Natural Rebel

AlbumOct 19 / 201812 songs, 56m 46s
Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter
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A sack full of ‘Sonnets’, this fifth solo album finds the Wigan wonder sounding almost like a pastiche of himself

Richard Ashcroft - Natural Rebel

For a 10-track album, it feels hideously overindulgent – only two songs fall under the four-minute mark, and those still feel drawn out by plodding, bog-standard riffs

Perhaps the title Natural Rebel echoes the title A Northern Soul, the 1995 album that established the Verve not just as a weird, ambitious rock band but one with commercial ambition, but that's where the comparisons end.

6.0 / 10

It's not verboten for a rock star once trading on his working-class roots to make good—living in a bucolic country manor with a family and garage full of fancy automobiles—and still want to put out music.

4 / 10

Earlier this year Clash caught Richard Ashcroft onstage in Finsbury Park, holding thousands upon thousands of people in the palm of his hand. A sneaky

3 / 10

Richard Ashcroft's latest solo album claims he's a 'Natural Rebel' – his fifth solo LP is a country-rock collection that's in love with its own reflection.

Strong music offsets some lyrical hokum on Ashcroft’s fifth solo offering, made for drivetime

Album Reviews: Richard Ashcroft – Natural Rebel

I'm born to fly, I'm here to sing," Richard Ashcroft croons on We All Bleed, in a voice that resounds with conviction.

6 / 10