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No Come Down (B Sides & Outtakes)
Rock · 1994 · 9 tracks

No Come Down (B Sides & Outtakes)

The Verve

May 17, 1994 · Vernon Yard Recordings

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No Come Down is the sound of the 4 AM city.

It is not the anthemic, messianic Verve of their later years, but a more fragile and experimental version of the band. Nick McCabe's guitars do not just play notes; they create entire weather systems of delay and reverb that swirl around Richard Ashcroft's hushed, soulful vocals.

It feels like a collection of ghosts and half-remembered dreams captured on tape before they could evaporate into the morning light.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
No Come Down
3:15
02
Blue (USA mix)
3:16
03
Make It Till Monday (acoustic)
2:45
04
Butterfly (acoustic)
7:37
05
Where the Geese Go
3:12
06
6 O'Clock
4:30
07
One Way to Go
7:17
08
Gravity Grave (Live Glastonbury 93)
9:24
09
Twilight
3:02
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition in Gravity Grave (Live) where the rhythm section locks into a motorik groove while the guitar dissolves into white noise.
The intimate, breathy vocal delivery on the acoustic version of Make It 'Til Monday that feels like a secret shared in a hallway.
The way Twilight closes the album with a slow, fading pulse that mimics the onset of sleep.
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