Human Conditions [Vinyl]

Richard Ashcroft - Human Conditions [Vinyl]

Originally issued on Hut Records in October 2002, Human Conditions built on the success of Alone With Everybody, retaining the new fans he had gained with that record - This re-issue replicates the 2002 UK first pressing and is available on audiophile 180g double vinyl in gatefold sleeve. "It's a beautiful world," sings Ashcroft on opening track and lead single "Check The Meaning". It's eight-minutes seem a culmination of all of Ashcroft's work to date a haunting guitar figure, swelling strings, and subtle orchestration back a lyric that catalogues the battle of love over evil, ending with Ashcroft assuring the listener "It's gonna be alright." It is a powerful beginning to a powerful album. "Buy It In Bottles" maintains the introspection of "The Drugs Don't Work", a mood that can be also found on "Running Away" and "Lord I've Been Trying"; while "Bright Lights" and "Paradise" bring the anthemic rock. When Brian Wilson guests on one of your albums, it suggests a certain status has been attained; Richard Ashcroft demonstrated that he could hold his own in such company; both are songwriters of the human condition, and the song Wilson appears on "Nature Is The Law", closes Human Conditions in stellar fashion.

 
Tracks

1 Check the Meaning
2 Buy It in Bottles
3 Bright Lights
4 Paradise
5 God in the Numbers
6 Science of Silence
7 Man on a Mission
8 Running Away
9 Lord I've Been Trying
10 Nature Is the Law