Second single from their album return in 2008 (being the previous the amazing "Love is Noise"), The Verve hits all the right notes in "Rather Be" though the music video is something out of Richard Ashcroft ideas that makes it feel as if being a solo work rather than the team effort.
Here's a solo appearance of Ashcroft while walking through a forest on daylight, though the skies are barely visible (but it can be seen from time to time). A true moment of peace as opposed to chaotic crowd in the city shown during his challenging stroll featured in the iconic "Bitter Sweet Symphony" A basic lipsynch of the track, an act that allows Richard to pour his emotions as deep, reflective and sad as he might sound about the difficult circumstances of life yet there's nothing he'd change about choosing to live, no other place he'd rather be.
A great song for a most awaited return back in 2008, but pity it wasn't so popular as their hits from "Urban Hymns". But fans probably like it as much as I do. 8/10.
