Elbow
The Seldom Seen Kid
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Starlings full track | 5:05 | 83,386 | ||
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The Bones of You full track | 4:49 | 91,105 | ||
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Mirrorball full track | 5:50 | 84,449 | ||
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Grounds For Divorce full track | 3:40 | 133,853 | ||
| 5 |
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An Audience With the Pope full track | 4:28 | 77,629 | ||
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Weather To Fly full track | 4:30 | 102,075 | ||
| 7 |
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The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver full track | 5:15 | 70,235 | ||
| 8 |
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The Fix full track | 4:28 | 78,652 | ||
| 9 |
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Some Riot full track | 5:23 | 68,554 | ||
| 10 |
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One Day Like This full track | 6:35 | 128,384 | ||
| 11 |
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Friend of Ours full track | 4:37 | 74,670 |
About this album
The Seldom Seen Kid is the fourth studio album by the indie rock band Elbow. It was released by Fiction Records on March 17, 2008 in the United Kingdom, and was released by Geffen Records on April 22, 2008 in the United States.
The album was recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, and is the first Elbow album to be entirely self-produced, mixed and recorded without any outside help. The bulk of the record was written and performed by the band, besides a guest appearance from singer-songwriter Richard Hawley who contributes to guest vocals, lead guitar and co-songwriting onThe Fix.
The title of the album is taken from a lyric in the first single,Grounds For Divorce. It also is a nickname, given by Guy Garvey’s father, for Bryan Glancy, a fellow Mancunian musician and friend of the band who died suddenly in 2006. The closing track, Friend of Ours and the liner notes of the album are dedicated in his memory.
The album won the 2008 Mercury Music Prize.
The album was recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, and is the first Elbow album to be entirely self-produced, mixed and recorded without any outside help. The bulk of the record was written and performed by the band, besides a guest appearance from singer-songwriter Richard Hawley who contributes to guest vocals, lead guitar and co-songwriting on
The Fix.The title of the album is taken from a lyric in the first single,
Grounds For Divorce. It also is a nickname, given by Guy Garvey’s father, for Bryan Glancy, a fellow Mancunian musician and friend of the band who died suddenly in 2006. The closing track, Friend of Ours and the liner notes of the album are dedicated in his memory. The album won the 2008 Mercury Music Prize.
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Shouts
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ChesterCream wrote:
Wonderful band. The piano middle eight (if that's the right terminology!) on 'Mirrorball' swept me away somewhere when I first heard it, and I still haven't come back yet.
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greatnecker wrote:
What a ridiculously underrated album. Where is the hype for these guys?
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pizzake wrote:
I love this album! Every song is so beautiful and special.^^ But someone needs to fix that tracklist.. -_-''
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boozec wrote:
Best album ever!
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bad_flucker wrote:
Impresionante. Fantástico. Maravilloso.
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rnlDoodle wrote:
Authentic music. Cannot stop to hear "Grounds for Divorce"...
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stealth909 wrote:
Album of the year? Can't wait to see them at V Festival. "Grounds for Divorce" & "Mirrorball" are my fave tracks.
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radioheads123 wrote:
Amazing superb album really a breath of fresh air.
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ANTIQCOOL wrote:
Best band I've heard in a long time, heartbreaking stuff.
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ciaccolo wrote:
Elbow are one of the greatest and innovative band of the last ten years, still underrated by crytics and espacially by the mass, who prefer "cool" moneymakers. They are magnificient musicians, to me.
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conditionals wrote:
Amazing album (though I love Cast of Thousands and Leaders of the Free World more), but the album art does my head in. If you try to imagine the cube as an entrance into a mall (the brick shape), the reversed perspective of the cube's lines causes brain damage.
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starfloka wrote:
This album is outstanding, interesting shout from WayneBirch.
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UnoChild wrote:
It's good, but I still think Asleep In The Back is their best album.
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appyclappy wrote:
Guy's voice reminds me of Peter Gabriel. Elbow have their own beautiful sound to go with it, too. Now I know what to do with my HMV gift card...
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WayneBirch wrote:
A genuine masterpiece. One of the best albums of this decade, I can't fault it. The best aspect though is the mastering, the fact that it's been given a good sized dynamic range. It brings it to life, allows the music room to breathe and by god does it do that. If this album had been butchered at the mastering plant by over compression, it wouldn't have sounded half as good as it does. turnmeup.org - I urge everyone to read this, we need more awareness of how the industry is strangling music at the mastering plant.
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ILikeItSoMuch wrote:
great album, indeed!!!
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MadDaddy70 wrote:
Wow, this album is great. I can honestly say I enjoy every song on it.
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Swiiffer wrote:
This album is pure genius. Elbow recently performed the whole thing live with the BBC Orchestra and the mp3 is up for grabs. Highly recommendable. Just Google it.
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wheeltwister wrote:
I have friends who have given this album a miss because it's too 'mainstream' which is a shame, although they have been around for a long time now this does seem to be their breakthrough album and justifiably so. It's a beautiful record and perhaps even better than their debut which is also a great record.
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sontarieh wrote:
the way the record's produced is amazing too... this turnmeup.org thing really saves music. every little sound is beautiful and clear. since mtv i had forgotten that a recording could sound like this. yes:)
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Recent Activity
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medulaespinal wrote about The Seldom Seen Kid in Top 100 Albums of the 2000's. 19 hours ago
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ynalak7, natepalm, jirey and 4 other people loved Elbow – Some Riot. 20 hours ago
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erinzazu added Elbow – The Bones of You to her Loved Tracks. yesterday evening
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lcannatella added Elbow – Starlings to her Loved Tracks. yesterday evening
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princecheeky added Elbow – Mirrorball to his Loved Tracks. yesterday evening
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zombie10562, rooferbill, geoff880 and 3 other people loved Elbow – Grounds For Divorce. yesterday evening
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gabiweineck and alekospanayi loved Elbow – Weather To Fly. yesterday evening
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creepchen added Elbow – An Audience With the Pope to his Loved Tracks. yesterday evening
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leighgilbert, FIZZICS64, theodosios73 and 2 other people loved Elbow – The Fix. yesterday evening
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