Leaders of the Free World

by Elbow

Leaders of the Free World cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 September 2005
  • Label: V2
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 49:32
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Jason Boshoff, Prabjote Osahn, Alexis Smith, Tom Rothrock, Stella Page

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Self-produced at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, the band's third full-length album broadens their emotional scope with highly textured, anthemic songwriting. Guy Garvey's warm, confessional vocal performances elevate the intricate, piano-and-string augmented arrangements, balancing grand romanticism with sharp, socially conscious commentary.

Genres

Descriptors: political, conscious, atmospheric, orchestral, soaring

Tracklist

  1. Station Approach (4:22)
  2. Picky Bugger (3:07)
  3. Forget Myself (5:22)
  4. The Stops (5:03)
  5. Leaders of the Free World (6:11)
  6. An Imagined Affair (4:43)
  7. Mexican Standoff (4:01)
  8. The Everthere (4:13)
  9. My Very Best (5:33)
  10. Great Expectations (5:05)
  11. Puncture Repair (1:48)

Credits

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