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Build a Rocket Boys!
Rock · 2011 · 11 tracks · 51m

Build a Rocket Boys!

Elbow

A masterfully paced collection of nostalgic art-rock. Orchestral swells meet hushed, intimate piano ballads about growing up and growing older.

March 7, 2011 · Polydor

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A gentle, nostalgic ache that feels like watching the sun set over your hometown.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 51m
01
The Birds
8:03
02
Lippy Kids
6:06
03
With Love
4:12
04
Neat Little Rows
5:40
05
Jesus Is a Rochdale Girl
3:18
06
The Night Will Always Win
4:25
07
High Ideals
5:39
08
The River
2:51
09
Open Arms
4:54
10
The Birds (reprise)
1:32
11
Dear Friends
5:01
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the Hallé Youth Choir enters on Lippy Kids, turning a simple whistle melody into a communal anthem.
The eight-minute expansion of The Birds where the motorik beat slowly dissolves into a lush, cinematic string arrangement.
The stark, skeletal piano on The Night Will Always Win that makes Guy Garvey's vocal feel like he's whispering in your ear.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Build a Rocket Boys! sound next to the rest of Elbow's catalogue?

Dusk+2.4σ

Dusk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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