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No Come Down

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Verve at their greatest, If you like Storm In Heaven this is even better! Watch out it will put you in a trance and then, you will be awakened by Gravity Grave live at Glastonbury 93 (track 8), Verve must have been amazing live. Anyway, if I were only going to buy two of Verve's albums they would be Storm in Heaven and this one. If you like early Verve make sure you check out The Verve [EP] too!

While almost everyone praises "Urban Hymns" and "A Northern Soul", everyone forgets about early Verve which is just as great. "No Come Down" is a collection of B-sides, acoustic versions and a live song. Since all the material was recorded at the time of "A Storm In Heaven" it basically has the same feel and sound. My personal favorite song is "Make It 'Till Monday(acoustic)" which I think is better than the album version. "Twilight" is my favorite of the B-sides. The package the cd comes in is beautifully designed and I love the photographs. Get this after you get "A Storm In Heaven".

Really a great album in so many ways. The music that is on this cd is truly incredible.The lyrics are astounding and Ashcroft has a an amazing voice.If youve heard the verve before and like them than get this album.If for nothing else the live version of gravity grave will blow your mind. i hope you get to enjoy this masterpeice

This album is exceptional, my ears drank its music.I like this album better than Urban Hymns and Northern Soul.The many differnt sounds they incoroporate into this album is amazing, this CD is a must buy.

I love all of the Verve's albums but out of all of them I seem to keep coming back to this one the most. I has great variety and manages to capture the essence of the Verve. The live recordings have an amazing amount of energy - wait till you hear Gravity Grave! Rarely ever does a song blow me away like that. Definitely one of my top 5 albums.

The album is an excellent companion to A Storm In Heaven, but is also a great insight into the future of the then-fledling band...i.e. Gravity Grave (concert version). Outstanding, a must buy if you like Oasis or Radiohead. Pink Floyd-esque.

A collection of early verve material which shows exactly what they are capapble of . It comprises of magical acoustic versions of much loved tracks and also witnesses the surfacing of some previously less well known tracks . No come down also rounds off a truly awesome live version of 'gravity grave'a commodity that has never been repeated on any verve album . Indeed, this is music.

The Verve exploded with their massive album "Urban Hymns," undisputedly one of the best albums of the 90s. It triggered many into wandering into music stores to find "A Northern Soul," another great album, "A Storm In Heaven," their psychedelic debut, and this album "No Come Down," a collection of B-sides from their very early singles. This album wanders off track a lot, as Richard Ashcroft's vocals suffer due to the fact you can't really make them out on a lot of tracks. This album seems to promote drug use, and probably most were recorded under the influence, for example "6 O'Clock" which opens "Six O'clock I'm wasted". This album still manages to soar in spots though. "Where the Geese Go" is a brilliant little ditty, the title track has a feverish beat that grasps you, and the USA mix of "Blue" comes out stronger than on "A Storm In Heaven." The reason to buy this album however, is the marvelous "One Way To Go". A B-Side of their first single, it's an irrepressable tune that gives as strong a punch as some of their later work. It's comical to hear the live version of "Gravity Grave" at the beginning, where Richard's voice when he says "Thank you," almost reaches the falsetto of Michael Jackson. Another glorious work on this is the acoustic version of "Make It 'Till Monday" which far outshines the version on "A Storm In Heaven." The acoustic version of "Butterfly" is also kind of cool, but it loses as an element without the electric guitar hook. This album is not an essential rock and roll album unless you're a Verve fan, but if you're looking for a nice one to relax on the hammock on a breezy summer day, this vys for top position. It's a good effort, but their best days were still ahead of them.

Verve is a band that invented the most complex orquestration of the four modern electric instruments: guitar, bass,drum and keybord. listen to their 93'b-side(their b-sides are always better than a-sides)'No Come Down'. it's simple, but it's complex at the deepest sense by any means.you can be familiar with the song within one listening, but after 100 listenings, you still can't dig out all the orquestration they put in it. that's the magic: bass-lines just vibrate, guitar floating in the space,drums in the edge of sleeping and wakeup, and the keybords add some killer efects when your heart is in a really indefensive state...in front of Verve,all you can do is wait, wait them to descompose you, in the most musical mean.
well, i think there are really few british bands can match Verve, but Charlatans and Primal Scream may deserve a try.

Every track on this album is beautiful. The best track probably being the intense version of "Gravity Grave" live from the Glastonbury Festival in '93(Speaking of this track, you can find a three minute video excerpt of this track from the Festival on the Glastonbury the Movie DVD.Very Cool). This EP is better than the Verve EP because the tracks sound better and more developed. A Storm in Heaven is a perfect companion CD to this album. In fact, if you really wanna have the true early Verve experience put both albums on one disc and prepare to sway. If you dig this album then go out and get A Northern Soul, if you haven't already, and prepare for a sonic assualt mixed with classic Verve-style spaciness. Then, if you must, buy Urban Hymns. Don't get me wrong, this album is good, but it lacks early Verve tendencies and sounds really poppy.