''Verve'' is the first EP by English
rock
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band
Verve, released in December 1992 on
Vernon Yard Recordings
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in the United States and
Hut Records
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in the United Kingdom. Two
singles
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from the EP would reappear on the
B-side
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compilation
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''
No Come Down
''No Come Down'' is a compilation album of B-sides and outtakes by The Verve, released in 1994 for Vernon Yard and Hut Recordings. It was the first release on which the original band's name Verve was changed to The Verve due to conflict with t ...
'' ("Gravity Grave") and the singles compilation ''
This Is Music: The Singles 92–98'' ("Gravity Grave" and "She's a Superstar").
The EP captures the Verve's early style of experimental
psychedelic rock
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.
The cover was shot in Richard Ashcroft's flat in
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. The person on the cover is Ashcroft's then-girlfriend Sarah Carpenter.
Track listing
#"
Gravity Grave
"Gravity Grave" is a song by the English rock band the Verve. It was released as the band's third single in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1992 by Hut Recordings. It reached number 196 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Gravity Grave" was recorded at ...
" (edit) – 4:27
#"A Man Called Sun" – 5:45
#"
She's a Superstar
"She's a Superstar" is a song by the English rock band the Verve. It was released as the band's second single in the United Kingdom on 22 June 1992. It reached number 66 on the UK Singles Chart. "She's a Superstar" and "Feel" were recorded during ...
" (edit) – 5:03
#"Endless Life" – 5:32
#"Feel" – 10:42
Singles
* "
She's a Superstar
"She's a Superstar" is a song by the English rock band the Verve. It was released as the band's second single in the United Kingdom on 22 June 1992. It reached number 66 on the UK Singles Chart. "She's a Superstar" and "Feel" were recorded during ...
" (June 22, 1992)
* "
Gravity Grave
"Gravity Grave" is a song by the English rock band the Verve. It was released as the band's third single in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1992 by Hut Recordings. It reached number 196 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Gravity Grave" was recorded at ...
" (October 5, 1992)
Personnel
;The Verve
* Richard Ashcroft – vocals
* Nick McCabe – guitar
* Simon Jones – bass
* Peter Salisbury – drums
;Technical
* All tracks produced by Barry Clempson except "A Man Called Sun"
* "A Man Called Sun" produced and mixed by Paul Schroeder
* Mixed by Barry Clempson and Tony Harris, Paul Schroeder ("A Man Called Sun")
* Photography by Michael Spencer Jones
* Sleeve concept and design by Brian Cannon for Microdot
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References
External links
''Verve''
at YouTube
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(streamed copy where licensed)
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The Verve albums
1992 debut EPs