This Is Music: The Singles (2LP) (Light Blue + Red Vinyl)

This is Music: The Singles, is a compilation album by English alternative rock band The Verve: Richard Ashcroft (vocals), Pete Salisbury (drums), Simon Jones (bass) and Nick McCabe (guitar).

Originally released in November 2004 it featured two non-singles, tracks pulled from the sessions for their third album Urban Hymns, ‘This Could Be My Moment’ and ‘Monte Carlo’.

2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of an album that has never been pressed on vinyl and, under the group’s direction, this long overdue reissue replaces the bonus tracks with the powerful singles from the band’s 2008 reunion album, Forth – ‘Love is Noise’ and ‘Rather Be’ – as well as  including their second single ‘She’s A Superstar’ (1992) in its original, full-length, eight-and-a-half-minute form (rather than the five-minute edit). As such, the album now represents the complete story of The Verve’s singles.

Tracklist:

LP1 Side A

1. This Is Music
2. Slide Away
3. Lucky Man
4. History

LP 1 Side B

1. She's A Superstar
2. On Your Own
3. Blue
4. Sonnet

LP 2 Side C

1. All In The Mind
2. The Drugs Don't Work
3. Gravity Grave

LP 2 Side D

1. Bitter Sweet Symphony
2. Love Is Noise
3. Rather Be