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- Original Release Date: 2 Jun 2008
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. Ribcage | 6:26 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 2. Fallen Angel | 4:06 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 3. Fugitive Motel | 5:50 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 4. Snooks (Progress Report) | 3:59 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. Switching Off | 5:05 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. Not A Job | 4:23 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. I've Got Your Number | 4:48 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. Buttons and Zips | 3:56 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. Crawling With Idiot | 4:41 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. Grace Under Pressure | 4:56 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 11. Flying Dream 143 | 1:48 | £0.69 |
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After Asleep in the Back, an album that took years to create and release, Elbow must have felt the strain when asked to make a follow-up in a much shorter timespace. However, the pressure seems to have worked well as they have made a brilliant second album that shows just how talented these guys are.
The great thing about this album is its layers: Elbow really have a thing for attention to detail. All the tracks add layer upon layer to create amazing soundscape-like masterpieces that are at once catchy and melodic.
The experimentalism on this album is also catchy. Everything from the offbeat, sometimes jazzy sometimes just odd drumming to the quiet piano, repetitive guitar sounds, melodic offbeat bass and giant gospel choirs just seems to work well together. This is partly due to great production by Ben Hillier & Elbow and partly due to the band's creativity. The good thing too is that the album still retains the dark, melancholy feel of the first album; it just achieves it in slightly different ways. This experimental feel just blows other bands out of the water.
But it's not just the music that's great. The lyrics are what make the music still feel human. Guy Garvey adds wit and romanticism to every song, and his Peter Gabriel-like voice just adds to this feel. "Lost in a lullaby, side of the road, melt in a melody, slide in a solitude". Beautiful.
Some people say this album is more uplifting than the last, and, while that is true to an extent, the constant darkness of the first album is still here which is what I love. You just love the fact that the band are moody and unhappy, and they can't get enough of it themselves either. That's what makes this album work.
So, in conclusion: great layered structure, unusual musicianship, brilliant lyricism, great production, curiously unhappy but uplifting feel... what more do you want? These guys are the future of rock music, so buy them now. And congrats to Elbow for making such an amazing record in a much shorter space of time.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It'd been my experience that the more you listen to Elbow, the better they get. When I was given their first album Asleep In The Back, I just had it on in the background while I read a book. Didn't really think too much about it considering how much my flatmate hyped them up. I liked the first track alright but it didn't throw me out of the chair. A week later I listened to it again but this time I really listened to it. "Hey! This is pretty good," I thought and listened to it twice more that day. I liked it more each time. The new album is made the same way. The first time I listened to it I didn't think it was as good as their first. Then I listened to it again and again and so will you.
It sounds a bit more polished than Asleep but is just as moving and it's a bit more psychedelic but just as powerful. Although Elbow sounds relatively familiar, they have a fairly timeless sound, not borrowing too heavily from any one decade's influences. While the first album tended to have a few more all out rock moments, Cast Of Thousands sees Garvey and company matured to a more composed and collected form. Their power lies in their simplicity...but it's pretty much pointless to try to fully explain the movement of Elbow. Their work just needs to be felt. Imagine that! Feelings still exist some 20 years after Satan launched his own channel, MTV. In the words of the Glastonbury 2002 crown at the end of "Grace Under Pressure," an amazingly moving song, "we still believe in love so f**k you!"
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is everything i hoped for and more from the follow-up to 'Asleep in the Back.' The first thing that struck me was that it didn't really have any obviously "stand-out" tracks such as 'Newborn' and 'Red' on Asleep in the Back. However, after a few listens the album and certain songs in particular started to seep inside my head and this album overall is a more complete, more subtle and better sewn together piece of work than Elbow's excellent debut. The DVD is also very good and easy to watch all the way through unlike other DVD albums i own, which really do require a great deal of patience to watch. Magnificent.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Musically life changing.... ?
Elbow can do no wrong for me. Even if I'm not sure on the first listen, give it a week and I'm in love. This album is no exception. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Dramababe
Getting the best
They are still top of the tree with this album, slightly more diverse but excellent.Each track takes you somewhere Elbow has not been before.
Published 1 month ago by Tony F
Go for the ELBOW back catalogue
Watched Elbow on the BBC then trawled through their discography - if you like the new releases catch up on this. Love it!!
Published 5 months ago by Meat Curry
Quality Control
To the previous review who said there was filler on this album, that's bull, I rarely write reviews for any if only a hand ful of artist, but elbow deserve a nod I listen to all... Read more
Published 14 months ago by eloquent
One of my favourite albums
Just a quickie to say this is one of my favourite albums. I've owned it since its release. Seldom Seen Kid is very accessible and I've got into Asleep In The Back, but I always... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. S. Moulster
THREE AND A HALF STARS OUT OF FIVE
When I first played this CD I was well impressed, the first song I thought was good the second song was a bit better and the third song (Fugitive motel) was excellent in fact its... Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by Stephen
Cast of Thousands
It's funny how you get into a band after about two or three albums. The only Elbow I had heard of before was the track 'Fugitive Motel' which came free on a Guardian CD. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2009 by Chris W.
So so.
I prefered "Asleep in the Back" by a long way. This is good in places, and may grow to be an album I like, but I found it weaker than I'd hoped.
Published on 25 Mar 2009 by Interested Person
The best was yet to come
For some reason, Elbow seem to have distanced themselves from much of this album, seldom choosing to play songs. It's a pity, as some of their best stuff is here. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2009 by Peter Lee
Simply the very best
I admit, I'm a huge fan of Elbow, but if you only know them from their brilliant 'Seldom Seen Kid' you need to buy this and listen to it over and over again. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2009 by J. Duncan
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