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Regardless, it’s clear that the downtempo rock ballad is Ashcroft’s specialty—and for good reason. Few rock artists can so effectively wield an orchestra as thematic element, and even fewer have (as Ashcroft has done) managed to compose memorable instrumental lines that utterly complement the vocals...
...Richard Ashcroft...
...Richard Ashcroft is like a filmmaker who’s had enough of directing commercials. Human Conditions is Ashcroft’s feature-length epic, an album that dispenses with lightheartedness in favor of profound philosophical meditations...
Gone are lyrics like “the drugs don’t work/they just make you worse.” Instead, Ashcroft writes songs that ponder “the human condition, the big decisions”, as he summarizes in his opening track...
...confining himself to rock ballads, however, Ashcroft denies his listeners the stylistic variety that a musician of his talent could easily handle. Human Conditions is a great album, but without more musical experimentation in future works, it could be his last real success...