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IGN (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... 1997) The album that pointed to life beyond the pub finds The Verve's popsicle-stick thin frontman Richard Ashcroft asking big questions and pondering mortality. He wrote the eternally misunderstood "The Drugs Don't Work" about his late father, while The Rolling Stones-baiting hit "Bittersweet Symphony" found him searching for a little bit of soul on the radio. Sweeping, psychedelic...
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Stereogum (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
When we weighed in on the Verve's fourth album Fourth we made note that "'Rather Be' doesn't do much to justify its existence, but its piano-lined gospel-tinged backup vocals have a certain appeal." Harsh? Maybe. The new video for the meandering track finds Richard Ashcroft, his crucifix necklace, and his cheekbones wandering through a forest, closing his eyes, singing, and closing his...
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prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
That being said, “Rather Be” is one of the stronger tracks on Forth—it, like the other tracks, is essentially a Richard Ashcroft solo track, but the lush orchestration of the track is one of the better musical moments on Forth. In this clip, Ashcroft wanders around a park singing the track—apparently the place he’d rather be than anywhere else is an empty, foggy park by himself....
