This Is Music: The Singles [2LP]

The Verve - This Is Music: The Singles [2LP]

This Is Music: The Singles is a compilation album by English alternative rock band The Verve, featuring Richard Ashcroft on vocals, Pete Salisbury on drums, Simon Jones on bass and Nick McCabe on guitar. Originally released in November 2004, it featured two bonus tracks pulled from the sessions for their third album, Urban Hymns: "This Could Be My Moment" and "Monte Carlo."

This long-overdue reissue marks the 20th anniversary of an album that had never been pressed on vinyl. Under the group's direction, it replaces the bonus tracks with the singles from the band's 2008 reunion album, Forth — "Love Is Noise" and "Rather Be" — as well as 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. The album now represents the complete story of The Verve's singles.

Track Listing:

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

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

Side C
1. All In The Mind
2. The Drugs Don't Work
3. Gravity Grave (Extended Version / 2016 Remastered)

Side D
1. Bitter Sweet Symphony (2016 Remastered)
2. Love Is Noise
3. Rather Be