95 çıkışlı, the verve'ün zor müzik yaptığı dönemlerden,on your own ve history gibi efsane şarkıları barındıran albüm.

(badly drawn blue - 11 Şubat 2002 15:40)

albüm aynı isimde bir şarkı da barındırır. cast no shadow'a cevap olarak richard ashcroft bu şarkıyı noel gallagher'a ithaf etmiştir.

(lamazigogo - 5 Nisan 2008 23:06)

bu eşsiz güzellikteki albümün tracklist'i şöyleydi :

1. a new decade
2. this is music
3. on your own
4. so it goes
5. a northern soul
6. brainstorm interlude
7. drive you home
8. history
9. no knock on my door
10. life's an ocean
11. stormy clouds
12. (reprise)

ayrıca noel gallagher a ithaf edilen sarkı olarak sözleri de aşağıdaki gibidir :

this is a tale of a northern soul
looking to find his way back home
he's coming from that same old road
you know the one your folds don't know

i want to see if you know me
i was born in a rented room
my mother didn't get no flowers
dad didn't approve of me, do you?

i'm alive with something inside of me
and i don't think i'm coming back
so come on come in inside of me
let's spread it all around

give me your powder and pills
i want to see if they cure my ills
i've no time for love and devotion

no time for old fashioned potion

take a look into my eyes
i tell you so many lies and then i'll let you go into the night
and i don't think i'm coming down
i'm alive with something inside of me...
and i can't seem to get it out

i'm gonna die alone in bed
this is a tale of a northern soul
looking for his way back home
and my friend said, "come in side of me
and your speakers are telling the truth
comming through and into your room on a river of sound"

this is a tale of a northern soul looking for his way back home

and if he sees it i know i'll know (repeat)

and there's fighting on the street below
i know there's fighting on the street below
but i dont' care coz i'm a northern soul
and i'm looking for a way back home

too busy staying alive (repeat)

too busy living a lie, too busy living my life
too busy staying alive

(injektilo - 30 Haziran 2010 23:19)

kuzey ruhunun ne kadarina tekabul ettigini tam bilemedigim bir de the verve albumu var ayni isimde, doksanlarin ortalarinda cikmis.. ekibin ikinci albumu.. a storm in heaven'in golgesinde kalmakla birlikte en az onun kadar derisik bir albumdu bu da..drug'larin gayet iyi ise yaradigi, on your own ve history gibi titreten sarkilarin bulundugu bir guzel icbukuk album..

(aritmi - 24 Şubat 2003 14:10)