice no.. This album is interminably wanky and Richard Ashcroft is a massive wanker.
swerve the verve
Not my style.
This album was absolutely awful to get through. Everything was boring. When a song did have potential, it was ruined because the song went on for five minutes without changing. I know people like Bitter Sweet Symphony, but I find it grating. Not a fun use of 75 minutes of my life. I'm glad people can enjoy this, but I don't understand. My favourite song was Sonnet.
Good god, nope.
Was excited when I recognized the first song, but my introduction to The Vurve is underwhelming to say the least. Most the tracks have the same tempo, the lyrics are dull and lack emotion, and the production is mediocre at best. Add on the fact each song is 3x longer than it should be and I can’t say there’s any reason to revisit this thing. Stick to Bitter Sweet Symphony and throw the rest out.
Niet zo pakkend.
Terribly boring.
Head bangingly dull.
Yo yo chanclas in building and like a cat in a bag I’m ready to drown because we have to listen to the verve. They’re like the semi-palatable indie version of nickelback. I like some of the guitar work and that’s about it. I’m going to leave this album with the rest of the 90’s in my memory, mostly forgotten. True feeling: it’s foo foo lame Stand out tune: I guess “sonnet” Shoot myself tune: bittersweet symphony/the drugs don’t work
Its... very 90's for sure. The string elements are pretty and the lyrics are well written and seem to have a lot of meaning. The instrumentation is a little drab but it honestly works
i don't need to listen to these white men.
A palatable version of nickel back
#2nd
First song is excellent. Bitter sweet symphony
Stone cold classic