Urban Hymns
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Urban Hymns is the third studio album by English alternative rock band the Verve, released on 29 September 1997 on Hut Records. It earned nearly unanimous critical praise upon its release, and went on to become the band's best-selling release and one of the biggest selling albums of the year. As of 2019, Urban Hymns is ranked the 19th best-selling album in UK chart history and has sold over ten mi…

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Release details

Released
September 29th, 1997
Type
Album
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Labels
Virgin
Hut Recordings

Professional reviews

Source Rating
AllMusic (Stephen Thomas Erlewine)
5/5 stars
Robert Christgau (Robert Christgau)cut
Entertainment Weekly (Tom Lanham – 10 October 1997)B+
Los Angeles Times (Sara Scribner – 12 October 1997)
3/5 stars
Music Week (20 September 1997)
5/5 stars
NME (Ted Kessler – 27 September 1997)8/10
Pitchfork (Stuart Berman – 2 September 2017)8.6/10
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Last updated: March 7th, 2019

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