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Album cover of Urban Hymns
Studio albums

Urban Hymns

The Verve

  • 1997
  • 13 tracks
  • 76 min
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Tracks

Side A 3 tracks · 17:21

  1. 11997Dutch Top 40: peak position 11 in week 33 of 1997, 9 weeks in the chartBitter Sweet Symphony
    The Verve
    5:57E major
  2. 21997Sonnet
    The Verve
    4:21G major
  3. 31997The Rolling People
    The Verve
    7:02B major

Side B 3 tracks · 14:09

  1. 11997The Drugs Don't Work
    The Verve
    5:05B major
  2. 21997Catching The Butterfly
    The Verve
    6:27A major
  3. 31997Neon Wilderness
    The Verve
    2:38D major

Side C 4 tracks · 20:23

  1. 11997Space And Time
    The Verve
    5:37A major
  2. 21997Weeping Willow
    The Verve
    4:50G major
  3. 31997Lucky Man
    The Verve
    4:54A major
  4. 41997One Day
    The Verve
    5:03D major

Side D 3 tracks · 24:03

  1. 11997This Time
    The Verve
    3:51C major
  2. 21997Velvet Morning
    The Verve
    4:58E major
  3. 31997Come On / Deep Freeze
    The Verve
    15:15F♯ minor

Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl

Sound of Urban Hymns

Urban Hymns sounds brighter than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 142 bpm.

Quietest track: Neon Wilderness · most energetic: Come On / Deep Freeze

  • Tempo142 bpm · 122 bpm
  • Energy36% · 38%
  • Mood76% · 63%
  • Acoustic92% · 85%
  • Danceable48% · 47%

Across 13 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

Timeline of the line-up

The five members of The Verve around the time of Urban Hymns, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.

The VerveRichard AshcroftNick McCabeSimon JonesPeter SalisburySimon Tong19901995200020052010Urban Hymns1997Bitter Sweet Symphonynumber 11 · 9 weeks

Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end

Also appears on

Nineties Collected Vol. 2 – The Drugs Don't WorkNineties Collected Vol. 2The Drugs Don't Work

Frequently asked questions

When was Urban Hymns by The Verve released?

Urban Hymns came out in 1997.

How many tracks are on Urban Hymns?

Urban Hymns has 13 tracks, 76 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.

Which tracks from Urban Hymns made the Dutch Top 40?

One track from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Bitter Sweet Symphony. It got to number 11 in week 33 of 1997.

Which category is Urban Hymns in?

Urban Hymns is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by The Verve.

Who was in The Verve when Urban Hymns came out?

In 1997, The Verve consisted of Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Simon Jones, Peter Salisbury and Simon Tong. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.

What do the percentages for the sound of Urban Hymns mean?

They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.

How do you play Urban Hymns?

With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.

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