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Track Listings
| 1. Any Day Now |
| 2. Red |
| 3. Little Beast |
| 4. Powder Blue |
| 5. Bitten By The Tail Fly |
| 6. Newborn |
| 7. Don't Mix Your Drinks |
| 8. Presuming Ed |
| 9. Coming Second |
| 10. Can't Stop |
| 11. Scattered Black And Whites |
| 12. Asleep in the Back |
Product Description
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Asleep in the Back, Elbow's frighteningly competent debut album, presents 11 tracks of rain-sodden misery blown up into the breed of gracefully elegiac fatalism that once formed the essence of, say, Joy Division. Elbow's foggy psychedelic swirl and sewer-deep dub bass lines might recall the prog-rock indulgences of Radiohead, but their grievances are unmistakably aired from the far end of a welfare line. "Any Day Now" veritably fidgets with small-town frustration, with lead singer Guy Garvey (a man with the voice of an angel and the face of a brickie) repeatedly hissing a mantra of desperation: "Any day now / How's about getting out of this place / Anyways?" Should we take it as a given that Elbow will break out of this rut of depression and despair? Asleep in the Back is good enough to suggest so, while also suggesting that fate can be awfully cruel. --Louis Pattison
Album Description
Debut release by melancholy Bury indie band. Their acousticsong structures and lush production work have drawn comparisons with Doves and Radiohead. Features songs from the 'New Born' and 'Any Day Now' EPs and the top 40 single 'Red'.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty Awesome,
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This review is from: Asleep in the Back (Audio CD)
I would give this album 4.5 stars. Not too many people have heard of these guys, and I just happened to stumble upon them one day. I picked this album up at a Newbury Comics, and I must say that the sky is the limit for this band. Their songs are so patient and beautiful, while not lacking a sense of urgency (Bitten by the Tailfly comes to mind). I would say that anyone who is a fan of music should get this. Comparisons to Radiohead and Coldplay are common place, but Elbow IS their own band. Check it out.
5.0 out of 5 stars
face value: wonderful,
This review is from: Asleep in the Back (Audio CD)
This album is a good listen if you like alternative rock music. I could say if you like Radiohead, or Coldplay, or any of the other ten thousand brit alt rock bands that have been taking the world by storm, but I simply say rock because when inspected and listened to multiple times closely, you will notice that Elbow is their own band, not just a cheap knock off. Every song is complex, and endearing, and interesting. If you're one who simply labels music by what it reminds you of, you may notice a plethora of analogous bands, but that's because of the archetypal nature of rock in the first place.So long story short, just because some band sounds like Radiohead doesn't mean it sucks. This album is awesome no matter how you slice it, and no matter what amazing band you compare it to.
1.0 out of 5 stars
this cd is terrible,
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This review is from: Asleep in the Back (Audio CD)
you have to be a seriously warped elbow junkie to like this misconstrued nonsense. this band could have done so much better.
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