Elbow

Surge Tracks

• Station Approach
• Leaders of the Free World
• Forget Myself
• Switching Off
• Grace Under Pressure
• Asleep in the Back
• Newborn (v.v.long !!!!!)

Artist Biography

Elbow combine indie sensibilities with a penchant for woozy dreamscapes, cynical romanticism and self-deprecating wit.

Formed in 1990 at a sixth-form college in Bury, Lancashire, England, they began specialising in "chilled funk", but changed the direction of their music after unanimously deciding they were "shit". The new songs got notice from both Island Records and Universal, but after signing with both, the band was dropped before anything was released. After this much trouble releasing an album, their debut "Asleep In The Back", released on V2, was a surprise moderate success, gaining substantial critical acclaim and ultimately a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize in 2001. The single "Newborn" also received attention after being banned by Radio 1 for the lyric, "I'll be the corpse in your bathtub."

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Artist Discography

Albums

Asleep in the Back (2001-05-07)
Cast of Thousands (2003-08-18)
Leaders of the Free World (2005-09-12)

EPs

The Any Day Now EP (2001-01-23)
The Newborn EP (2000-08-07)
The Noisebox EP (1998-01-01)

Singles

Asleep in the Back / Coming Second (2002-02-04)
Fallen Angel (2003-08-04)
Forget Myself (2005)
Fugitive Motel (2003)
Grace Under Pressure / Switching Off (2004-07-12)
Leaders of the Free World (2005-11-07)
Newborn (2001-10-08)
Not a Job (2004-02-23)
Powder Blue (2001-07-09)
Red (2001-04-23)

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