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Verve: A Northern Soul

On July 3, 1995, “Hut” label released “A Northern Soul”, the second Verve studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and Loco, Wales, and was produced by Owen Morris, Richard Ashcroft, Mick McCabe, Simon Jones and Peter Salisbury.

Personnel:

  • Richard Ashcroft – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric piano, percussion
  • Nick McCabe – guitars, piano, twelve-string guitar, acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, Moog 
  • Simon Jones – bass, percussion, keyboards, twelve-string acoustic guitar 
  • Peter Salisbury – drums, percussion
  • Owen Morris – Hammond organ, string arrangement, synthesized strings
  • Will Malone – strings arrangements
  • Gavyn Wright – strings
  • The London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Liam Gallagher – handclaps
  • Mark Lee – studio assistant
  • Jack Adams – mastering
  • Brian Cannon – sleeve concept, design, art direction
  • Michael Spencer Jones – photography
  • Scarlet Page – The Verve on the bus photography
  • Mary Scanlon – The Verve in the café photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Ashcroft, Mick McCabe, Simon Jones and Peter Salisbury.

  1. A New Decade
  2. This Is Music
  3. On Your Own
  4. So It Goes
  5. A Northern Soul
  6. Brainstorm Interlude
  7. Drive You Home
  8. History
  9. No Knock on My Door
  10. Life’s an Ocean
  11. Stormy Clouds
  12. (Reprise)