Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid - Possibly the best album ever
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Seriously, this album is fucking incredible. I haven't listened to any of elbow's other stuff, but after seeing the praise this one got (it won the Mercury Prize) I bought it. It was released in 2008. To me, the album has a definite theme of grieving and coping with death; the album title is a reference to a friend of the band who died shortly before they recorded the album. The first few times I heard the album I wasn't too sure about it but it really grew on me.
Tracks: Starlings
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoEa7lApIKY[/media]
The Bones Of You. [b]If you are only going to listen to one of these, make it this one.[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DwFjqt-Wk4[/media]
Mirrorball
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLN87q11GbQ[/media]
Grounds For Divorce
Was used both in a House MD trailer and a Left 4 Dead trailer. One of the heavier, rockier songs on the album.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g-imjcBQ9Y[/media]
An Audience With The Pope
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Loy8lPJKdXA[/media]
Weather To Fly
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQaBu5axBBU[/media]
The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lheI2e4Q-E[/media]
The Fix
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s-L3dahX98[/media]
Some Riot
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H4lT6hQOPw[/media]
One Day Like This
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_XSK8EMz7k[/media]
Friend Of Ours
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COP5Y6DNlAY[/media]
I didn't know it, but it's pretty good!
me like
The lead singer looks so much like Stephen Fry it's scary
Oh man I love Elbow
I like Elbow a lot. Their other albums are awesome too.
[QUOTE=jcallan;18052277]The lead singer looks so much like Stephen Fry it's scary[/QUOTE]
He doesn't look that much like him at all I'd say.
[QUOTE=lettuce_head;18055275]He doesn't look that much like him at all I'd say.[/QUOTE]
You best be joking
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[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/firewhisk3y/fry-stephen-photo-stephen-fry-62209.jpg[/img]
-snip- Better examples above.
Elbow is one of my favorite bands, and The Seldom Seen Kid is probably their best album yet! A+ thread
