{"product_id":"human-conditions-richard-ashcroft-vinyl","title":"Human Conditions - Richard Ashcroft [VINYL]","description":"Originally issued on Hut Records in October 2002, 'Human Conditions' built on the success of 'Alone With Everybody', retaining the new fans he had gained with that record. 'It's a beautiful world', sings Ashcroft on opening track and lead single 'Check the Meaning'. Its eight-minutes seem a culmination of all of Ashcroft's work to date  a haunting guitar figure, swelling strings, and subtle orchestration back a lyric that catalogues the battle of love over evil, ending with Ashcroft assuring the listener 'It's gonna be alright'. It is a powerful beginning to a powerful album. 'Buy It in Bottles' maintains the introspection of 'The Drugs Don't Work', a mood that can be also found on 'Running Away' and 'Lord I've Been Trying'; while 'Bright Lights' and 'Paradise' bring the anthemic rock. When Brian Wilson guests on one of your albums, it suggests a certain status has been attained; Richard Ashcroft demonstrated that he could hold his own in such company; both are songwriters of the human condition, and the song Wilson appears on 'Nature Is the Law', closes 'Human Conditions' in stellar fashion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisc 1\u003cbr\u003e1. Check the Meaning - Richard Ashcroft (8.04)\u003cbr\u003e2. Buy It in Bottles - Richard Ashcroft (4.39)\u003cbr\u003e3. Bright Lights - Richard Ashcroft (5.15)\u003cbr\u003e4. Paradise - Richard Ashcroft (5.37)\u003cbr\u003e5. God in the Numbers - Richard Ashcroft (6.58)\u003cbr\u003eDisc 2\u003cbr\u003e6. Science of Silence - Richard Ashcroft (4.15)\u003cbr\u003e7. Man On a Mission - Richard Ashcroft (5.29)\u003cbr\u003e8. Running Away - Richard Ashcroft (4.16)\u003cbr\u003e9. Lord I've Been Trying - Richard Ashcroft (5.23)\u003cbr\u003e10. Nature Is the Law - Richard Ashcroft (4.55)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Golden Discs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57774468006236,"sku":"UMCLP114","price":14.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/4731\/2476\/files\/MUS000849193.jpg?v=1780303370","url":"https:\/\/westvinyl.com\/products\/human-conditions-richard-ashcroft-vinyl","provider":"West End Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}