Richard Ashcroft to him. Ashcroft began work on his second album "Human Conditions" in 2002. The lead single, "Check the Meaning", was released in early October, and peaked at No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart. The album was released later that month and reached No. 3 in the UK Album Chart. Reception to the album was generally positive. Review aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalised score of 61% based on 15 reviews. In response to negative reaction to the album, Coldplay's Chris Martin – a fan of both Ashcroft and The Verve – defended the album's merits which "made an impression"
Richard Band Richard Band Richard Howard Band (born December 28, 1953) is an American composer of film music. He has scored more than 85 films, including "From Beyond", which won the award for Best Original Soundtrack at the Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival. Band was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of the film director/producer Albert Band, the brother of director/distributor Charles Band, and the uncle of Alex Band. Since the late 1970s Band has been composing film music for horror and science fiction films regularly. His first notable score was for 1977's "Laserblast", which he co-composed with