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Boring

I think the Brit Pop craze could be summed up pretty well with the following statement..."Remember how everyone liked The Beatles? Let's just do that again...but like...put some grunge in it." This album sucks. It's lazy, it's uninventive and entirely forgettable. And I hate to break it to you...but The Stones did Bittersweet Symphony first. The other singles on the record are typical at best and remind me of shit I wrote back in 9th grade for the girl I liked. The Drugs Don't Work sounds like something from a Cameron Crowe movie that people would've called "the biggest song of the summer" back in 1975.

who the fuck put this rubbish on the list it's like all the worst aspects of shit Britpop lumped into 1 couldn't even sit through their most famous hit

Look - I didn’t finish this. I got halfway through this 75 minute long record and couldn’t listen to the boring Britpop these guys were selling anymore. Everything is derivative, vaguely religious garbage. I feel like the only reason this is on the list is because of bittersweet symphony - which is not a great song.

Bitter Sweet Symphony Sonnet Weeping Willow Lucky Man Velvet Morning Feels like I’m stuck in a loop going nowhere with this album. Can we add a little spice please I feel like I’ve been on the same song forever. I’d say it’d be better if it was shorter but it got old quick

This is better than whatever that other Verve album was on this list. That out of the way, this album makes me understand Brexit. I'm not even going to give it the credit for Bittersweet Symphony. I feel like my life is made ever so slightly worse for having sat through this bullshit album.

Sin exagerar, creo que este es el peor disco que escuchado de esta lista. No solo porque es sumamente poco original, con casi todas las canciones sonando como la peor balada del peor periodo de Oasis, sino porque The Verve suena exactamente igual que U2, y el acto liderado por Bono ya me desagrada. La única razón de la por qué The Verve es conocido es por "The Bittersweet Symphony", canción que sacaron directamente de un disco instrumental de los Rolling Stones. Pensé, honestamente, que habría más talento en el disco o alguna justificación sonora para incluir este LP en la lista. Realmente, encuentro ofensivo que piezas como esta y no "The Lonesome Crowded West" de Modest Mouse se encuentren en esta lista. Si lee mi comentario antes de escuchar este disco, por favor, sálteselo.

I listened to the first song and then forgot. Liked the first half and then when the singing came in didn't like it.

An album that I remember being so bad and dull that I honestly refuse to listen to it again. Songs dragged on with little interesting instrumentation to accompany it, and the singer's wispy, psychedelic singing often came off as more posh and up its own ass than actually done well. Yes, there is a singular good riff here, that being Bittersweet Symphony's string backing to keep that song moving along at a pace just fit enough for it to become a hit both in the UK and US, but when you learn that small snippet of strings is all you get, you'll be rolling your eyes by the end of the track, and realizing it is a sample pulled from a Rolling Stones' orchestral live album makes it all the worse. Sure, sampling is cool, but not that lazily, it just makes you look bad. Otherwise, you get that same level of self-important nothingness that plagues the likes of their contemporaries, such as The Charlatans or Oasis. Pulp and other Britpop acts work for me due to their self-aware lyrics and cheeky but solid instrumentals. This just feels like they came up with "sad" lyrics then noodled on their instruments for five minutes, cut it, and shipped it out. How this is considered some of the best the UK had to offer at the time is beyond me, but I just find it ridiculously drab, and I really don't want to go through that hour of meandering songwriting again, even a year or so later.

Boring, generic.

boring, not listening to the whole thing 1/5

Sounds ok but not a fan of the vocals

After bittersweet symphony, the album falls into a cringey mess with bad writing, lyrics and melodies. No thanks

Aggressively corny. It's stoner-rock that's not even cool. Objectively the worst aesthetic from the 90s. Neither relatable nor aspirational. Not provocative, not vulnerable, not catchy, not problematic, not poignant or poetic, not musically interesting, not even good at being bro-y. Just extremely dated nonsense from the worst kind of white boy. The drummer is like "I'm so cool because I don't care!" I don't care either because the music puts me to sleep. At best, there is the suggestion of angst in the same way that garlic powder is the suggestion of flavor (without the danger of the real thing). I'm bored and annoyed listening to this. Also, terrible album name.

I just wanted this to end as quickly as possible.

so boring blends together

a lot of effort was put into this album

Sorry no

whiny

britpop drivel

1.5 Besides bittersweet symphony this album was a snooze fest. Every song was the same tempo with the same lackadaisical feel to them. Every song was entirely way too long with little to no variety. And don’t even get me started on the singer’s awful sheep voice

a boring version of oasis. too long. Like caleb said, a sound of the late 90s that stayed there for a reason. at least it has "bittersweet symphony"? "come on" actually had some energy, they should have brought that to the rest of the album

Bittersweet Symphony is the highlight, putting it as the first song meant the last hour of my time wasted

This is not good. Looks like they got lucky with Bittersweet Symphony.

I've never been terribly impressed with "Bittersweet Symphony." I'm not terribly impressed with this either. Highlights: I'll just listen to Oasis, thanks

how much more BritPop is on this list?

This is not for me. It's really repeative and uninspiring. This sounds like the music from that era which is my least favorite era of music (late90s-early00s). I won't listen to this album again. 1/5

fuck your buddy kys

Simply way too slow for me. Even for when I'm in a slow mood it's not for me.

God, I hate this album. The enormously overplayed opening track, Bittersweet Symphony alone makes me gag. It's saccharine sweet, over-the-top dramatic, and otherwise self-indulgent. Just shite.

Generic and boring britpop

1.5: +Bittersweet Symphony +The Drugs don’t work

Boring.

Whiney shit.

hmmm soninho. Só é salvo por bittersweet symphony

Bittersweet Symphony remains an absolute banger. Rest of the album is trash

Meh

No. Sounds like the 90s

90’s to the max! But idk. Didn’t click. Kinda water off a ducks ass

The Verve vind ik oprecht een van de slechtste bands ooit.

Following the great Bittersweet Symphony, there's an hour plus of the most insipid Britpop ever recorded. I'm far from the biggest fan of Oasis but at least they know how to write some interesting songs unlike these guys.

No go bro

Not a top 1001 album, i don't care what anyone says :-)

DNF

dont send me no shit like this again

Bittersweet Symph is ok... other than that it doesn't do anything for me

Not my vibe.

There is definitely a formula they follow. Would not recommend.

Christ, this was turgid. Bailed after three tracks. Played some Sam and Dave instead.

complete toilet

Significant snooze, and the bonus track of a baby crying was largely unwelcome.

"The Hit" is a 6 minute long song with the same 8 bars repeated throughout. No tempo, time signature, or chorus/verse changes. It's been crap since I heard it in the 90's and it's crap now. The rest of this is filler. And at a whopping 1 hour 15 minutes... Jesus what were they thinking?

There are elements of interesting music here… but together it is incredibly lame for some reason. If it wasn’t for a few super catchy violin notes on Bittersweet Symphony, I don’t think there would be anything memorable on this album at all.

snooze. always wondered why bittersweet symphony was so popular. emotionless vocals over drums and strings. wow.

Self-indulgent trash-ballads

This gives U2/nirvana crossover vibes not ok

This was an absolute chore to get through, every single song was longer than it needed to be and listening to them all back to back was monotonous and grating

No. No. Thrice no.. This album is interminably wanky and Richard Ashcroft is a massive wanker.

swerve the verve

Not my style.

This album was absolutely awful to get through. Everything was boring. When a song did have potential, it was ruined because the song went on for five minutes without changing. I know people like Bitter Sweet Symphony, but I find it grating. Not a fun use of 75 minutes of my life. I'm glad people can enjoy this, but I don't understand. My favourite song was Sonnet.

Good god, nope.

Was excited when I recognized the first song, but my introduction to The Vurve is underwhelming to say the least. Most the tracks have the same tempo, the lyrics are dull and lack emotion, and the production is mediocre at best. Add on the fact each song is 3x longer than it should be and I can’t say there’s any reason to revisit this thing. Stick to Bitter Sweet Symphony and throw the rest out.

Niet zo pakkend.

Terribly boring.

Head bangingly dull.

Yo yo chanclas in building and like a cat in a bag I’m ready to drown because we have to listen to the verve. They’re like the semi-palatable indie version of nickelback. I like some of the guitar work and that’s about it. I’m going to leave this album with the rest of the 90’s in my memory, mostly forgotten. True feeling: it’s foo foo lame Stand out tune: I guess “sonnet” Shoot myself tune: bittersweet symphony/the drugs don’t work

Its... very 90's for sure. The string elements are pretty and the lyrics are well written and seem to have a lot of meaning. The instrumentation is a little drab but it honestly works

i don't need to listen to these white men.

A palatable version of nickel back

#2nd

First song is excellent. Bitter sweet symphony

Stone cold classic