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The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Starlings 5:05 127,305
2 The Bones Of You 4:49 140,598
3 Mirrorball 5:50 134,152
4 Grounds For Divorce 3:39 231,864
5 An Audience With The Pope 4:27 121,889
6 Weather To Fly 4:29 152,721
7 The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver 5:15 109,067
8 The Fix 4:28 116,267
9 Some Riot 5:23 105,738
10 One Day Like This 6:34 204,952
11 Friend Of Ours 4:38 117,369
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About this album

Interscope (2008) Released: 22 Apr 2008 11 tracks (54:37)
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 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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  • Howell1236

    Listening to 'One Day Like This' for the first time from start to finish is one of my happiest and absorbing moments when listening to music. Great album.

    25 days ago

  • PossetTom

    Get the live at abbey road edition of this and prepare to be stunned..

    November 2011

  • PinballWizard55

    "plastic music for the masses" - Not...THE MASSES!

    February 2011

  • dangs12

    wow! is an excellent album

    December 2010

  • pizzake

    this album is pefect, too bad i got over it :( i can't help but skipping cos i kinda fed myself up with it :s

    November 2010

  • TPPembabulous

    Awesome album (except the first track - what's with the claxon?!). 'The loneliness of a tower crane driver' is currently my fav song of all time. Mirrorball has also key-noted itself into my life in a major major way. And the rest are just wicked in their own right. Can't recommend this album highly enough really.

    September 2010

  • kaftoskaitsiou

    SOLID album!!

    September 2010

  • jarppiduplessis

    ok, and 'friends of ours' that's amazing.

    July 2010

  • jarppiduplessis

    especially, 'the loneliness of a tower crane driver' - love that song!

    July 2010

  • jarppiduplessis

    i agree, possibly their best so far

    July 2010

  • a2Sa

    I love this album because it's the only one I can play a thousand times in a row (and I most definitely do) and not hear a single complaint from whoever is with me, now matter what their musical tastes are.

    June 2010

  • hotterthanjuly

    Completely agree, spinthegrin.

    June 2010

  • Jibberd

    The Charts are not a judge on what is good in the music scene, it is usually full of manufactured pop rubbish that has been aimed at teenage girls because they will go out and buy rubbish! This is an amazing album and Elbow are fully deserving of their Mercury Prize. :)

    January 2010

  • spinthegrin

    "What a ridiculously underrated album. Where is the hype for these guys?" I trust this displays a dry sense of humour? Mercury Music Winners and THE band of 2009... f you mean chart success then f#ck it - the charts only consist of plastic music for the masses. Elbow are EXACTLY where they should be.

    January 2010

  • ChesterCream

    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.

    December 2009

  • greatnecker

    What a ridiculously underrated album. Where is the hype for these guys?

    December 2009

  • pizzake

    I love this album! Every song is so beautiful and special.^^ But someone needs to fix that tracklist.. -_-''

    October 2009

  • boozec

    Best album ever!

    September 2009

  • bad_flucker

    Impresionante. Fantástico. Maravilloso.

    September 2009

  • rnlDoodle

    Authentic music. Cannot stop to hear "Grounds for Divorce"...

    September 2009
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