The much anticipated follow up to the debut (UK) Number 1 solo album 'Alone with Everybody'. Featuring ten new songs, 'Human Condition' is Ashcroft at his most hypnotic, epic & focused. Such songs as 'Buy It in Bottles', 'Lord I've Been Trying' & current single 'Check the Meaning' are an expression of Ashcroft's deepest soul with his most classic & infectious musical vision to date. Amongst the contributors to the album are Beach Boys' founder & musical genius Brian Wilson, who adds harmony vocals to 'Nature Is the Law'. Chuck Leavell the keyboard player whose recording credits include work with such luminaries as Aretha Franklin & the Rolling Stones as well as former Verve drummer Pete Salisbury & Mercury winning Talvin Singh on Tablas. Virgin. 2002.