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Keys To The World |  | Artist: Richard Ashcroft
Label: Parlophone/EMI
Category: Music
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 12443
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 094635452020
EAN: 0009463545202
ASIN: B000CBVMH2
Release Date: January 23, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Why Not Nothing? | | • | Music Is Power | | • | Break The Night With Colour | | • | Words Just Get In The Way | | • | Keys To The World | | • | Sweet Brother Malcolm | | • | Cry Til The Morning | | • | Why Do Lovers? | | • | Simple Song | | • | World Keeps Turning |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Verve fought their way to the top of the Britpop pile with a series of triumphant, world-beating anthems, but since their dissolution, frontman Richard Ashcroft's muse has led him further into introspective, acoustic territory. Quite heartening, then, that his third album kicks off with a mighty burst of brass, an ecstatic Motown rhythm and in "Why Not Nothing?", one of his most bullish, headstrong lyrics in recent memory. p Ashcroft's new emphasis on classic-tinged soulfulness--a nice change from his occasional, unfortunate tendency towards lumpen Britpop blokeiness--permeates IKeys To The World/I, a factor that sets it on a par with the likes of Weller's 2000 album IHeliocentric/I in the return-to-form stakes. There are two real highlights though: the swooning "Words Just Get In The Way" should see some manly tears shed, an older, wiser uncle of Coldplay's "Fix You" that offers a shoulder to cry on over a noble flourish of violins, while "World Keeps Turning" ends the album on a proud note, Ashcroft declaring "Everythin' right in my life again" as the album gallops to a close.--ILouis Pattison/I
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 A Great 3rd album from a hugely under-rated solo artist March 30, 2006
Mr T R Ransley (Southampton, hampshire United Kingdom)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm shocked by the bad reviews i've read on this album. I can only assume that the reviewers are blind SClub fans that have bought the wrong album.brTHIS ALBUM IS GREAT! It has all the quality of Richard's previous work and i really cant recommend it enough. brIf you liked Alone With Everybody /or Human Conditions you simply have to buy this album. This really is Ashcroft at his very best. *****
The best yet! January 23, 2006
Mr S I Rickards
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I#x27;m a lucky man - i#x27;ve spoken to Mr Ashcroft on a number of occassions over the last 3 years of his hiatus and on each occassion he proclaimed he was working hard to get the very best album he could get out. As time went on I started to wonder whether it was possible to get something that#x27;s taken 3 years to perfect to sound as mindblowing as he was proclaiming...brKeys To The World answers all my questions and doubts with a big ear-drum-smashing belt of positivity. There#x27;s a bit of everything here for the hardcore Verve fan to the Ashcroft lovers. The whole album wreaks of songwriting genius and reaffirms Richard Ashcroft as a rock legend.brHighlists of the album are definately summed up in the title track, Keys To The World, Sweet Brother Malcolm and Why Do Lovers - however take nothing away from any of the other songs - they are all par excellance!
Very pleasant surprise May 16, 2006
Julian S. Smith (rio, brasil)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought about 30 CD's from Heathrow a couple of months ago as I live outside the UK and always pick up a pile of the latest crops of talked about stuff. I picked up this Ashcroft title on the back of his Verve connection and the hype printed on the CD cover. Of the the 30 or so CD's, this is this the best. Very tuneful and catchy on the one hand. Very soulful and moody on the other. Great Rock music, Brit style. Enjoy, and don't take it all so seriously. J
Finally the solo album that shows how great he really is. January 24, 2006
Mr. J. Mason (Hull, East Yorkshire)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I#x27;ve been a huge Richard Ashcroft fan from his early Verve days. I think he really cemented his status as one the best singer/songwriters this country#x27;s ever produced with the Urban Hymns album and I#x27;ve been waiting for his solo work to match that standard. So far they haven#x27;t, but at last this new album really is up there with Urban Hymns and is fantastic, it will really stick in your mind for a long time.
Dig beneath the surface and join the journey January 27, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
On the surface, #x27;Keys to the World#x27; is not a groundbreaking or original album. As many critics have pointed out, his lyrics are cliched and some of his songs come across as simple and shallow.pHowever, repeated listenings reveal a true masterpiece... the cliches become profound and the simple songs reveal themselves to be quite complex and meaningful (even #x27;Simple Song#x27; itself!) It#x27;s difficult for me to rate #x27;Keys to the World#x27; because it feels almost as if it can#x27;t be rated. pRichard says (in the accompanying DVD) that the album is just another part of a journey that he wants people to take with him... and once you#x27;re on that journey, the music takes on a whole new meaning. As Richard himself puts it: "Music is power/Let it flow through your mind".
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