elbow greatest hits... (the ultimate elbow album!!!!)

ok... youve gotta make an elbow album consisting of 12 songs, all ordered correctly so its like a proper album... heres my attempt...


1. ribcage
2. forget myself
3. grounds for divorce
4. leaders of the free world
5. powder blue
6. picky bugger (mcgregor - hidden track)
7. i've got your number
8. one day like this
9. great expectations (puncture repair - hidden track)
10. fallen angel
11. my very best
12. grace under pressure



i think that's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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what dou you think of mine and whats yours gonne be????

x.

I'll do this cuz it seems like a fun game but I'm of the opinion that albums should stay the way they are, as the artist intended. Best Ofs are generally evil bastardizations

1. Any Day Now
2. Fugitive Motel
3. Grounds for Divorce
4. Great Expectations
5. Some Riot
6. The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
7. Mirrorball
8. Can't Stop
9. Switching Off
10. Bitten by the Tailfly
11. Newborn
12. Scattered Black and Whites

Yeah, I think that'd be pretty cool. Too many vital songs lost, though =| Original point - best ofs are evil.

i totally agree with you there. best ofs are shite. but i thought this would be a bit of fun.

Best Ofs are like the England Football team...getting all the best together doesn't necessarily result in harmony

thats a great analogy. although football has been the bain of british culture for the last 20 years

Gotta be honest and give credit for the analogy to Frank Skinner, and it was the other way round when he said it.

haha. i do like frank skinner. doesnt beat dylan moran though.

leo wrote:

i totally agree with you there. best ofs are shite. but i thought this would be a bit of fun.

You were right, I did enjoy it Let's see yours, Trev! ....when you get back.

Ooh i like this:
(First post by the way, hi )

Station Approach
Red
Bones of You
Powder Blue
Bitten By the Tailfly
Switching Off
The Stops
Tower Crane Driver
Newborn
Great Expectations
Mirrorball
Scattered Black and Whites

Bah hard to do actually, so many lovely tracks left out. I think this is better than a typical best of, as they don't usually (as i've seen) give any thought to track order.

Tough one but I have compiled my vinyl-version .

Side one ( uptempo and anthems )

1. Ribcage
2. Grounds for Divorce
3. One Day Like This
4. Forget Myself
5. Coming Second
6. Newborn

Side two ( slower and melancholic )

1. Mirrorball
2. Asleep in the back
3. Presuming ed
4. Switching off
5. My very best
6. Some riot

Forgot to say Welcome to Steveissteve !!!

If you haven't already, worth posting on the Elbow patch "Welcome to elbow room only!Please introduce yourself " thread.

Good choice BTW

I was going to make a thread like this - but with the proviso you'd have to pick a track 1 (Any Day Now / Ribcage / Station Approach / Starlings) to be your first track, a track 2 for your second, and so on. Excluding bonus tracks (AITB! Oh no!) you get 11 lots of 4 songs to choose from... and as the example there shows, it sure ain't easy!

I'll get back to you with my choices

yesman wrote:

Forgot to say Welcome to Steveissteve !!!

If you haven't already, worth posting on the Elbow patch "Welcome to elbow room only!Please introduce yourself " thread.

Good choice BTW

Thanks, hi Will do, i like your 2-sided vinyl idea, i might have to think up a concept album, i've been making elbow playlists for my friends lately to introduce them, and there's so much you can do it's fantastic. I like the idea of one that builds to a big multi-song climax in the middle and then trails off, i'll have to give it some thought

Eag wrote:

I was going to make a thread like this - but with the proviso you'd have to pick a track 1 (Any Day Now / Ribcage / Station Approach / Starlings) to be your first track, a track 2 for your second, and so on. Excluding bonus tracks (AITB! Oh no!) you get 11 lots of 4 songs to choose from... and as the example there shows, it sure ain't easy!

I'll get back to you with my choices

Ooh, this ain't easy! but here goes:

1) Station Approach
2) Red
3) Fugitive Motel
4) Powder Blue
5) Switching Off
6) Weather To Fly
7) Newborn
8 The Everthere
9) Some Riot
10) Great Expectations
11) Friend Of Ours

I tried to give all four LPs an even representation, but have obviously had to leave out some favourites.

I'm gonne re-do mine, because I first did it when I had only just got into Elbow.

So, now I'm a weathered fan; here I go...

1) Ribcage
2) Bones Of You
3) Leaders Of The Free World
4) Mirrorball
5) An Imagined Affair
6) Coming Second
7) Fugitive Motel
8 ) Station Approach
9) The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver
10) Great Expectations (Puncture Repair)
11)One Day Like This
12) Grace Under Pressure ... 2 minute gap ... - Friend Of Ours


Yeh I cheated a little bit. But I'm sorry Great Expectations and Puncture Repair were MADE to go together. and, loads of albums leave a gap at the end and have a hidden track.

I suppose that really its just my feeble attempt to try and cram in more songs; because i feel as though I've made this far to difficult with only 12 tracks.

I keep looking at what I've chose, and thinking that there's stuff I've missed. Ah well. *leave it now Leo, leave it!*




EDIT: If you do an 8 with a bracket infront of it you get a chap with sunglasses, so I've had to leave a gap

Ha! Ha! - I thought I was seeing things the other night when I did my list and couldn't get rid of the bloody sunglasses smilie! I just left the bracket out in the end

Station Approach
Powder Blue
Ribcage
Fallen Angel
Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
Forget Myself
Crawling with Idiot
Grounds for Divorce
Audience with the Pope
Fugitive Motel
Newborn
Leaders of the Free World

Very difficult but here's mine

1)Starlings
2)Ribcage
3)Grounds For Divorce
4)Red
5)Station Approach
6)My Very Best
7)Fugitive Motel
8)Leaders Of The Free World
9)Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver
10)Mirrorball
11)Scatterred Black and Whites
12)One Day Like This

Newborn, Forget Myself, Bones of You, The Stops, Crawling with Idiot and Fallen Angel just missed out unfortuantly.

Hmmm, ok this is a tough one....

1 - Station Approach
2 - Grounds for Divorce
3 - Presuming Ed (Rest Easy)
4 - Ribcage
5 - Mexican Standoff
6 - Some Riot
7 - Crawling with Idiot
8 - Forget Myself
9 - Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
10 - Grace Under Pressure
11 - An Imagined Affair
12 - Starlings

I could have changed my mind by tomorrow mind you!!

This is really hard!

1. Ribcage
2. Starlings
3. Bitten By The Tailfly
4. The Stops
5. Newborn
6. Grounds For Divorce
7. Weather To Fly
8. An Audience With The Pope
9. Forget Myself
10. Mirrorball
11. Scattered Black and Whites
12. Friend of Ours

1. Asleep In The Back
2. Fugitive Motel
3. Station Approach
4. Starlings
5. The Stops
6. Newborn
7. Switching Off
8. Great Expectations
9. Mirrorball
10. Scattered Black And Whites
11. One Day Like This
12. Grace Under Pressure

1. Station Approach
2. Fugitive Motel
3. Newborn
4. Great Expectations
5. Bones Of You
6. The Stops
7. Leaders Of The Free World
8. Mirrorball
9. Red
10. Grounds For Divorce
11. The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver
12. Forget Myself

Jeez, that was difficult, actually felt really BAD for leaving out some classics.

You'll need way more than 12 songs, I'm thinking 20:

Any Day Now
Red*
Powder Blue
Asleep In The Back
Can't Stop or Coming Second
Ribcage*
Fugitive Motel*
Not A Job
Grace Under Pressure*
Station Approach*
Picky Bugger
Forget Myself
Leaders Of The Free World*
My Very Best
Great Expectations*
Starlings*
Bones Of You*
Mirrorball (the intro)*
Grounds For Divorce*
An Audience With The Pope
One Day Like This*
The Fix
Friend Of Ours

That's 23, those noted are the twelve who would be my picks.

For reference purposes, this was the iTunes Essentials "The Basics" Elbow playlist. (It's no longer available on iTunes for some reason.) I'll note after the list its essential problem:

• Grounds for Divorce
  
• One Day Like This
  
• Newborn
  
• Not a Job
  
• Mirrorball
  
• Red
  
• Fallen Angel
  
• Scattered Black and Whites
  
• The Bones of You
  
• Fugitive Motel
  
• Switching Off
  
• Grace Under Pressure

What's missing? Anything from Leaders of the Free World.

And, for kicks, this was the iTunes "Next Steps" compilation:

• Asleep in the Back
  
• Ribcage
  
• Any Day Now
  
• Powder Blue
  
• Snowball
  
• Loss
  
• Some Riot
  
• Coming Second
  
• Starlings
  
• Buttons and Zips
  
• Snooks (Progress Report)
  
• The Fix
  
• I've Got Your Number
  
• Red (Acoustic Version)

Again, no Leaders. *shrug*

I'll put my thinking cap on and distill a 12-track "Essentials" compilation. It can go with the B-sides compilation I sequenced a few months ago.

Your favourite track one off each album, your favourite track two, your favourite track three etc etc...

1. Any Day Now
2. Red
3. Forget Myself
4. Powder Blue
5. Switching Off
6. Newborn
7. The Lonliness Of A Towercrane Driver
8. The Everthere
9. Some Riot
10. Great Expectations
11. Scattered Black & Whites

Your turn. Go!

EDIT: Probably should have been in 'Elbow Music', feel free to move it.