build a rocket boys!

mouxlaloulouda wrote:

A video for 'Open arms'!
http://www.nme.com/nme-video/elbow/813429430001

Nice!

The chorus is a lovely anthemic singalong. And the rest is beautiful.

natalia wrote:

Maybe 7 digital will take my money?

I know their US site is different to the UK one.
http://www.7digital.com/Search

I use them quite a lot here in the UK but I'm not sure about international purchases though ? - Hope it works out for you.

nice vid, great track too !

I don't want to ruin it for the more patient of us who are waiting until the official release, but I have to say this: "The River" is absolutely beautiful. It's like BARB's version of "Puncture Repair," but distinctly different and with the addition of a choir.

Kim wrote:

Managed to chat to Mark after last night's show and he thinks they'll lose out on number 1 album to Adele!!

I've got my copy today and I'd love to open it (but it's for Marion's birthday tomorrow) as I want to check where the backing for Open Arms was recorded. They asked the crowd at Wembley Arena to sing it but maybe that happened at other venues too. If it was Wembley, I was hoping to claim my second No.1 album

mouxlaloulouda wrote:

A video for 'Open arms'!
http://www.nme.com/nme-video/elbow/813429430001

I just love this band. I mean, I love them so effin' much. That's really all I can say - other than, I cannot wait to see this one done live at the MEN. And thanks for posting that link, mouxlaloulouda!

I can't tell you how NERVOUS I am about Monday when I buy the album.

I SOOOOO don't want to get disappointed.....as Chrissie has said above, my love for them is growing and growing - I'm really buzzing off the comments from the Junction gig !

You won't be (disappointed) honest! Mine came today and I'm just loving it in all its beaufitul, emotional, varied, deep glory.

As wonderful as ever.

I just got home from work and was over the moon to find both copies from HMV waiting for me

I'm listening as I speak and I love it! I'm still too excited to pick favourites as yet - which would also be a bit silly on first listen - and I'm only up to Open Arms (what a beautiful song) but I can safely say... it's fantastic


I really can't wait to see them now, I got my MEN tickets in the post on Thursday but there's no sign of my Sheffield ones yet.

Anybody got the deluxe version yet? Any differences worth the extra cash? Or is it just a digipack?

I got it aswell as the standard version; it is indeed a digipack

Er... sorry to be really dull here, but what is a digipak?

It's when they put CDs in cardboard instead of plastic, and then charge more for it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digipak

damn.... should have pre-ordered from Amazon after all - and might have had it in my hands...
i keep logging in to 7 digital - but it keeps saying your pre-order is available on the 7th.....
looks like a late night on Sunday - or an early morning monday to download and burn off

MagicalTrevor wrote:

It's when they put CDs in cardboard instead of plastic, and then charge more for it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digipak

Thank you.

We've played the album several times now. Good work boys and well done Craig for making Mrs Pixie's dad's old stereo sound so good. Shame you replaced our vocals with the Halle Youth Choir but we forgive you. Still think ours was better though!

Just had my first listen. Immensely satisfying, warm, multi-textured and multi-layered; grandeur without grandiosity. Grace without the pressure.

First thought was how much "Jesus Is A Rochdale Girl" complements "Scattered Black and Whites".

If the latter is a reflection on childhood memories, it seems to me the new song explores similar areas but this time fast-forwarded to the teenage years; "Scattered Polaroids", if you will.

Also struck me that maybe there's a recognition on the album that the "black and white" generation have all passed on now. I wonder if the old man's voice used on "The Birds (Reprise)" is intended in some way to represent that generation?

It's on the iPod. That's my listening week sorted. And remember: Fingers are for pointing at the sky.

MagicalTrevor wrote:

Anybody got the deluxe version yet? Any differences worth the extra cash? Or is it just a digipack?

I tried asking before pre-ordering but no-one knew so I went for the "deluxe" version in the end - of course I don't know what the ordinary one is like, but the digipak has a lyric booklet which I imagine is just like the one you'd get in an ordinary jewel case. No other difference as far as I can see.

But the quality of the music and just having it has soon made me forget any annoyance.

Yeah, to be honest the digipack version is literally just a nice card case with a booklet inside the sleeve section - a booklet that is the same as the ordinary CD booklet.

There's is no need to have both, but I thought i would be nice to have them both anyway. If you don't have the digipack version, you're not missing out on anything.

on about 7th listen, like all elbow elbow albums they need time. Went through a stage of semi indifference to some of it, but now it's all fitting together like a beautiful puzzle. OK i've had a beer and me footy team won today, but right now the love is strong for this one....over and out

I agree, disappointed in the 'Deluxe' version. love Oliver's drawings, I thought there were videos, or did I just make that up?

LongLegs wrote:

I agree, disappointed in the 'Deluxe' version. love Oliver's drawings, I thought there were videos, or did I just make that up?

The videos (The River, Jesus Is A Rochdale Girl & Dear Friends) are on the itunes "bonus track version".

Love: The Birds, Jesus..., Open Arms
Need more time: The River, High Ideals, Dear Friends

How's that for a quick review?!

to those of you with the album in your grubby little paws: I'm very jealous!

I'm waiting on the vinyl, which I think someone said was delayed, though I don't recall any emails... and even if it DID ship on time the postal service in our village is decidedly second rate so I wouldn't expect to see it for a few days anyway... argh!

Guy tweeted this earlier in regard to the vinyl:

http://twitter.com/#!/Guy_Garvey/statuses/44050641076760576