RICHARD ASHCROFT - Keys To The World - Vinyl

Richard Ashcroft – Keys To The World (First-Time Vinyl Edition – 180g Audiophile Pressing)

Originally released: 2006 | First-ever vinyl pressing | Gatefold sleeve

Released at the peak of Richard Ashcroft’s post-Verve resurgence, Keys To The World is now available on vinyl for the very first time, nearly two decades after its original 2006 debut on Parlophone. Pressed on audiophile 180g vinyl and housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve, this long-awaited edition celebrates one of the British icon’s most accomplished solo works.

A Platinum-certified, UK Top 2 album, Keys To The World arrived just months after Ashcroft’s legendary appearance with Coldplay at Live 8 – where Chris Martin hailed “Bitter Sweet Symphony” as “the best song ever written.” The album opens with the brassy, string-laden groove of “Why Not Nothing?”, while standout single “Music Is Power”, sampling Walter Jackson’s It’s All Over, is an infectious ode to the transformative force of music itself.

The haunting “Break the Night with Colour” propelled Ashcroft back into the UK Top 10, while tracks like “Sweet Brother Malcolm” and “Cry Til the Morning” explore introspection, grief and hope with poetic grace and trademark soul.

Tracklist:

Side A

1. Why Not Nothing?

2. Music Is Power

3. Break the Night with Colour

4. Words Just Get in the Way

5. Keys to the World

Side B
6. Sweet Brother Malcolm
7. Cry Til the Morning
8. Why Do Lovers?
9. Simple Song
10. World Keeps Turning

Key Features:

• First-ever vinyl pressing of Richard Ashcroft’s acclaimed third solo album

• Pressed on 180g audiophile black vinyl

• Features the Top 10 hit “Break the Night with Colour”

• Includes fan favourites like “Music Is Power” and “Words Just Get in the Way”

• Packaged in a premium gatefold jacket replicating the original artwork

• Essential for fans of The Verve, Britpop, and early 2000s UK rock revival