The Verve / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British indie rock band The Verve . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 11.1 million records so far, including over 6.7 million in her home country alone. The Verve's most successful release is the Urban Hymns album with over 5.5 million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1992 | The Verve EP | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: December 1, 1992
Mini album, rated as a single |
1993 | A Storm in Heaven | - | - | - |
UK27
gold
(2 weeks)UK |
- |
First released: June 15, 1993
first official studio album |
1995 | A Northern Soul | - | - | - |
UK13
gold
(17 weeks)UK |
- |
First released: July 3, 1995
second official studio album |
1997 | Urban hymns |
DE11
platinum
(56 weeks)DE |
AT9 (27 weeks) AT |
CH13
platinum
(28 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 11
(161 weeks)UK |
US23
platinum
(46 weeks)US |
First release: September 29, 1997
third official studio album |
2008 | Forth |
DE10 (8 weeks) DE |
AT11 (8 weeks) AT |
CH6 (9 weeks) CH |
UK1
gold
(18 weeks)UK |
US23 (2 weeks) US |
First release: August 18th, 2008
fourth official studio album |
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AT | UK | |||
2004 | This Is Music: The Singles 92-98 |
AT59 (1 week) AT |
UK15th
platinum
(28 weeks)UK |
First release: November 28, 2004
Single collection |
More compilations
- 1992: Voyager 1 (official live bootleg; not counted as only 700 copies were published)
- 1994: No Come Down (B-side compilation)
Singles
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1992 | She's a Superstar The Verve EP |
- | - | - |
UK66 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: May 22, 1992
|
1993 | Blue A Storm in Heaven |
- | - | - |
UK69 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: May 10, 1993 was not
published in the US until 1994 |
1995 | This Is Music A Northern Soul |
- | - | - |
UK35 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 1, 1995
|
On Your Own A Northern Soul |
- | - | - |
UK28 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 12, 1995
|
|
History A Northern Soul |
- | - | - |
UK24 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 18, 1995
|
|
1997 |
Bitter Sweet Symphony Urban Hymns |
DE37
gold
(22 weeks)DE |
AT15 (12 weeks) AT |
CH15 (29 weeks) CH |
UK2 × 2
(56 weeks)UK |
US12
gold
(20 weeks)US |
First published: June 16, 1997
|
The Drugs Don't Work Urban Hymns |
DE87 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK1
platinum
(20 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: September 1, 1997
|
|
Lucky Man Urban Hymns |
DE89 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK7th
platinum
(17 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: November 24, 1997
|
|
1998 | Sonnet Urban Hymns |
- | - | - |
UK74
silver
(4 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: March 2, 1998
|
2008 | Love Is Noise Forth |
DE26 (9 weeks) DE |
AT29 (10 weeks) AT |
CH26 (11 weeks) CH |
UK4th
silver
(12 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 4, 2008
|
Rather Be Forth |
- | - | - |
UK56 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: November 17, 2008
|
More singles
- 1992: All in the Mind (also released on record )
- 1992: Gravity Grave (The Verve EP)
- 1993: Slide Away (A Storm in Heaven)
Video albums
year | title | description |
---|---|---|
1992 | Verve in Concert | Live concert at Camden Town Hall, London |
1994 | Live in Germany | Live concert in the Schlachthof , Frankfurt |
1997 | Some Bitter, Some Sweet | Report on Wigan and interview with Richard Ashcroft |
1999 | The Video '96 -'98 | Recordings from the studio sessions, concert excerpts from the US tour 1997 and the Homecoming gig in Wigan 1998 (UK: gold) |
2004 | This Is Music: The Singles '92 -'98 | Contains video clips of the band from All in the Mind to Sonnet |
2007 | Glastonbury: The Movie - July 9, 2007 | 1993 Glastonbury Festival film Includes various live and backstage material from the '93 Verve performance |
Film contributions
year | title | song |
---|---|---|
1993 |
Sliver by Joe Eszterhas, u. a. with Sharon Stone and William Baldwin |
Star Sail |
1994 | Nadja from Michael Almereyda, u. a. with Peter Fonda and Suzy Amis |
One way to go |
The New Age by Michael Tolkin , et al. a. with Samuel L. Jackson , Judy Davis , Adam West |
Six O'Clock | |
1995 | The Doom Generation by Gregg Araki et al. a. with James Duval and Rose McGowan |
Already There |
1998 |
The Acid House by Irvine Welsh ( Trainspotting ), u. a. with Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd |
On your own |
1999 |
Cruel Intentions u. a. with Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar |
Bitter sweet symphony |
2004 |
The Girl Next Door u. a. with Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert |
Lucky Man |
2009 |
Marley & Me et al. a. with Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston |
Lucky Man |
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | gold1 | 3 × platinum3 | 245,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | - | platinum1 | 50,000 | ultratop.be |
Germany (BVMI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 750,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Europe (IFPI) | - | - | 5 × platinum5 | (5,000,000) | ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) |
France (SNEP) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 550,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
Ireland (IRMA) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 15,000 | irishcharts.ie |
Italy (FIMI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 75,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 200,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | - | 5 × platinum5 | 75,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | - | platinum1 | 100,000 | nvpi.nl |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | - | platinum1 | 50,000 | hitparade.ch |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | - | platinum1 | 100,000 | Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002 |
United States (RIAA) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 1,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 2 × silver2 | 4 × gold4th | 16 × platinum16 | 6,725,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 2 × silver2 | 11 × gold11 | 39 × platinum39 |