Richard Ashcroft in general Reviews

The first time I saw The Verve - and they were trading under the name 'Verve' at that point - it was 1992, they were supporting Ride, and they were just so much sci-fi sonic bombast, all throbbing bass, formless guitar and this goon at the front who needed a haircut, singing lessons and reminding that he had an audience in front of him. ...

When the Verve were still the Verve, Richard Ashcroft just seemed like another indie group's lead singer -a good voice, but otherwise, talentless. But when the band split, Richard proved us all wrong. He rebounded back into the charts with 'Song For The Lovers', then 'C'mon People(We're Making It Now)', and released ...

Whatever Richard Ashcroft may have achieved with the Verve, and however he may have furthered the cause of guitar music, I really can't stand the man. He comes across as supremely arrogant, generally far more pretentious that his talent warrants. It's isn't that he makes bad music - on the contrary, it's often pretty decent - ...

With two top 20 singles under his belt already as he embarks on his new solo career, the ex-Verve frontman releases his debut solo album. Verve fans have been eagerly awaiting any type of Verve release - whatever it may be. They don't care if The Verve, Richard Ashcroft or Nick McCabe release something. The public are hungry and Richard ...

In his first album as a soloist, Ashcroft has decided to emulate the styles and sounds of his work whilst with The Verve. Although it is not a copy of this work, the styles have virtually remained the same and he has decided to carry on from where he was with The Verve instead of starting afresh and trying something new. However, this is not a bad ...

This album is a real masterpiece which in my opinion there is not one bad track on the album. People who liked the Verve will love it, With the track New York being a real belter with a catchy rhythm and in my opinion should be released as his next single. The Verves Urban Hymns became a classic album and had a following of all age groups and I ...

'Alone With Everydody' is a very listenable album but I feel that ultimately it suffers on two fronts. Firstly, he and his partner have just had a child, and secondly he does not have other members of a band to rein in his talent. Consequently, the overall feel is one of a mellow man settling into 'family' life who has not been ...

I have recently bought Richard Ashcrofts solo album and I was delighted with it. The music genius has continued with his excellent work and has produced some new corkers. And yet what does the album get in most reviews?, usually something from average to poor. The trouble is that many people expected alone with everybody to be another Urban Hymes. ...

This overrated idiot really doesn't deserve all the attention and coverage he gets - the fact that dooyoo's front page has a link to this section is at the very least questionable when there are so many artists out there who have released better new material. The Verve were a good band, but as many Verve fans will tell you, the ...

It seems that Richard Ashcroft is enjoying a degree of success at the moment unconnected to the quality of his music. The current success of Mr Ashcroft is mainly due to the publicity he earned from The Verve, I think that it is about time people started looking, rather listening, to the music instead of just the people making it. Far too many ...

The first solo outing from the former Verve frontman and it doesn?t disappoint, it surprises but in a good way. Two killer singles were enough to convince me, as were the three albums the Verve have left us with, Urban Hymns was a near perfect opus. It would be unfair to compare this with the Verve though, Nick McCabe's wall of sound was ...