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- Summary: The latest full-length solo release from The Verve's Richard Ashcroft features a guest appearance by Mirwais.
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- Record Label: Richard Ashcroft
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Oct 16, 2025While the slower tracks are perfunctory, it’s the moments where he stretches himself – vocally and musically – that elevate the album.
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Oct 16, 2025Many of the tracks are decent, just not earth shattering, which is maybe what we have come to expect at this juncture of his career. That may be good enough for the masses, however.
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UncutOct 16, 2025Ashcroft's ornery, sometimes conspiratorial resentment of authority and spiritually minded uplift feel of the moment. [Nov 2025, 28]
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Record CollectorDec 2, 2025Elements of it are among the boldest, most enjoyable experiments of his career. .... There are clunkers too. [Christmas 2025, p.132]
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Oct 16, 2025‘Out Of These Blues’ adds a country twang to the formula. ‘Live With Hope’ uses a gospel choir. A couple of others are more stripped back and equally forgettable.