i remember well listening to elbows first album back in 2001 and remember being disapointed on first listen but after a week or so i had it on full repeat...maybe back then it was too unusual for my brit pop tastes but now its an exciting time for me when an elbow disc arrives...the new album features as before the strange feedback sounds the string arrangements popping up and dying instantly and guy garveys outstanding northern soul voice...the tracks that stand out for me are "starlings""some riot""one day like this" but best of all is "lonliness of a tower crane driver" it's just so enthralling.."i must of been working the roads that day...as your hand slipped from mine" it just sent shivers up my spine the first time i listened to it...they used to be compared to radiohead and even coldplay...but come on this IS elbow..they sound like no one else...and that is a good thing

The only way the listening experience of this album can be bettered is by being there to hear the live show.Superb and repeated listens only reveal more depth.Im a convert!

Best album I have heard this year. I listen to Elbow an awful lot just now and little else. They are just SO good. Every album they have released has been great. Do not dismiss after one , two or three listens-all the songs get under your skin and into your head. BTW I am 60 and usually hate modern bands but Elbow live up to any band I have ever loved in my long musical life.