Last year The Verve released expanded versions of their first two albums A Storm In Heaven and A Northern Soul. Today the legendary band announced the release of several expanded editions of Urban Hymns in celebration of the album's 20th anniversary. Three different versions will be available:
- 2 CD deluxe edition: original album (remastered), b-sides and live material
- 6 LP Super Deluxe Set: original album (remastered), b-sides, previously unreleased full live concert Live At Haigh Hall captured 5/24/98, exclusive 12" of "Bitter Sweet Symphony," + download code
- 5CD/1DVD Super Deluxe boxset: original material, b-sides, full live concert Live At Haigh Hall, previously unreleased live appearances, videos, the documentary The Video: 96 - 98, exclusive 12" of "Bitter Sweet Symphony," 56 page hard cover book, poster, postcards, and more.
All editions arrive September 1st and are available to pre-order here or through Amazon.
View the tracklisting for the Super Deluxe 5CD/DVD boxset below.
Disc 1:
01. Bitter Sweet Symphony
02. Sonnet
03. The Rolling People
04. The Drugs Don't Work
05. Catching The Butterfly
06. Neon Wilderness
07. Space And Time
08. Weeping Willow
09. Lucky Man
10. One Day
11. This Time
12. Velvet Morning
13. Come On
Disc 2:
01. Lord I Guess I'll Never Know
02. Country Song
03. Bitter Sweet Symphony (James Lavelle Remix)
04. So Sister
05. Echo Bass
06. Three Steps
07. The Drugs Don't Work (demo)
08. The Crab
09. Stamped
10. Never Wanna See Your Cry
11. Bitter Sweet Symphony (MSG version)
12. The Longest Day
13. Lucky Man (Happiness More Or Less mix)
Disc 3:
01. Bitter Sweet Symphony (extended)
02. This Could Be My Moment (remastered 2004)
03. Monte Carlo
04. Life's An Ocean (BBC Evening Session)
05. A Man Called Sun (BBC Evening Session)
06. The Drugs Don't Work (BBC Evening Session)
07. On Your Own (BBC Evening Session)
08. So Sister (BBC Evening Session)
Disc 4:
01. This Is Music (live from Haigh Hall)
02. Space And Time (live from Haigh Hall)
03. Catch The Butterfly (live from Haigh Hall)
04. Sonnet (live from Haigh Hall)
05. The Rolling People (live from Haigh Hall)
06. Neon Wilderness (live from Haigh Hall)
07. Weeping Willow (live from Haigh Hall)
08. The Drugs Don't Work (live from Haigh Hall)
09. Lucky Man (live from Haigh Hall)
10. Life's An Ocean (live from Haigh Hall)
11. Velvet Morning (live from Haigh Hall)
12. Bitter Sweet Symphony (live from Haigh Hall)
Disc 5:
01. One Day (live from Haigh Hall)
02. History (live from Haigh Hall)
03. Come On (live from Haigh Hall)
04. A New Decade (live from 9:30 Club)
05. The Rolling People (live from Brixton Academy)
06. On Your Own (live from Brixton Academy)
07. History (live from Brixton Academy)
08. Slide Away (live from Manchester Academy)
09. A Man Called Sun (live from 9:30 Club)
10. A Northern Soul (live from 9:30 Club)
11. Space And Time (live from Brixton Academy)
12. This Is Music (live from Manchester Academy)
13. Weeping Willow (live from 9:30 Club)
14. Stormy Clouds/Reprise (lve from Manchester Academy)
DVD tracklisting not available yet, but will include:
--Full Haigh Hall concert (5/24/98)
--1999 documentary The Video: 96 - 98
--Later with Jools Holland appearance (1/11/97)
--Promo videos from Urban Hymns
Exclusive "Bitter Sweet Symphony" 12"
A side: "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (alternate version, 1997 lim/ed promo only)
B side: "The Drugs Don't Work" (live 9:30 club, 11/3/97)
Published July 6th, 2017