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Keys to the World (CD & DVD)
The Verve fought their way to the top of the Britpop pile with a series of triumphant, world-beating anthems, but since their dissolution, frontman Richard Ashcroft's muse has led him further into introspective, acoustic territory. Quite heartening, then, that his third album kicks off with a mighty burst of brass, an ecstatic Motown rhythm and in "Why Not Nothing?", one of his most bullish, headstrong lyrics in recent memory. Ashcroft's new emphasis on classic-tinged soulfulness--a nice change from his occasional, unfortunate tendency towards lumpen Britpop blokeiness--permeates Keys To The World, a factor that sets it on a par with the likes of Weller's 2000 album Heliocentric in the return-to-form stakes. There are two real highlights though: the swooning "Words Just Get In The Way" should see some manly tears shed, an older, wiser uncle of Coldplay's "Fix You" that offers a shoulder to cry on over a noble flourish of violins, while "World Keeps Turning" ends the album on a proud note, Ashcroft declaring "Everythin' right in my life again" as the album gallops to a close. --Louis Pattison
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Tracks| 1 | Why Not Nothing? | | 2 | Music Is Power | | 3 | Break The Night With Colour | | 4 | Words Just Get In The Way | | 5 | Keys To The World | | 6 | Sweet Brother Malcolm | | 7 | Cry Til The Morning | | 8 | Why Do Lovers? | | 9 | Simple Song | | 10 | World Keeps Turning | | 11 | Keys To The World (Interview footage-DVD) | | 12 | Break The Night With Colour (Live At Kings College-DVD) | | 13 | Why Not Nothing? (Live At Kings College-DVD) | | 14 | Words Just Get In The Way (Live At Kings College-DVD) | | 15 | Break The Night With Colour (music video-DVD) |
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