8->9. Love me some Elbow. While I haven't seen any of their live shows in person, I've watched a couple, and I'm astonished by Guy's stage presence, and his interaction with the audience.

this whole record is great. was my first taste of them back in 2002. i have always loved the cover, too.

 fredriley wrote: 
Damnit Fred, nice earworm you've inplanted. Heh.

Less irritating than other tracks of theirs but that boat simply will not float in my sea

 fredriley wrote: 
Point: Fredriley.

Brilliant!!  That was awesome!  
First time hearing this song and I read your comment before the chorus and that was all I heard.   I had to google the lyrics just to get your sentence out of my brain.  

I won't spoil Fred's take on it but if you want to see the real lyrics highlight from  Here ->Oh you had to ask, didn't you?<- to here.

Any chance of hearing stuff from the new record, Build a Rocket Boys? It's excellent, as always for Elbow.

Nice play!  Asleep in Back is by far their best, most complete album.  Play more from this one.

love

Nice!

 fingerpin wrote: 

Ditto (except that I have already bought the album)

I discovered this band here with Seldom Seen Kid which I happily purchased as a result. They are one of those bands that are diverse but, at the same time have their own recognizeable sound.  I'll be adding this to my collection too.

Thanks again Bill and Rebecca!

 westslope wrote: 

Of course

 i4niblind wrote: 
Interesting.  I absolutely adore Seldom Seen Kid so I'm willing to give everything and anything by Elbow a try.

I've grown to like "Cast of Thousands" more than "The Seldom Seen Kid". But then I've always wanted to pull my ribs apart and let the sun inside.

 jptl wrote: 

I've given a Cast of Thousands a nice few listens, but it never really grew on me.  There's a couple of songs on there I really enjoy, it just doesn't measure up when compared to any of their other albums as far as I'm concerned.

 fredriley wrote: 
OMG - that's exactly what I was hearing too!!!

 

 i4niblind wrote: 
Curious as to how you'd rate Cast of Thousands. I really like Seldom Seen Kid, but haven't quite gotten into Cast of Thousands.

This is the best album by a flippin fantastic band.  Their newest (Seldom Seen Kid) comes in a close second.. 

I definitely agree with you, and I have also noticed that those "aural wallpaper" tracks are the ones I rarely give a rating. The good stuff I check out, and often also rate. The same goes for the crappy songs (which, admittedly, are very few): "WTF is this? I'll give it a 2!" And consequently my rating distribution has a hole in the middle. All the 4s, 5s and 6s tend to leave no trace in my book...

 RobGraham wrote: 

Still go back to this album very often. Great debut, and they've more than proven themselves since then too.

I thought he sang "Guilty leather boots"...

"Only hats rash stick in the shoe" - wtf?? I must get my ears washed out :(

Clever band

Yeah! More Elbow...

I agree with you, except that the occurrence of songs that make me search for the playlist is so much more frequent.

RobGraham wrote:

As I sit here with RP running in the background a good number of the tracks pass by unnoticed like some type of aural wallpaper. However, every so often there's a song that makes me dig through the pile of open windows in search of the play list. This is one of those tracks.

Silly band name aside this is a very nice sound.

twothingsatonce wrote:

Particularly in the beginning.

I like everything I've heard by this band.

discovered this in the college radio station room amongst a pile of bad music. this one has really stuck with me out of everything else and i continue to get their music. their videos are pretty shoestring budget though - don't really do justice to the music!