尽管Verve未来的两部杰作“北方灵魂”和“城市赞美诗”以简洁的歌曲结构（大部分歌曲），令人难忘的歌词和合唱为主要特征，他们1993年的处女作“A Storm in Heaven”(天堂的风暴)却是建立在轻快的，伸延的带有迷幻意味的篇章的基础上。站在现今的角度回顾，这是一个令人深思的始创的音乐方向。因为在那个时代，让人深受焦虑折磨的西雅图乐队（包括他们的许多模仿者）一直都在宣泄着狂暴的情绪。虽然专辑中有些歌曲暗示着the Verve未来对于流行摇滚的倾向（“Make It Till Monday” “Blue” “Butterfly”），但较长作品中的大部分都具有强硬的风格，特别是专辑里最出色的歌曲，洋溢着挥之不去的美感的“Already There”。“Star Sail”的开阔，“Slide Away”中狡黠的情绪，“Beautiful mind”的朦胧，以及让人靠近荒凉的“See you in the next one(Have a good time)”，都是这张专辑的特色。“A Storm in Heaven”，一张优秀的专辑，被证明是the Verve开阔的早期作品和后来的世界音乐之间重要的联系。 　　A Storm in Heaven is the debut studio album by English psychedelic rock band The Verve, at the time known just as Verve, released in June 1993 on the Hut Records label. It charted at #27 in the UK. 　　Like the band's prior EPs and singles, most of the songs on this album are bathed in heavy layers of delay (echo) and reverb, used on both the guitars and the vocals, in order to give a disorientingly psychedelic overall effect. The lyrics of "Butterfly" pertain directly to the so-called Butterfly effect, and the song "Catching the Butterfly," from the band's 1997 album Urban Hymns, is apparently a continuation of this theme. Guitarist Nick McCabe has stated that the track was recorded at 3:00 a.m. while playing along with a Steely Dan sample.[8] The album's closing song, "See You in the Next One (Have a Good Time)", is built on a subdued piano motif played by McCabe and atmospheric acoustic guitars played by vocalist Richard Ashcroft. After this album, the band's music moved in a less psychedelic, more structured direction, and their name was officially changed to "The Verve" for legal reasons, so as not to clash with the record label Verve Records. 　　As with all of the band's releases, A Storm in Heaven features enigmatic artwork designed by Brian Cannon. The cover photo was shot inside Thor's Cave in Staffordshire, England. The vinyl LP version came in gatefold packaging.