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- Summary: This is the self-produced third album for the Manchester, England band.
- Record Label: V2
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Top Track
| My Very Best | |
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| Well, give that girl my very best Though it never made the grade If it seems that it's just not enough to love Then love lie down And would you tell... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 25
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Mixed: 5 out of 25
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Negative: 1 out of 25
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Few albums are this evocative, and 'Leaders of the Free World' is a thing of rare beauty indeed.
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SpinRife with acid-burn guitars, levee-breaking drums, and vocals that recall Peter Gabriel at his wooziest. [Feb 2006, p.87]
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A masterpiece.
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Leaders Of The Free World is an ambitious and beautiful album that confirms Elbow as one of the bands of our generation.
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A mostly brilliant, though occasionally lackluster, album.
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Why, pray tell, did Elbow decide to start sounding less like Radiohead rip-offs and more like midlife-crisis Travis?
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Alternative PressIt's not that Elbow's half-Travis, half-early-Radiohead Britpop shoegaze routine is patently shitty; it's just hopelessly forgettable. [Mar 2006, p.134]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 37 out of 39
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Mixed: 2 out of 39
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Negative: 0 out of 39
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glynwAug 2, 2009
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MartinWFeb 19, 2006The second half of the album takes a bit of getting into but, once you're in..... it's great!
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HughMSep 26, 2005Elbow get better and better. This album is a ripper!
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TomBMar 23, 2006What Rolling Stone Lacks is top-quality reviewers. And as for Alternative Press...well, look at some of the bands they big up!
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DecepticonPomOct 19, 2005Lushly optimistic. Their 3rd best album to date still head and shoulders above most band's 1st, second and 3rd efforts.
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MichaelKFeb 15, 2006This is a very warm-sounding album on which the songs reel one in upon repeated listening. One of the best albums of 2005.
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KoningWoning.Nov 30, 2005
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