Keys to the World

~ Release group by Richard Ashcroft

Album

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateLabelCatalog#Barcode
Official
Keys to the WorldRichard AshcroftCD11
  • JP2006-01-17
ParlophoneTOCP 665024988006838161
Keys to the WorldRichard AshcroftCopy Control CD10
  • XE2006-01-23
Parlophone3483732094634837323
Keys to the WorldRichard AshcroftCD10
  • GB2006-01-23
Parlophone3483732094634837323
Keys to the WorldRichard AshcroftCD10
  • GB2006-01-23
Parlophone354 5202094635452020
Keys to the WorldRichard AshcroftCD10
  • GB2006-01-23
Parlophone354 5212094635452129
Keys to the World (iTunes)Richard AshcroftDigital Media11
  • AU2006-03-21
Keys to the WorldRichard AshcroftCD + DVD-Video10 + 5
  • US2006-03-21
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”)0946 354520 2 0094635452327
Keys to the WorldRichard AshcroftCopy Control CD + DVD-Video10 + 5
Parlophone0946 3 50381 2 5094635038125
Keys to the WorldRichard Ashcroft(unknown)14

Relationships

associated singles/EPs:Break the Night With Colour
Wikipedia:en: Keys to the World [info]
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/78601 [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/94dp [info]
Wikidata:Q781428 [info]

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Review by Chris Jones on 2002-11-20

After a lengthy hiatus, Ashcroft returns with his third album. Keys... contains songs written over six years showcasing Ashcroft's sneeringly cocksure voice in fine, mature form. But has he got anything to say?

He's undoubtedly right in his assumption that he was the template for swaggering Northern vocalists. Yet the anthemic quality of many of the tracks leaves you thinking of another northern testosterone-filled crooner: Robbie Williams. Single, "Break The Night With Colour" has all the tropes of his moving, yet vapid stadium-fillers.

"Sweet Brother Malcolm" and "World Keeps Turning" hint at depth, but it's too cliche-ridden to attain classic status. This is Verve-lite (the best track, "Music Is Power", is built around a Curtis Mayfield sample) - it's full of sound and fury, but not really saying much.