The reissue of Leaders of the Free World, Elbow's third album, which sees the band try to beat down their major league contemporaries with a more ambitious set of songs. The results are impressive and may form the band's best work yet. Beginning with the beautiful, slow-building Station Approach, and ending with the short but touching Puncture Repair, Leaders of the Free World takes in an a host of minor classics along the way including the captivating title track. The album is the result of a collaborative project between the band and film-makers, the Soup Collective.
Track list:
- Station Approach
- Picky Bugger
- Forget Myself
- The Stops
- Leaders of the Free World
- An Imagined Affair
- Mexican Standoff
- The Everthere
- My Very Best
- Great Expectations
- Puncture Repair
RIYL: Supergrass, The Charlatans, Doves