ELBOW THE BEST OF OUT NOW | SOLD-OUT NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WRAPPED THIS MONTH
Republic Records
Manchester band elbow just wrapped a successful and SOLD-OUT run across North America this month, which included a late night television performance on NBCβs The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (watch below), where they performed current single βMagnificent (She Says)β, and βOne Day Like Thisβ, plus a day-time television performance and interview with esteemed host Anthony Mason on CBSβ This Morning: Saturday.The band also played awe-inspiring live sessions for WNYCβs SoundcheckΒ and KCRWβs Morning Becomes Eclectic.
On Friday, November 24 the band also released their latest full-length album The Best Of via Republic Records in North America. A collection of their best moments to date, the album covers two CDs (in its deluxe form) and features tracks from the bandβs seven studio albums, highlighting their incredible musical output over the last eighteen years. From the release of their βNewbornβ EP in 1999, the collection stretches all the way to 2017, with the bonus track of the bandβs version of The Beatles βGolden Slumbers,β as heard on the current John Lewis Christmas commercial directed by Michel Gondry.
βBest Ofβs are a good way of introducing new fans to a big back catalogue.β Explains front man and lyricist Guy Garvey on the bandβs reasoning behind this release. βMy first Leonard Cohen album was The Best Of, same with Fleetwood Mac and Nick Drake. It took ages for us to decide what should go on ours but we got there in the end. We are really proud of this. Itβs full of memories.β
The Best Of comes in two versions. The standard version features global hits βOne Day Like Thisβ and βGrounds For Divorce,β alongside their current US singleΒ βMagnificent (She Says),βΒ taken from the bandβs current studio album and UK Number One, βLittle Fictions.βΒ Earlier work is represented by live favoritesΒ βMirrorball,β βScattered Black and Whites,β βLeaders Of The Free WorldβΒ andΒ βLippy Kids,β βa gorgeous meditation on adolescenceβ (The Guardian) and a stand out moment in all elbow live shows.
The second version is the deluxe release, which goes further into the bandβs history and album releases, again spanning their entire career to date. The song that first brought the band to mass public attention, βNewborn,β is included along with its follow up and fellowΒ NME Single Of The Week, βAny Day Nowβ andΒ βThe Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driverββ the song the band performed live on the night that they won theΒ 2008 Mercury Music PrizeΒ for βThe Seldom Seen Kid.βΒ This version also contains the bandβs most recent original recording, βKindling (Fickle Flame)β featuring John Grant.
The album highlights an incredible ongoing career which has encompassed twoΒ Ivor NovelloΒ awards, the quadruple platinum album βThe Seldom Seen Kidβ and twoΒ UK Number One albums; 2014βs βThe Take Off and Landing of EverythingβΒ and this yearβsΒ βLittle Fictions.β In that time, the band have wonΒ 2008βs Mercury Music PrizeΒ (for βThe Seldom Seen Kidβ), theΒ 2009 BRITS βBest British GroupβΒ and a host ofΒ NME, Q and Mojo Awards.
elbow have been lauded for one of the landmark Pyramid Stage performances atΒ Glastonbury Festival, collaborated with theΒ BBC Concert OrchestraΒ andΒ Manchesterβs HallΓ© Orchestra. In 2012 they were commissioned to write βFirst Stepsβ which sound-tracked theΒ BBC’S London OlympicsΒ TV coverage with the band also performing at the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium to a global television audience of 750 million people.Β This yearβs secret appearance at Glastonburyβs Park Stage drew a record crowd on site and was the most watched set from the festival on BBC.
Always a band that has attracted deserved critical praise for their recordings, (elbow were the first act in history to receive four consecutive 9/10 album reviews from NME), this best of album is the perfect introduction to the amazing musical legacy to date of one of the countryβs most beloved and most successful acts, demonstrating that most rare thing in modern music; a band whose story and influence continues to grow with every release.
The Best OfΒ is available in the U.S as a standard and deluxe digital download from 24th November.
Advance purchasers of the digital download will receive βGolden Slumbersβ on receipt of order.
The Best OfΒ Track Listing
Standard Version
Grounds for Divorce
Magnificent (She Says)
Lippy Kids
One Day Like This
The Bones of You
My Sad Captains
Leaders of the Free World
Mirrorball
Fugitive Motel
New York Morning
Great Expectations
The Birds
Scattered Black and Whites
bonus track
Golden Slumbers
Deluxe Version (Bonus Tracks)
Any Day Now
Fly Boy Blue / Lunette
Weather to Fly
Station Approach
Switching Off
Little Fictions
This Blue World
Kindling (Fickle Flame) featuring John Grant
Newborn
Puncture Repair
The Night Will Always Win
Starlings
The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
Dear Friends
Elbow’s seventh studio album Little Fictions is out now worldwide.
Elbow
The Best Of
(Republic Records)
Release Date: November 24, 2017