{"product_id":"human-conditions","title":"Human Conditions","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally issued on Hut Records in October 2002, \u003cem\u003eHuman Conditions\u003c\/em\u003e built on the success of \u003cem\u003eAlone With Everybody\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 \u003cem\u003eHuman Conditions\u003c\/em\u003e in stellar fashion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Proper Records","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":51755011047755,"sku":"R8185-8071","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/unnamed_56.jpg?v=1746186504","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/human-conditions","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}