Talk:Urban Hymns

Britpop or not?
Are you sure about defining it as "Britpop" ?
 * Seems pretty reasonable to me, but that's not my speciality, so who knows... Do you have a better suggestion? Tuf-Kat 04:34, Apr 8, 2004 (UTC)
 * I dont have a better suggestion at the minute. It just seemed to me that the Verve never bought into the whole Britpop - Oasis, Blur etc - scence. Leave it as it is, for now. batch

this was the album where the verve went popy, and it is usaully associated with the movement, so i'd call it brit pop

It is not britpop. It's space rock.


 * I think urban hymns was one of the defining albums of the Britpop movement, I would place it up there with what’s the story morning glory.

It's kind of 2nd wave britpop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.164.33 (talk) 13:31, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Merging from the album track articles
I don't think it's a good idea to create articles on the songs that were never released as singles, because they don't appear to be notable outside of the album and this main album article is only three paragraphs long. We're really limiting how comprehensive this article can be by spinning off short articles that will have little to no chance for future expansion. Also, they are written in a non-NPOV style that resembles a fan review; for example on Come On (song) we read "a cool bass riff... no hint of the onslaught of sound about to come up. Following this, all hell breaks loose... a far more nastier feel... very much drug-related and as if the band are sliding into hell such is the power of the music". Thoughts? Extraordinary Machine 14:32, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

How is this not neutral? "a cool bass riff... (cool as in spacey, space rock) no hint of the onslaught of sound about to come up (this is nowhere near fan-based, its the truth!). Following this, all hell breaks loose (also true)... a far more nastier feel (again true)... very much drug-related and as if the band are sliding into hell such is the power of the music (okay the last section can be changed however the drug conotations are so obvious in the song that its true as well)". Im not going to hide that I am a huge fan of the band and the album, however I regard these points as neutral. If I didnt, I would not have written them in the first place. (Dsims209 11:41, 18 June 2006 (UTC))

Just becasue a song was not released as a single doesn't mean it cant have it's own arcticle. (Gsmuk 14:46, 9 August 2006 (UTC))

I agree, it sounds totally like it was written by The Verve's biggest fan. Hey, I absolutely love The Verve, but this doesn't sound like an encyclopaedia article at all.Dobyblue (talk) 14:50, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Neutral Intro
Paragraph 2 at the top of the article seems to be a little more opinion than it might need to be. This is just a thought. SquareShot97 03:43, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Critical Reception

Um, Rolling Stone only gave it 3 and 1/2 stars, not 4 and 1/2.

Swiss sales
Is it really possible for 5,000,000 albums to be sold in a country with a population of about 7,600,000 people?

Is it just one "0" more than needed or is the figure completely wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slowik (talk • contribs) 10:01, 27 April 2008 (UTC) people who put the numbers don't get that platinum mean diferent numbers in each country —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.203.16.124 (talk) 01:51, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

French Sales
If it's a million it's Diamond not Platinium. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.4.66.96 (talk) 00:21, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Bittersweet Symphony writing credits
Shouldn't Jagger/Richards be listed with songwriting credits on Bittersweet Symphony? After all the matter was decided in court. See the song's Wikipedia page.CaperBill (talk) 21:45, 3 August 2013 (UTC). I think it should be listed as Jagger/Richards/Ashcroft.

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Genre
I’ve added space rock as the majority of the songs on the album would fall under that category.

Also, is it really britpop, or post-britpop? HiddenHerobrine (talk) 16:12, 30 April 2024 (UTC)


 * it is credited along with Radiohead as being the pioneers for post-britpop so perhaps so yes 27.32.23.109 (talk) 09:46, 12 July 2024 (UTC)