Richard Ashcroft

RICHARD ASHCROFT – His New Fervent LP ‘NATURAL REBEL’ Shows A Gripping Singer/Songwriter Growing Older… In Grand Style

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21 October 2018

Yesterday RICHARD ASHCROFT released his fifth solo longplayer entitled NATURAL REBEL . Some intellectual critics expected a sort of rowdy Idles punk record (which
Idles actually made! Big monstrous LP! I love it) by Richard Ashcroft because of ‘Rebel‘
in the title and other related nonsense. I expected glowing songs for heart & soul by
a great singer/songwriter growing older in grand style. Fuck the critics. I got what I
wanted. Here’s a heartfelt collection of gripping songs.on repeat right now..

https://open.spotify.com/album/2qGmBYeysAtucSTTOb4lbQ?si=dz1bIhP0Tbq7adouqpPFlg
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RICHARD ASHCROFT – Here’s ‘SURPRISED BY THE JOY’ – The First Single From His New Album…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

10 September 2018

On 19th October RICHARD ASHCROFT will release his new solo album NATURAL REBEL. Ahead of its launch here’s the first single SURPRISED BY THE JOY. A high-spirited, uplifting pop rainbow with lively strings. Hear/watch it this way…

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More info about new album NATURAL REBEL here

TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Alone With Everybody’ – Solo Debut By RICHARD ASHCROFT

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Remarkable albums from the past…

‘Alone With Everybody’ by RICHARD ASHCROFT
Released: 26 June 2000 / debut album

ALL MUSIC wrote: “He still believes that music has a soul — with or without his former band. He is certainly a rock star and a believer in love, death, musical spirituality, and individuality. That is what made the Verve a great rock band in the first place, but Ashcroft’s superior drive
to do something real only makes him and his music more endearing. He is looking ahead, not wishing for past adventures. He celebrates life, pure and simple.”
Score: 4/5 – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME! says: This is Mister Northern Soul Voice! My fav tracks: A Song
For The Lovers / I Get My Beat / New York / C’Mon People (We’re Making It Now)

ALBUM in full…

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Soon back with new album NATURAL REBEL – out 19 October

RICHARD ASHCROFT Launches Fifth Solo Album ‘NATURAL REBEL’ in October…

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15 August 2018

RICHARD ASHCROFT , former singer/frontman of The Verve follows his excellent 2016 album These People with new – his fifth – solo longplayer, entitled NATURAL REBEL. It’ll feature 10 new songs all written by the man himself. The record is jointly produced by Ashcroft, Jon Kelly and Emre Ramazanoglu, who previously worked with Paul McCartney and Kate Bush respectively.

RA about his new music: “With experience comes knowledge and for me this is
my strongest set of songs to date. All my favourite sounds distilled into something
that will hopefully give my fans lasting pleasure. It is for them. Music is power.”

Tracklist
All My Dreams
Birds Fly
Surprised By The Joy
That’s How Strong
Born To Be Strangers
That’s When I Feel It
We All Bleed
A Man in Motion
Streets of Amsterdam
Money Money

Natural Rebel will be out 19 October. More info and pre-order facilities right here

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THE VERVE Released Their Spaced Out 4-Track Debut E.P. 25 Years Ago…

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When timeless in sound and vision it’s a…

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Artist: THE VERVE
Record: 5-track debut E.P.
Released: 7 December 1992 – 25 years ago…
NME wrote: “one of the few bands who still believe that the space between your ears is infinite, that nothing is impossible, that it’s all within our reach…they soar…This is no easy ride but it’s a hell of an adventure, a risk well worth taking…”
Notes: the E.P. features songs that never appeared on a studio LP. The EP’s 2 singles – ‘Gravity Grave’ and ‘She’s a Superstar‘ – reappeared on the compilation album This Is Music: The Singles 1992 – 1998. The record’s cover was taken in Ashcroft‘s flat in Wigan.
Score: the striking and spacey start of a tumultuous ride for a spectacular anthems band
fronted by charismatic singer/songwriter and – then – eccentric Richard Ashcroft.

Here’s top stroke ‘She’s A Superstar’…

The E.P. in full…

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