Description Summary Expertly catching the mood of the late-‘90s upon its release in September 1997, The Verve’s third studio outing went on to become one of the all-time classic British albums. Eleven times platinum in the UK and with ten million copies sold worldwide to date, it also delivered four of the era’s most iconic tracks – ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’, ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’, ‘Lucky Man’ and ‘Sonnet’.

Now, exactly twenty years on, comes this Super Deluxe expanded edition, containing a host of special features. Re-mastering was undertaken by original co-producer Chris Potter and this 5CD / 1DVD box adds all of the era’s B-sides, the previously unreleased Haigh Hall concert plus further live material and BBC sessions from 1997-1998. The DVD features the full Haigh Hall concert, the ‘The Video 96-98’ documentary, a ‘Later With Jools Holland’ appearance from November 1997 plus the promo videos. There’s also a poster, a set of 4 postcards and a 56-page hardcover book including new interviews with the band and a vast selection of unseen photographs by Chris Floyd, who travelled with the band and was granted unprecedented backstage and offstage access.                                 
Main Description

ARTIST:  THE VERVE

TITLE:  URBAN HYMNS

LABEL:  UMC

CAT. NO.:  5756236

FORMAT:  5CD/DVD SUPER DELUXE EXPANDED LIMITED EDITION BOX SET ALSO INCLUDING POSTER, POSTACRDS AND 56 PAGE HARDBACK BOOK

TRACKLIST:

CD 1
1     Bitter Sweet Symphony      
2     Sonnet      
3     The Rolling People      
4     The Drugs Don't Work      
5     Catching the Butterfly      
6     Neon Wilderness      
7     Space and Time      
8     Weeping Willow      
9     Lucky Man      
10     One Day      
11     This Time      
12     Velvet Mornin      
13     Come On      

CD 2 B-Sides
1     Oh Lord I Guess I'll Never Know      
2     Country Song      
3     Bitter Sweet Symphony (James Lavelle Remix)      
4     So Sister      
5     Echo Bass      
6     Three Steps      
7     The Drugs Don’t Work – original demo      
8     The Crab      
9     Stamped      
10     Never Wanna See You Cry      
11     (Bitter Sweet Symphony) MSG      
12     The Longest Day      
13     Lucky Man (Happiness More or Less)      

CD 3 B-Sides, 2 session tracks issued in 2004* and BBC Evening session 27/8/97 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
1     Bitter Sweet Symphony (extended version)      
2     This Could Be My Moment *      
3     Monte Carlo*      
4     Life’s An Ocean      
5     A Man Called Sun      
6     The Drugs Don’t Work      
7     On Your Own      
8     So Sister      

CD 4 Live at Haigh Hall 24/5/98 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
1     This Is Music      
2     Space and Time      
3     Catching the Butterfly      
4     Sonnet      
5     The Rolling People      
6     Neon Wilderness      
7     Weeping Willow      
8     The Drugs Don't Work      
9     Lucky Man      
10     Life's an Ocean      
11     Velvet Morning      
12     Bitter Sweet Symphony      

CD 5 - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
1     One Day - Haigh Hall Encore      
2     History - Haigh Hall Encore      
3     Come On - Haigh Hall Encore      
4     A New Decade - Washington DC 9.30 Club (3/11/97)      
5     The Rolling People – Brixton Academy (16/1/98)      
6     On Your Own - Brixton Academy (16/1/98)      
7     History - Brixton Academy (16/1/98)      
8     The Drugs Don’t Work – Washington DC 9.30 Club (3/11/97)      
9     Slide Away – Manchester Academy (11/8/97)      
10     A Man Called Sun - Washington DC 9.30 Club (3/11/97)      
11     A Northern Soul - Washington DC 9.30 Club (3/11/97)      
12     Space and Time - Brixton Academy (16/1/98)      
13     This Is Music – Manchester Academy (11/8/97)      
14     Weeping Willow - Washington DC 9.30 Club (3/11/97)      
15     Stormy Clouds (and Reprise) – Manchester Academy (11/8/97)      

DVD
1     The Video 1996-1998 –originally issued as HUTVID1      
Later with Jools Holland – 01/11/97 - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
1     Lucky Man      
2     Life’s An Ocean      
3     The Drugs Don’t Work      
4     Bitter Sweet Symphony      
Live at Haigh Hall - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
1     This Is Music      
2     Space and Time      
3     Catching the Butterfly      
4     Sonnet      
5     The Rolling People      
6     Neon Wilderness      
7     Weeping Willow      
8     The Drugs Don't Work      
9     Lucky Man      
10     Life's an Ocean      
11     Velvet Morning      
12     Bitter Sweet Symphony      
13     One Day      
14     History      
15     Come On      
The Promo Videos:
1     Bitter Sweet Symphony      
2     The Drugs Don’t Work      
3     Lucky Man      
4     Lucky Man (US version)      
5     Sonnet

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