This Is Music - The Singles: Colour Vinyl 2LP Smoke Fairies “The year’s best film score”

“The year’s best film score” – The New Yorker

The River 4:59

When Ella Fitzgerald first went into the recording studio in 1956 for Verve it was not to record The Cole Porter Song Book

The film stars Florence Pugh

originally recorded by The Wailers in Jamaica and eventually released with overdubs and a mix overseen by Island founder Chris Blackwell at the label’s London headquarters

This Is Music - The Singles: Colour Vinyl 2LP Smoke Fairies “The year’s best film score”Originally released in November 2004, This is Music: The Singles, is a compilation album by English alternative rock band The Verve: Richard Ashcroft (vocals), Pete Salisbury (drums), Simon Jones (bass) and Nick McCabe (guitar). 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of an album that has never been pressed on vinyl and, under the groups direction, this long overdue reissue houses the powerful singles from the bands 2008 reunion album, Forth