Leaders of the Free World

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Product Details

Artist : Elbow
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 5033197325521
Label : V2
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2005-09-12

ASIN : B0007Y88M6

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Station Approach
2. Picky Bastard
3. Forget Myself
4. The Stops
5. Leaders of the Free World
6. An imagined Affair
7. Mexican Standoff
8. The Everthere
9. My Very Best
10. Great Expectations
11. Puncture Repair

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Leaders Of The Free World was recorded and produced by the band at Blueprint Studios in Manchester through late 2004 and the start of 2005 with additional mixing by Tom Rothrock at Sunset Studios in Los Angeles and Marius De Vries at Olympic Studios in London. Leaders Of The Free World is the Manchester indie stars' 3rd studio album which is a completely collaborative project between the band and film-makers/animators/visual artists, the Soup Collective. Features 11 total tracks including the first single 'Forget Myself'. V2 Records. 2005.

Description

'Leaders Of The Free World' is the third album by the hugely talented Elbow. Expanding on their template of atmosphericindie-rock, this album yet again showcases frontman Guy Garvey's amazing voice and heartrending lyrics to spectacular effect, setting them on apart from many of their peers. Includes the single 'Forget Myself'.

Customer Reviews

Top notch (2008-08-02)

What a great album! By far and away their best, before they succumbed to Coldplay-type anthems on Seldom Seen Kid. Every track a winner, but "Very best" is well titled. Enjoy! Anyone that can get Stockport Supporters Club into the lyrics of a ballad is alright by me!!

cracking album (2008-06-12)

What an amazing album from Elbow. It really has got the lot. Instrumentally it is fantastic, the lyrics are witty, subtly clever. Just a great listen that improves with regular listens. Definitely an album to listen to from start to finish. You really need all the tracks, so if you're thinking of downloading just a couple of songs please think again.

Bury's finest since black pudding. (2007-07-18)

After the anthemic Red, powder blue and newborn from Asleep in the back fugitive motel and crawling with idiots from Cast of thousands,i found L.O.T.F.W to be a slower album, but it is a grower, and more often than not, they end up being your favourites. In my opinion, I am Kloot, Puressence and Elbow are the finest bands of the last 10 years to originate from the North West of this septic isle.

"These feelings belong in a zoo..." (2007-06-08)

I don't know how to do this album justice. It is breathtakingly beautiful, with Mr Garvey seemingly effortlessly finding poetry in the everyday. Finding the cast of a wedding ceremony on the last bus home (great expectations), giving the best description of a bouncer you'll ever hear (forget myself) or drunkenly falling for a random girl in a bar (imagined affair). The whole album feels like a story and its one I don't tire of. I can't recommend it highly enough.

Masterpiece (2007-01-05)

The word above says it all really. This is probably Elbow's most consistent work to date, every song on this mind-blowing album is fantastic. From the opener Station Approach, right through to Puncture Repair, each song is an individually crafted work of beauty and genius, with standout tracks being the titkle track itself and Mexican Standoff.THIS SHOULD BE IN YOUR COLLECTION!

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