These People

The former Verve frontman returns after a hiatus with another Richard Ashcroft solo album, with all the ostentatious orchestration, bumper-sticker mantras, and cursory electro-dabbling those entail.

Ashcroft returns with an album lacking any sense of focus – there are a number of new ideas on These People, but none of them feel properly fleshed out.

Also Terry Allen's Juarez and Andy Shauf's The Party

It's hard to imagine anyone having a higher opinion of this album than Richard Ashcroft himself. In recent interviews, he has delivered his usual line

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Album Reviews: Richard Ashcroft - These People

Ex-Verve frontman throws everything but the kitchen sink into his fourth solo album. Review by Guy Oddy