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. '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.

Disc 1
1: Check the Meaning
2: Buy It in Bottles
3: Bright Lights
4: Paradise
5: God in the Numbers

Disc 2
6: Science of Silence
7: Man On a Mission
8: Running Away
9: Lord I've Been Trying
10: Nature Is the Law

Number of Discs: 2

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