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Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (1990 – present)
The band is named after a line in the BBC TV mini-series The Singing Detective which says that the word “elbow” is the most sensuous word in the English language, not for its definition, but for how it feels to say it.
Elbow began specializing in “chilled funk”, but changed the direction of its music after unanimously deciding that they were “shit.” The new songs were noticed from both Island Records and Universal, but the band was dropped before anything was released after it signed with both labels. The band then released two critically acclaimed EP’s on the independent Ugly Man Record label which caught the attention of V2 Records.
V2 released Elbow’s debut album: “asleep in the back.” The album was a surprisingly moderate success, gaining substantial critical acclaim and, ultimately, a nomination for the mercury music prize in 2001. The single “
Newborn” received attention after being banned by radio 1 for the lyric, “I’ll be the corpse in your bathtub.”Word of mouth then began to work in Elbow’s favor. Its 2003 album, “Cast Of Thousands,” entered the UK Charts at #7 to critical acclaim. The lead single, “
Fallen Angel,” charted at #19. In 2004, Elbow became the first British band to ever play a concert in Havana during an unofficial Cuban tour. The tour was made into a short film by British documentary maker Irshad Ashraf.
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The Seldom Seen Kid
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Build a Rocket Boys!
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Leaders Of The Free World
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long_jack
Очень недооценены.
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HimitsuUK
FROW DOZE CURTANZ WIDE. This song get's abused on Britain's Got Talent.
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steve__
Elbow are ace but this comment "Your band list looks like you choose the music depending on whether your mother heard of them or not." is equally idiotic as Funky_Nickie's.
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Roverida
Dear friend. This is a kind of song for my missing friends and ive been smoking their perfumes. This is called Claustrophobic. ELbow means everything to me. :X
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Karma_Idiot
Leaders of the Free World needs more love.
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tallinspace
What's the point of any band? Your band list looks like you choose the music depending on whether your mother heard of them or not. (2)
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Schrammelhammel
What's the point of any band? Your band list looks like you choose the music depending on whether your mother heard of them or not.
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Funky_Nickie
Pardon me, but what exactly is the point of this band?
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ohmysweetnurse
“There is hole in my neighbourhood down which of late I cannot help but fall” I love this song so much, I can't explain it beggars description
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FluffyMorbid
they are just brilliant!
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tresfoufou
Guy Garvey is like an artist that paints with words.
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always_peng
Saw them in Birmingham not too long ago and now I think I love them even more
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jamesusillxd
Their first was my favorite, a darker edge that they seem to have lost...
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alliedbakeries
"People are drawn to us because we find the beautiful in the mundane." GUY GARVEY (December 2012).
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JamestheJohnson
Awesome in London last night! Proper nice bloke as well Gave his guitar to some guy in the crowd
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RPGHeroine
New song 'Charge ' is awesome too.
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RPGHeroine
Soooo good last night in Manchester makes me proud to be a Mancunian thanks guys :)
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GaiusBertus
If found Build a Rocket Boys very disappointing, but luckily Elbow is back on track Dead in the Boot!
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alkattrazz
согласен с лонг-джеком.групец заебок полный
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iixdotbe
The Night Will Always Win was used in the intro to the latest Call of Duty. When I played it this weekend I thought my computer magically started playing my tunes... it took me a few seconds to realize it was coming from the game. I think the song fit perfectly in opening scene as it really set the tone for it. At first I was thinking Elbow in COD?!? That's an outrage! But by the end of it... I was thrilled. You can see the intro here (scene starts at 0:20).
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