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CL's Favourite Albums: Blue vs Urban Hymns

Addick in SW16
Addick in SW16 Posts: 1,421
edited September 2017 in Not Sports Related
I know that the previous match up was difficult due to the contrasting styles of the two albums, not to mention the twenty year gap between the releases. This is probably worse :-).

Album Name: Blue Artist: Joni Mitchell
Release Year:1971

1. All I Want
2. My Old Man
3. Little Green
4. Carey
5. Blue
6. California
7. This Flight Tonight
8. River
9. A Case of You
10. The Last Time I Saw Richard


Album Name: Urban Hymns Artist: The Verve
Release Year: 1997

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 Morning
13. Come On

I'm very biased here, as I think Blue is one of the most beautiful and honest albums I've ever heard. But what do you think? :-)
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  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Blue ffs, Urban Hymns isn't even (The) Verve's best album
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    I'll go for urban hymns because of "the drugs don't work". Not a massive fan of either album, though I've only recently given blue a listen
  • Addick in SW16
    Addick in SW16 Posts: 1,421
    Blue
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    I liked Urban hymns and there a few stand out tracks. I'll give it another listen but Blue is one of the best albums ever, a classic, a thing of beauty, lyrically it's a masterpiece and musically it's genius. All with the divine Joni.

    Blue it is.
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Blue, and the lovely Joni for me
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,144
    I am not sure this lark works as I cannot imagine a big crossover between Joni Mitchell and Verve fans, but there we are. Urban Hymns for me, one of my all time favourite albums ( and a soundtrack to our Wembley playoff Season)
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Urban Hymns for me.

    I don't think it works as well putting up albums from such different era's/styles against each other, I did listen to Blue but it's not for my tastes.
  • Shrew
    Shrew Posts: 5,749
    Blue.
  • Addick in SW16
    Addick in SW16 Posts: 1,421
    Yeah, I see that it is hard to choose between two very different albums from entirely different periods, with very different styles, but I don't think we can find the absolute favourite without some odd match ups.

    It could also come down to different tastes in music, which says more about liking a particular type of music than thinking one album is better than the other, which is definitely a flaw in the system.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    I think the contrast makes it interesting and if it wasn't this round it would be the next
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  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    Urban Hymns.
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    Urban Hymns, brings back some great memories.
  • Powell Is Pleasant
    Powell Is Pleasant Posts: 1,443
    Blue.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Blue.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,715
    Blue
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    Never heard Blue and don't recognise any of the track names either
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Blue for me and you.

    I have to say i've gone right off, Bitter Sweet Symphony ever since ITV started using it for the footy, in fact it now really pisses me orf.

    Time to get over to that other thread.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    All Rise was OK, but Fly By is hugely overrated.

    Urban Hymns.
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,413
    edited September 2017
    I've always thought Bittersweet Symphony was a missed opportunity. It has just a great signature orchestral backing tune, but the dreary voice and endless repetition mean it ends up being a bit crap.
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Blue.
    Carey and California are favourites.
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  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    JamesSeed said:

    Blue.
    Carey and California are favourites.

    This thread has got me playing Joni albums for the first time in ages.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    where are @bobmunro and @Greenie ?
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    Henry Irving said:

    where are @bobmunro and @Greenie ?

    I'm here.

    Urban Hymns is a stunning album with every track a classic, and with Bittersweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work amply displaying the genius that is Richard Ashcroft. Every self-respecting music collection should have this album.

    So, for me it's a resounding vote for ....... Blue.

  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Nick McCabe >>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Ashcroft
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    edited September 2017
    Leuth said:

    Nick McCabe >>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Ashcroft

    That's as maybe - but neither have any place in a music discussion when comparing to the beautiful, supremely talented, gorgeous, irresistible Joni. I love that woman.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    bobmunro said:

    Leuth said:

    Nick McCabe >>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Ashcroft

    That's as maybe - but neither have any place in a music discussion when comparing to the beautiful, supremely talented, gorgeous, irresistible Joni. I love that woman.
    Indeed

    Where would we be without the songs that Joni wrote?
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Blue. Joni Mitchell is folk rock royalty.
    This Flight Tonight is a class song, Nazareth did a quality cover.
    In this company, who the hell are the Verve?
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    bobmunro said:

    Leuth said:

    Nick McCabe >>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Ashcroft

    That's as maybe - but neither have any place in a music discussion when comparing to the beautiful, supremely talented, gorgeous, irresistible Joni. I love that woman.
    I don't disagree this is a no-contest in her favour! But we're allowed to discuss both acts :p
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Interestingly, Verve's song Blue is one of their best ;)
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    Probably like the last match-up, old gits (Blue) v young punks (Urban Hymns)

    But this time around I'm firmly in the old gits' corner, having played Blue in the car a few times recently, whereby Urban Hymns hasn't made its way out of the CD cupboard in years.

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