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 If you can't score 5 stars then don't write here. March 27, 2008
Mrs. S. R. Mason (Selsey, UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
An absolute gem of an Elbow album, to lift you. Buy it and you'll love it.
if this is the end then its a good way to end March 26, 2008
C. steel (scotland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Guy Garvey has been quoted as saying that this would be the last album that Elbow would be likely to release due to the changing musical landscape and the rise of the 3 minute download. I would kind of agree that the past-time of sitting and listening to an album seems to have gone the way of the doo doo as we all get Ipoded up, but if you are an old luddite like me and like to get the full 12 track treatment then this is the album for you. There is an excellent flow to the album, yes shades of 'asleep in the back' but that cant be a bad thing can it? If "the seldom seen kid" is a final love note to the late 20th centuries torrid affair with the album then I think you would have to look for a long time to fine another as well written and as endering as this one. Thank you Elbow,
Top of the class March 26, 2008
Hampton Caught (Cambridge, UK)
Master: "You boy, describe Elbow's new album in one word."
Me: "Majestic, magnificent, uplifting, beautiful, sublime, consummate, supreme, stunning, exquisite."
Master: "Stupid boy! I said one word - I counted nine!"
Me: "But they all apply equally Sir - just pick the one you like best."
A rare beauty of an album to treasure and cherish March 25, 2008
Steve Geek (Godalming, UK)
I saw Elbow perform at Reading a few years ago and they left me mesmerised. Guy Garvey stood there wearing a suit that looked as though it had come from some charity shop, and that sums up Elbow...underated genius. This is one of those albums that I just know will become part of my life over the coming months as and when I get a chance to listen to it. Grounds for Divorce was played on the Jonathan Ross show the other night much to my amazement and the even watching on the tv I could feel the music fill every square inch of the studio and get under people's skins. I'm still surprised that whenever I mention to people what a great band they are, 9 / 10 times I seem to get a quizzical look and perhaps a nod and "oh, yea, them..." as though they were another run-of-the-mill "alternative" group that's 10-a-penny, when really people should lie on the ground and worship these guys...!
Glorious. Absolutely glorious. March 25, 2008
Iain Toombs
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Elbow have every reason to be extremely proud of this exquisite album.
It's finely crafted and expertly produced.
Lyrics are thought-provoking and honest.
Musically it sounds really simple, but by hell the band got it right.
I doubt I will hear another album as good as this in 2008 - it really is something very, very special and well deserved of critical accolades.
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