build a rocket boys!

I pre-ordered the deluxe version through hmw. It's going to be a waiting game, but I think it'll be worth it.

Japanese bonus tracks are normally the b-sides, right? You'll probably have access to the potential bonus tracks before it even releases there, but I could be wrong.

The foil cover info comes from the amazon description, so I have a feeling that's all it will be.

With TSSK, there was an EU edition that matched the JPN edition (at half the price!). Yeah, you got "We're Away," "Hotel Istanbul," and "Lullaby" in that order tagged onto the end. "Hotel Istanbul" alone made that worthwhile, so I'm hoping for something equally stellar on barb!.

This isn't even remotely reliable information, but the barb! wikipedia page was updated a few days ago with the track lengths:

1. "The Birds" – 8:04
2. "Lippy Kids" – 6:06
3. "With Love" – 4:12
4. "Neat Little Rows" – 5:40
5. "Jesus Is a Rochdale Girl" – 3:18
6. "The Night Will Always Win" – 4:25
7. "High Ideals" – 5:39
8. "The River" – 2:51
9. "Open Arms" – 4:54
10. "The Birds (Reprise)" - 1:32
11. "Dear Friends" – 5:01

Hopefully there will be an official source for this kind of information.

Also, they've updated the look of the album's website: http://buildarocketboys.com/

Thank you Ukkonen!!

So maybe the special edition has foil around the outside because inside there is a kit to build a rocket!
That would be great!

thanx ukkonen. so, apparently the records starts with The Birds. we can trust?

An eight minute opener followed by already epic lippy kids!? Wow that's awesome so far! Should be about as long as AITB if thats the case!

Sorry to bring any negativity but I'm slightly nervous about two tracks totalling 14 mins at the start of the album ? thats a brave stance to take for any band unless there is some astronomical shift in the development of the song.
Obviously i'll reserve judgement until i hear them together and i have always loved everything elbow do
.....but there's a naggin doubt there that makes me think i'll end up skipping on half way through those
songs after a while. Hope i'm wrong. Can't wait to hear the album though

The album is available to pre-order on the itunes store and you can hear 30 second previews of all the songs

Just had a listen to these snippets.

Seems like the album covers a lot of ground. Very varied. There's all sorts of stuff in there.

Cant Wait!

Hm, not here in the US.

HattyMarris wrote:

The album is available to pre-order on the itunes store and you can hear 30 second previews of all the songs

can't find it anywhere else yet either... guess i'll just have to wait to preview cause i'm not donwloading itunes grrrr

I am from the Netherlands and in Itunes store at the bottom, you can change your store to United Kingdom, then you are able to listen to the previews. At least I am.

And I have to say it REALLY sounds promising, can not wait for the album !!

I'll keep looking for an official tracklisting. I'm actually surprised that iTunes doesn't have the track lengths, didn't they used to for pre-orders?

Here is the link for the people having difficulty:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/build-rocket-boys-bonus-track/id418626805

Amazon.com has an import pre-order available for $18.23 with a March 15th release date. It's elgible for free super saver shipping with the usual $25+ order.
http://www.amazon.com/Build-Rocket-Boys-Elbow/dp/B004H0N4PC

Did the preview thingy and was really intrigued - what a great mixed bag of sounds/styles! Very optimistic about this album, and at the very least it will be an interesting bunch of tunes, from the way those snippets sound.

I'd not lilke listen a whole album streaming or leak, but for those snippets i can make an exception :
the record sounds great! Probably not so rock...it sounds like Bacarach meets Radiohead.

Can pre-order the MP3 download on Play.Com - £6.99
no preview of tracks yet - but states running length at 00:51:42

http://www.play.com/ProductOutline.aspx?title=18686736&r=DOWNLOAD_ALBUM

This has probably already been covered already, but remember they recorded the crowd at Wembley? Did that make the album? 'Dear Friends', I presume?

ChrissyBoy wrote:

Can pre-order the MP3 download on Play.Com - £6.99
no preview of tracks yet - but states running length at 00:51:42

http://www.play.com/ProductOutline.aspx?title=18686736&r=DOWNLOAD_ALBUM

If that is the running length of the album, then the times I posted could be correct. The times add up to 51:42.

About the 8 minute lead track (confirmed by the Daily Star of all publications)... eMusic forces customers to buy the full album in order to get the longer tracks, so it looks like they partially found a way to get their latest album sold as one piece from at least one online retailer.

This album is shorter than AITB (61:41) and TSSK (57:00). I would include CoT, but it was only the US version that nearly reached an hour in length due to added b-sides. I don't think it will be an issue, truthfully, because if you've listened to AITB with no problem, the track length won't be noticeable.

Misspelt Yoof wrote:

This has probably already been covered already, but remember they recorded the crowd at Wembley? Did that make the album? 'Dear Friends', I presume?

Hmm... The lyrics match Dear Friends, but Guy said it would only make the record if the recording was good enough. Daily Star mentioned: "and a beautiful choral finale", but I think they might have used the Halle Youth Choir instead.

Misspelt Yoof wrote:

This has probably already been covered already, but remember they recorded the crowd at Wembley? Did that make the album? 'Dear Friends', I presume?

From the review in The Word

'Although a crowd delivers the tagline of With Love, it's not until nine songs in, Open Arms that a choir joins the stirringly sentimental refrain 'We've got open arms, for broken hearts like yours, my boy, come home again'.

So it looks like something might have made it on to 'With Love'.

Nine songs in? Isn't "Lippy Kids" backed by a choir?

Got my copy of the album today. I won't spoil things for everybody. All I will say is that it's a grower.

Just heard Lippy Kids on the radio in the Netherlands, apparently it's the single here, because it is the megahit...
No choir on this version, but what a beautiful song it is !!!!!

just found part two of Jupp's interview link if you haven't seen it before

https://www.youtube.com/user/elbowmusicuk?feature=mhsn#p/f/0/MGy1WqNE_os

(Mod edit: Link also added to http://elbow.heavenforum.org/t1203-elbowmusicuk-youtube-channel-latest-uploads#33201 thread)

Cestrian Saint wrote:

Got my copy of the album today. I won't spoil things for everybody. All I will say is that it's a grower.

How did you manage that!!!!???

Who did you order it with??

I'm guessing its more a case of what CestrianSaint does for a living, rather than where he orders his CDs from!