This is Music: The Singles 92–98 is a singles

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by the English

England

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 alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 The Verve

The Verve

The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...

. The compilation was released in November 2004 and included two previously unreleased tracks: "This Could Be My Moment" and "Monte Carlo" (see 2004 in music

2004 in music

See also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol....

). The album was named after a track by the same name off their 1995 album A Northern Soul

A Northern Soul

A Northern Soul is the second studio album by English alternative rock band The Verve. The album was released in the United States on 20 June 1995 on the Hut label and in the United Kingdom on 3 July 1995 on Vernon Yard Records...

. The album cover is based on the cover of their 1992 single, "She's a Superstar

She's a Superstar

"She's a Superstar" is a song by The Verve and was released as the band's second single in the United Kingdom on 22 June 1992.A music video was shot for this song in Thor's Cave, Staffordshire; this was the same cave pictured on the front of Verve's album A Storm in Heaven.The cover of this single...

".

Track listing

All tracks written by Richard Ashcroft

Richard Ashcroft

Richard Paul Ashcroft is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer and occasional guitarist of alternative rock band The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their split in 1999, and continues as a lead vocalist working with guitars and keyboards...

, Simon Jones

Simon Jones (musician)

Simon Jones is an English bass player. He played bass and provided occasional backing vocals for the English band, The Verve.-Personal life:...

, Peter Salisbury

Peter Salisbury

Peter Salisbury is best known as the drummer of The Verve, which he joined as a founding member in 1989.- Personal life :...

, and Nick McCabe

Nick McCabe

Nick McCabe is a musician best known as the lead guitarist of The Verve.-Early life:Nick McCabe was the son of a bus driver and has two older brothers, Alan and Paul...

, except where noted.

1. "This Is Music
   This Is Music
   "This Is Music" was the first single released from The Verve's second album, A Northern Soul. The aptly named song is full of varied lyrical images. The song charted at #35 in the United Kingdom...
   
   " – 3:38
2. "Slide Away" – 4:06
3. "Lucky Man" (Ashcroft) – 4:49
4. "History
   History (The Verve song)
   "History" is a song by English rock band The Verve, and is featured on their second album, A Northern Soul. It was released 18 September 1995 as the third and final single from the album, charting at #24 in the UK Singles Chart...
   
   " – 5:28
5. "She's a Superstar
   She's a Superstar
   "She's a Superstar" is a song by The Verve and was released as the band's second single in the United Kingdom on 22 June 1992.A music video was shot for this song in Thor's Cave, Staffordshire; this was the same cave pictured on the front of Verve's album A Storm in Heaven.The cover of this single...
   
   " (edit) – 5:04
6. "On Your Own
   On Your Own (The Verve song)
   "On Your Own" is a song by British rock band The Verve, and is featured on their second album, A Northern Soul. It was released 12 June 1995 as the second single from the album charting at #28 in the UK Singles Chart .-Lyrics:...
   
   " – 3:36
7. "Blue
   Blue (The Verve song)
   "Blue" was the first single by British band The Verve to be released from their first album, A Storm in Heaven, which was released through Hut Records...
   
   " – 3:39
8. "Sonnet
   Sonnet (song)
   "Sonnet" is a song by Britpop band The Verve and is featured on their third album, Urban Hymns. It was released 2 March 1998 as the final single from the album . The song has the same instrumental layout as "The Drugs Don't Work", consisting of acoustic and electric guitars backed up with a string...
   
   " (Ashcroft) – 4:24
9. "All in the Mind" – 4:17
10. "The Drugs Don't Work
    The Drugs Don't Work
    "The Drugs Don't Work" is a song by the British rock band, The Verve and is featured on their third album, Urban Hymns. It was released on September 1, 1997 as the second single from the album, charting at number 1 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's most successful single in the UK...
    
    " (Ashcroft) – 5:05
11. "Gravity Grave
    Gravity Grave
    "Gravity Grave" is a song by English rock band The Verve and was released as the band's third single in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1992 by Hut Recordings. It reached number 78 on the UK Singles Chart....
    
    " – 8:21
12. "Bitter Sweet Symphony
    Bitter Sweet Symphony
    "Bitter Sweet Symphony" is a song by English alternative rock band The Verve, the lead track on their third album, Urban Hymns. It is based on music from an Andrew Loog Oldham adaptation of a Rolling Stones song, "The Last Time". It was released on 16 June 1997 by Hut Recordings as the first single...
    
    " (Ashcroft, Mick Jagger
    Mick Jagger
    Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
    
    , Keith Richards
    Keith Richards
    Keith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
    
    ) – 5:59
13. "This Could Be My Moment
    This Could Be My Moment
    "This Could Be My Moment" is a song by English alternative rock band The Verve and was released as the thirteenth track on their 2004 singles compilation album This Is Music: The Singles 92–98. The song was recorded during the sessions for the band's penultimate studio album Urban Hymns in late...
    
    " (Ashcroft) (previously unreleased) – 3:59
14. "Monte Carlo
    Monte Carlo (song)
    "Monte Carlo" was a song by British band The Verve. It was first released as the second of two bonus tracks on the compilation album This is Music: The Singles 92–98...
    
    " (previously unreleased) – 4:58

Japanese bonus track

15. "I See the Door"

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	1 November 2004	EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... , Virgin Records Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	CDV 2991
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	8 November 2004	EMI	CD	8636892
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	16 November 2004	Virgin Records	CD	7243 8 63688 2 9
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	17 November 2004	Toshiba-EMI Toshiba-EMI (formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...	CD	VJCP-68692

External links

• Official site
• Feature: "A Bittersweet Tale", The Times
  The Times
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