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Music : Leaders of the Free World
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Leaders of the Free World by: Elbow |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5033197325521 Format: Import Label: V2 Int'l Manufacturer: V2 Int'l Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: V2 Int'l Release Date: October 18, 2005 Studio: V2 Int'l Sales Rank: 128447 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Elbow returns with their 3rd release. Delivering another stunning album of gorgeously epic songs. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - rock in top formSuper melodic rock music. Love the lead singers voice, full, sensitive, forceful, satisfying. Elbow is the most underrated and unknown Brit-rock band.. and one of these days they'll break out to the masses, they deserve it. their live show is fantastic if you can catch it! Rating:  - This music is addictive...This is a cd where a song will get stuck in your head and you have to hear it 10 times before it goes away...don't worry though, the other songs take their turn. Every song evokes different feelings. If you love music like I do, you will have this cd stuck in the cd changer for a good long while! Rating: - Bloody solid...We Yanks may have invented rock & roll, but the Brits have taken it to truly astonishing places. Elbow, like many other English bands, creates beautifully atmospheric songs with clever hooks, walls of sound and sparse arrangements, all the while doing so with such poise and sincerity. Guy Garvey's throaty, effortless vocals and visual lyrics add a depth to which other bands of comparable musical aplomb can only aspire. I've only recently stumpled upon Elbow, but am endlessly glad I have. Elbow, honestly, is what Catherine Wheel could have been without the over-the-top production. Elbow really are one of the best finds for me in the last year or so and are finding daily play at work, at home or on walks with the iPod. Rating: - Leaders of the Free WorldOne of the first songs I ever heard by Elbow was the excellent "Forget Myself". To me, the song sounded a bit like Doves, perhaps cause Guy Garvey sounds a bit like Doves frontman Jimi Goodwin. And though Elbow gets various comparisons to Coldplay, Doves, Peter Gabriel and even Radiohead, I will say that Elbow is definitely their own band, and bring something fresh and new to this genre of music. As far as this album, I think its terrific. Pretty much every song is good, some of them being just brilliant. The album opens up with the excellent "Station Approach", that slowly builds up to epic form. The steady rhythm of "Picky Bugger" mixed with a high octave chorus is great. The next three tracks "Forget Myself", "The Stops", and "Leaders of ... Read More: Rating: - They keep getting better!And what more can you ask from any band but this? This album has a wonderful acoustic sense about it. Full, lush production. And Guy Garvey's voice has never sounded better (for those of you still unsure, imagine Peter Gabriel meets Seal... but put to more acoustic fair). Lyrically this is as strong as anything they've ever done. If I was to direct any critisism it would be that the final 4 songs are on the slower side with the best of the bunch "My Very Best" amongst them. However, this doesn't make for a perfect listening experience IMO simply because it seenms to deflate (ever so slightly) what had been building throughout the album. This is but a nitpick though and hardly worth mentioning. |
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