Richard ashcroft –

Human conditions

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 - This re-issue replicates the 2002 UK first pressing and is available on audiophile 180g double vinyl in gatefold sleeve. "It's a beautiful world," sings Ashcroft on opening track and lead single "Check The Meaning". It's 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.

Country of Pressing	UK
Artist	Richard Ashcroft
Released	2025
Music Genre	Pop / Rock
Label	PROPER RECORDS UK
Condition	New
UPC	805520241144
SKU	al-805520241144

1.1 Check The Meaning
1.2 Buy It In Bottles
1.3 Bright Lights
1.4 Paradise
1.5 God In The Numbers
1.6 Science Of Silence
1.7 Man On A Mission
1.8 Running Away
1.9 Lord I've Been Trying
1.10 Nature Is The Law