Urban Hymns

Tracklist

• CD 1: Remastered Original Album
• 1
  Bitter Sweet Symphony
  5:58
  4.3 ★
• 2
  Sonnet
  4:21
  3.5 ★
• 3
  The Rolling People
  7:01
  3.1 ★
• 4
  The Drugs Don’t Work
  5:04
  3.9 ★
• 5
  Catching the Butterfly
  6:26
  3.1 ★
• 6
  Neon Wilderness
  2:37
  2.2 ★
• 7
  Space and Time
  5:36
  3.3 ★
• 8
  Weeping Willow
  4:49
  3.6 ★
• 9
  Lucky Man
  4:53
  3.9 ★
• 10
  One Day
  5:02
  3.6 ★
• 11
  This Time
  3:51
  3.6 ★
• 12
  Velvet Morning
  4:57
  3.4 ★
• 13
  Come On / Deep Freeze
  15:16
  3.0 ★
• CD 2: B-Sides
• 1
  Lord I Guess I’ll Never Know
  4:51
• 2
  Country Song
  7:51
• 3
  Bitter Sweet Symphony (James Lavelle remix)
  5:51
• 4
  So Sister
  4:11
• 5
  Echo Bass
  6:38
• 6
  Three Steps
  5:04
• 7
  The Drugs Don’t Work (original demo)
  4:45
• 8
  The Crab
  5:37
• 9
  Stamped
  5:32
• 10
  Never Wanna See You Cry
  4:32
• 11
  MSG
  7:02
• 12
  The Longest Day
  7:21
• 13
  Lucky Man (Happiness More or Less)
  4:58
• CD 3: B-Sides Continued and BBC Evening Session (27.08.97)
• 1
  Bitter Sweet Symphony (extended version)
  7:50
• 2
  This Could Be My Moment
  3:59
• 3
  Monte Carlo
  4:56
• 4
  Life’s an Ocean (BBC Evening Session 27.08.97)
  6:04
• 5
  A Man Called Sun (BBC Evening Session 27.08.97)
  5:36
• 6
  The Drugs Don’t Work (BBC Evening Session 27.08.97)
  5:31
• 7
  On Your Own (BBC Evening Session 27.08.97)
  3:17
• 8
  So Sister (BBC Evening Session 27.08.97)
  3:22
• CD 4: Live at Haigh Hall (24.05.98)
• 1
  This Is Music
  4:00
• 2
  Space and Time
  6:00
• 3
  Catching the Butterfly
  6:28
• 4
  Sonnet
  4:41
• 5
  The Rolling People
  6:15
• 6
  Neon Wilderness
  2:43
• 7
  Weeping Willow
  4:37
• 8
  The Drugs Don’t Work
  6:00
• 9
  Lucky Man
  5:30
• 10
  Life’s an Ocean
  6:49
• 11
  Velvet Morning
  6:00
• 12
  Bitter Sweet Symphony
  10:09
• CD 5: More Live Material
• 1
  One Day (Haigh Hall 24.05.98)
  5:34
• 2
  History (Haigh Hall 24.05.98)
  5:32
• 3
  Come On (Haigh Hall 24.05.98)
  10:43
• 4
  A New Decade (Washington DC 9.30 Club 03.11.97)
  3:42
• 5
  The Rolling People (Brixton Academy 16.01.98)
  5:39
• 6
  On Your Own (Brixton Academy 16.01.98)
  3:20
• 7
  History (Brixton Academy 16.01.98)
  4:53
• 8
  Slide Away (Manchester Academy 11.08.97)
  4:07
• 9
  A Man Called Sun (Washington DC 9.30 Club 03.11.97)
  5:22
• 10
  A Northern Soul (Washington DC 9.30 Club 03.11.97)
  6:50
• 11
  Space and Time (Brixton Academy 16.01.98)
  5:33
• 12
  This Is Music (Manchester Academy 11.08.97)
  3:38
• 13
  Weeping Willow (Washington DC 9.30 Club 03.11.97)
  3:54
• 14
  Stormy Clouds / Reprise (Manchester Academy 11.08.97)
  7:21
• DVD 6
• 1
  The Drugs Don’t Work (demo)
  2:56
• 2
  Space and Time (demo)
  2:00
• 3
  The Rolling People
  3:17
• 4
  Come On
  2:27
• 5
  Bitter Sweet Symphony (radio edit)
  4:36
• 6
  The Drugs Don’t Work
  4:45
• 7
  Velvet Morning
  1:50
• 8
  Lucky Man (US version)
  4:51
• 9
  Stormy Clouds / Reprise (Washington DC 9.30 Club)
  9:24
• 10
  The Rolling People (Washington DC 9.30 Club)
  5:53
• 11
  Stamped
  1:17
• 12
  On Your Own (Washington DC 9.30 Club)
  3:38
• 13
  Life’s an Ocean (Washington DC 9.30 Club)
  6:49
• 14
  Come On (Washington DC 9.30 Club)
  6:27
• 15
  Brainstorm Interlude
  0:52
• 16
  Sonnet (live at Haigh Hall)
  4:34
• 17
  Velvet Morning (live at Haigh Hall)
  5:44
• 18
  Bitter Sweet Symphony (live at Haigh Hall)
  9:32
• 19
  MSG
  3:46
• 20
  Lucky Man (Later With Jools Holland, 01.11.97)
  4:46
• 21
  Life’s an Ocean (Later With Jools Holland, 01.11.97)
  5:17
• 22
  The Drugs Don’t Work (Later With Jools Holland, 01.11.97)
  5:32
• 23
  Bitter Sweet Symphony (Later With Jools Holland, 01.11.97)
  5:53
• 24
  This Is Music (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  4:41
• 25
  Space and Time (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  6:12
• 26
  Catching the Butterfly (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  6:02
• 27
  Sonnet (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  4:40
• 28
  The Rolling People (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  6:15
• 29
  Neon Wilderness (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  2:44
• 30
  Weeping Willow (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  4:36
• 31
  The Drugs Don’t Work (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  6:00
• 32
  Lucky Man (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  5:29
• 33
  Life’s an Ocean (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  6:28
• 34
  Velvet Morning (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  6:04
• 35
  Bitter Sweet Symphony (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  10:34
• 36
  One Day (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  5:50
• 37
  History (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  5:18
• 38
  Come On (live at Haigh Hall, 24.05.98)
  10:32
• 39
  Bitter Sweet Symphony (promo video)
  4:38
• 40
  The Drugs Don’t Work (promo video)
  4:52
• 41
  Lucky Man (promo video)
  4:53
• 42
  Lucky Man (promo video, US version)
  4:52
• 43
  Sonnet (promo video)
  4:24

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Release credits

• Andrew Baybutt
  video director [1-19, 40-41]
• Andrew Loog Oldham
  producer [1.1, 2.3, 2.11, 6.5, 3.1]
• Brian Cannon
  creative direction
• Chris Palmer
  video director [43]
• Chris Potter
  re, additional [2.1, 2.13, 6.5, 6.5-6, 6.6, 6.8, 3.1, 3.1-2, 3.2-3, 3.3, 1.1, 1.1-2, 1.2-3, 1.3-4, 1.4, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.10-11, 1.11-12, 1.12], mix [6.7, 6.9-14, 6.16-18, 6.24-38, 4.1-12, 5.1-14], producer [1.5-8, 1.13, 2.2, 2.4-6, 2.8-10, 2.12, 6.1-4, 6.7, 6.9-14, 6.16-19], recording [1-13]
• Effanel Music
  recording [9-10, 13]
• George Hanson
  video director [1-19, 40-41]
• Goth
  recording [12]
• James Lavelle
  remixer [3]
• Jamie Thraves
  video director [8, 42]
• Janet Fraser Crook
  video director [24-38]
• Jim Abbiss
  engineer [3]
• John Leckie
  engineer [1-2], mix [1-2], producer [3.3, 2.8]
• KUDO
  additional [3]
• Mark Cooper
  producer [24-38]
• Mitty
  recording [16-18, 24-38]
• Nicki Gray
  producer [1-19]
• Owen Morris
  producer [2.2, 6.15]
• Richard Ashcroft
  lead vocals [1], vocal [3]
• The Andrew Oldham Orchestra
  performing orchestra [6.5, 1.1, 3.1, 2.3, 2.11]
• The Verve
  co [4], producer [1.1-3, 1.5-13, 3.1-3, 6.2-19, 2.1-2, 2.4-13]
• Tim Goldsworthy
  additional [3]
• Tony Cousins
  re
• Tony Vegas
  turntable [3]
• Walter Stern
  video director [39]
• Wil Malone
  additional [6.5, 1.1, 2.3, 2.13, 3.1], conductor [7, 19], strings [3.1, 6.5, 6.7, 6.19, 1.1, 2.3, 2.13]
• Youth
  producer [6.1, 6.5-8, 1.1-4, 1.9-12, 2.1, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13, 3.1-2]
• microdot
  creative direction
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Issues

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  Urban Hymns

  CD
  29 September 1997
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  Urban Hymns

  CD
  30 September 1997
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  Urban Hymns

  CD
  30 September 1997
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  Urban Hymns

  CD
  1997
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  Urban Hymns

  CD
  1997
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  Urban Hymns

  12" Vinyl
  1997
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  Urban Hymns

  CD
  1997
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  CD
  1997
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  Urban Hymns

  CD
  1997
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  Urban Hymns

  12" Vinyl (limited edition reissue)
  28 August 2008
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  Urban Hymns

  5x CD, DVD (super deluxe edition)
  1 September 2017
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  Urban Hymns

  2x Digital Media (deluxe / remastered 2016)
  1 September 2017
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  Urban Hymns

  Digital Media (remastered 2016)
  1 September 2017
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  5x Digital Media (super deluxe / remastered 2016)
  1 September 2017
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  CD
  2017
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  Urban Hymns

  2x CD
• U
  Urban Hymns

  MiniDisc
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  Urban Hymns

  Digital Media
  25 September 2007
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