Tuesday, May 27, 2008

MUSIC: ELBOW "THE SELDOM SEEN KID"



ABOUT: 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 dates for other countries have not been revealed yet.

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 friend of the band who died suddenly in 2006. The closing track, "Friend of Ours," is dedicated in his memory. The album has received nearly unanimous praise from media outlets, including the NME, which gave Elbow their fourth consecutive 9/10 album rating. The album also debuted at #5 on the March 23 UK Albums Chart, the highest charting position of their career so far.

The album was released in the UK in three versions: a regular CD in a super-jewel box, a digipack CD (both with one bonus track, "We're Away") and a double 12" vinyl LP.

The first fifteen seconds of track one "Starlings" were omitted from the physical CD release to prevent contribution to the loudness war.


TRACK LISTING:
  1. "Starlings" - 5:20
  2. "The Bones of You" - 4:49
  3. "Mirrorball" - 5:50
  4. "Grounds for Divorce" - 3:39
  5. "An Audience with the Pope" - 4:27
  6. "Weather to Fly" - 4:29
  7. "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver" - 5:14
  8. "The Fix" - 4:27
  9. "Some Riot" - 5:23
  10. "One Day Like This" - 6:34
  11. "Friend of Ours" - 5:01
  12. "We're Away" (UK bonus track) - 1:59

MY FAVORITE TRACK:
GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE (MP3)


"GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE" MUSIC VIDEO:



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