The birds

Lippy kids

Neat little roads

Open Arms

 

are my favorites from the first listening.

Solid effort Elbow!!

Walked into the record store with my earphones on and thought I recognized what was being played. Surprise, surprise, they now have Build A Rocket Boys! :P Gonna get it tomorrow.

Bought a certain album today. Looking forward to giving it that first listen.

get on it! you better enjoy it!!

 

:)

 

be patient with The Birds if you don't like it right away

I did :awesome: Loved it at first listen, The Birds especially. Brilliant album.

YAY! :)

 

was it worth the wait?

Yes :D Yes, it most definitely was

http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/player/Elbow/8686/Live-music.html

 

Hear live highlights from Elbow performing at their Cambridge Junction gig in March 2011. Includes the songs 'Grounds For Divorce,' 'Open Arms,' 'One Day Like This' and 'Lippy Kids.'

 

Sorry if its been posted already!

Neat, I'll have a look :awesome: Thanks

I've only listened to it a couple of times but I'm LOVING the new album!

Album version of Neat Little Rows > Single version of Neat Little Rows

 

:smug:

^ Seconded. While I understand they had to cut some of it for the single due to radio play, it makes me mad at the same time, because I really like the part they omitted.

I only listened to the single version once.

I listened to the single version three, maybe four times. :thinking:

Album version of Neat Little Rows > Single version of Neat Little Rows

 

:smug:

Agreed, but then again, album versions of most songs > single edits of most songs.

 

Also, I probably prefer at least half of the album to Neat Little Rows. It's a good song, but it also feels like Elbow trying to squeeze in a single-ready song that doesn't stray too far from their style but also conflicts with the beauty of the rest of the album.

 

So I've had a few days for the album to sink in, and it seems like one of those albums that I'm going to go back to when I need some lovely ambiance that I can hum to when I'm working or something like that (most Elbow albums are like that for me, except maybe TSSK, which was grander in terms of sound).

While I don't really think that was Elbow's intent as far as "Neat Little Rows" is concerned, I will agree in the sense that I like a lot of the other songs on the album more. It has a lot to do with what you said about the beauty of the album as a whole. "Neat Little Rows" is good, but it doesn't quite fit with the rest of the album in terms of feel.

Beaten by the Pie-Eater's 5/6th week sales of her mystery sandwich album (good songs at the start and finish filler in the middle) :(

listened about half a dozen times now and i'm loving BaRB! not as good as SSK but still an excellent record! with CoT and AinB in their back catalogue they will now undoubtedly go down as one of the best bands to come out of manchester. and thats saying something!!

ER HEM

 

2nd best band maybe

the album has a decenlt length but whenever I listen to it, time flies and I sit and wonder if I ever listened to it, just proves how amazing it is. :)

Beaten by the Pie-Eater's 5/6th week sales of her mystery sandwich album (good songs at the start and finish filler in the middle) :(

 

...The Pie-Eater? :confused:

Beaten by the Pie-Eater

 

That's mean (funny tho) :laugh3:

 

:wreck:

 

Dave! That's mean!

I don't get it :sad:

I think they called her fat.