Asleep in the Back
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Asleep in the Back |
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] |
Cover = Asleepintheback.jpg|
Released = [[May 7]], [[2001]] (UK)<br />[[January 22]], [[2002]] (US) |
Recorded = 1997-2001 |
Genre = [[Indie rock]] |
Length = 57:53<br />61:39 (new version) |
Label = [[V2 Records|V2]] |
Producer = [[Steve Osborne]], [[Ben Hillier]], Danny Evans, Elbow |
Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:x0evadokl8w8~T00 link]
* [[Pitchfork Media]] (7.4/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17401-asleep-in-the-back link]
*''[[NME]]'' {{rating-10|9}} [http://www.nme.com/reviews/elbow/5915 link]
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Last album = |
This album = ''Asleep in the Back''<br />(2001) |
Next album = ''[[Cast of Thousands]]''<br />(2003) |
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'''''Asleep In The Back''''' is the debut album by the band [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]. The title track, "Asleep in the Back", was a bonus track added to later editions of the album after it had been released as a single. There are four different versions of the album: a 12-track version, two 11-track versions only featuring either "Asleep in the Back" or "Can't Stop", and a 10-track version including neither of them. The record was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]] in 2001.
Though ''Asleep In The Back'' was the first Elbow album to be released, it was not the first to be recorded. An album's worth of recorded material had been scrapped by the band several years earlier after they were dropped by [[Island Records]].
==Track listing==
===CD:===
# "Any Day Now" – 6:17
# "Red" – 5:11
# "Little Beast" – 4:15
# "Powder Blue" – 4:31
# "Bitten by the Tailfly" – 6:16
# "Asleep in the Back" (Bonus Track) – 3:47
# "Newborn" – 7:36
# "Don't Mix Your Drinks" – 3:16
# "Presuming Ed (Rest Easy)" – 5:26
# "Coming Second" – 4:56
# "Can't Stop" – 4:36
# "Scattered Black and Whites" – 5:30
===Double 12" vinyl:===
'''Side A:'''
# "Any Day Now" – 6:17
# "Red" – 5:11
# "Little Beast" – 4:15
'''Side B:'''
# "Powder Blue" – 4:31
# "Bitten by the Tailfly" – 6:16
# "Vum Garda" - 7:55
'''Side C:'''
# "Newborn" – 7:36
# "Don't Mix Your Drinks" – 3:16
# "Presuming Ed (Rest Easy)" – 5:26
'''Side D:'''
# "Coming Second" – 4:56
# "Can't Stop" – 4:36
# "Scattered Black and Whites" – 5:30
==Singles==
In the UK, there were four singles released from the album:
* "Red" (April 23, 2001)
* "Powder Blue" (July 9, 2001)
* "Newborn" (October 8, 2001)
* "Asleep in the Back" / "Coming Second" (February 4, 2002)
Also, three EPs preceded the album's release:
* ''The Noisebox EP'' (January 1, 1998)
* ''The Newborn EP'' (August 7, 2000)
* ''The Any Day Now EP'' (January 23, 2001)
==Personnel==
===Elbow===
*Guy Garvey – Lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, analogue synth, wine glasses, harmonica, wybercron
*Mark Potter – Electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
*Craig Potter – Piano, organ, backing vocals, analogue synth, percussion, wine glasses, keyboards
*Pete Turner – Bass guitar, analogue synth, backing vocals, wine glasses
*Richard Jupp – Drums, percussion, backing vocals
===Additional musicians===
*The Elbow Choir – Vocals (9,10)
*Danny Evans – Percussion Loops (1)
*Ben Hillier – Percussion (2), Backing Vocals (10)
*Ian Burdge – Cello (2), Musical Director (6)
*Francoise Lemoignan – Saxophone (4)
*Bob Sastri – Brass (5), French Horn (6)
*Nick Coen – Brass (5)
*Martin Field – Bassoon (6)
*Stuart King – Clarinet (6), Bass Clarinet (6)
*Matthew Gunner – French Horn (6)
*Jonathan Snowden – Flute (6), Alto Flute (6)
*Dominic Kelly – Cor Anglais (6)
===Credits===
*Production
**Elbow and Danny Evans (1)
**Elbow (4,9,12)
**Ben Hillier and Elbow (2,3,5,6,9,10)
**Steve Osborne (7,11)
*Woodwind Arrangement on Track 6 - Ian Burdge and Elbow
*Recording
**Danny Evans (1)
**Ben Hillier (2,3,4,5,6,9,10,12)
**Andrea Wright (2,3,4,5,6,9,10,12)
**Elbow (3,8,9,12)
**Steve Lloyd (4)
**Ed Chadwick (6)
**Danton Supple (7,11)
*Mixing
**Danny Evans (1,8)
**Ben Hillier (2,4,5,6,7,9,10,12)
**Andrea Wright (2,4,5,6,7,9,10,12)
**Ed Chadwick (6)
**Steve Osborne (11)
**Clare Lewis (11)
**Bruno Ellington (11)
[[Category:Elbow albums]]
[[Category:2001 albums]]
[[Category:Debut albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Ben Hillier]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Steve Osborne]]
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