Posted November 12, 20177 yr Elbow have announced details of their greatest hits album, featuring a collection of singles and tracks from 2001 to present. The album includes their cover of The Beatles' Golden Slumbers, as featured in this year's John Lewis Christmas advert. http://cdn1.umg3.net/59/files/2017/11/bestof400.jpg Disc 1 - Standard Edition 1. Grounds For Divorce 2. Magnificent (She Says) 3. Lippy Kids 4. One Day Like This 5. The Bones Of You 6. My Sad Captains 7. Leaders Of The Free World 8. Mirrorball 9. Fugitive Motel 10. New York Morning 11. Great Expectations 12. The Birds 13. Scattered Black And Whites 14. Golden Slumbers Disc 2 - Deluxe Edition 1. Any Day Now 2. Fly Boy Blue / Lunette 3. Weather To Fly 4. Station Approach 5. Switching Off 6. Little Fictions 7. This Blue World 8. Kindling (Fickle Flame) [feat. John Grant] 9. Newborn 10. Puncture Repair 11. The Night Will Always Win 12. Starlings 13. The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver 14. Dear Friends LMCuKltaY3M
November 12, 20177 yr Surprised that Open Arms didn’t make it. Nor the olympics coverage theme from 2012.
November 12, 20177 yr Surprised that Open Arms didn’t make it. Nor the olympics coverage theme from 2012. The Olympic theme may be missing because of an issue with the rights. Was it released on Elbow's normal label or on the BBC label?
November 12, 20177 yr It must be a legal thing as otherwise it should certainly be on the track listing. I hope this does well for them as they have released so many good tracks over the years.
November 16, 20177 yr This must be one of the few Greatest Hits collections that leaves off the band's highest charting hits. Asleep In The Back, Fallen Angel & Lost Myself, all top 20 hits, didn't make the cut, on either the standard or deluxe edition! I wonder if there's rights issues around these tracks as well (as I recall, their first 3 albums were released on a different label, therefore it's probably more expensive to licence them for the GH, hence why they've might have stuck to minimal tracks from these releases).
November 17, 20177 yr I didn’t even spot the omission of Asleep In The Back - one of my absolute faves of theirs.
November 18, 20177 yr There is a reasonable amount of variation, it's only The Seldom Seen Kid which has a lot of representation. 02 Cast of Thousands 02 Asleep in the Back 04 Leaders of the Free World 08 The Seldom Seen Kid 04 Build a Rocket Boys! 04 The Take Off and Landing of Everything 03 Little Fictions They have left singles off from all albums (only 2 of their 4 from Little Fictions, 3/5 from The Take Off... and just 1/3 from Build a Rocket Boys) but then it is a Best Of, rather than a Greatest Hits, which I think makes sense when you look at some of the stuff that weren't chosen as singles. Really interesting choices overall.
November 18, 20177 yr If I were to make myself Elbow Best of, sticking to 1 hr 20 limit, I'd go for... Any Day Now Newborn Grave Under Pressure Station Approach Forget Myself Starlings Mirrorball One Day Like This The Birds Lippy Kids New York Morning My Sad Captains Magnificent (She Says) Difficult! Extending to a Deluxe: Asleep in the Back Scattered Black and Whites Ribcage Snooks (Progress Report) Leaders of the Free World Grounds for Divorce Weather To Fly Friend of Ours The Night Will Always Win High Ideals First Steps This Blue World Charge Fly Boy Blue / Lunette Lost Worker Bee
November 18, 20177 yr For me Asleep In The Back and Cast Of Thousands is when they were TRULY great, it's a shame they're not really represented here. :(
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