10 Greatest Final Rock Music Albums Of The 2000s

10. Forth - The Verve

The 1990s were a great time to be a slightly alternative British rock band. Britpop had a stranglehold over culture, whilst groups like Radiohead and Manic Street Preachers showed that you could make a lot of money by being either really weird or really angry.

Sitting somewhere in the middle of that were The Verve, helmed by Richard Ashcroft. Though most famous for their Rolling Stones-stealing megahit Bitter Sweet Symphony, the band had another bunch of other successful tunes, including number one single The Drugs Don't Work.

After the release of 1997's Urban Hymns, the band went quiet for 11 years, before releasing their fourth album... Forth. Clever. The record was another excellent example of The Verve's lyrical excellence and ability to write catchy melodies that, this time, didn't upset Mick Jagger.

In 2009, one year after Forth's release, it was reported that the band had broken up for the third time. Members Nick McCabe and Simon Jones reportedly believed that Ashcroft was only using the album to get his solo career back on track, causing a rift between the two sides that couldn't be rectified.

The Verve have been quiet ever since.