The Take Off and Landing of Everything

by Elbow

The Take Off and Landing of Everything cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 March 2014
  • Label: Fiction
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 57:14
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Zoe Colman, Beatrice Schirmer, Caroline Abbott, Lyn Fletcher, Piero Gasparini, Peter McPhail, Rachel Meerloo, Grania Royce, Jane Hallett, Guy Garvey, Tim Barber, Julian Mottram, Mark Potter, Katharine Curlett, Daniel Storer, Simon Turner, Dale Culliford, John Purton, Rosemary Attree, Richard Jupp, Paulette Bayley, Bob Marsh, Pete Turner, Craig Potter, Elizabeth Bosworth, Steven Proctor, Chris Emerson, Julia Hanson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Written largely while frontman Guy Garvey was spending six months living in New York City, the record heavily navigates feelings of displacement, aging, and the dissolution of a long-term relationship. The band strips back some of their stadium-ready bombast for subtle, deeply melancholic orchestral arrangements and incredibly intimate, poetic lyricism. It became their very first album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, breakup, atmospheric, orchestral, sweeping

Tracklist

  1. This Blue World (7:12)
  2. Charge (5:16)
  3. Fly Boy Blue / Lunette (6:23)
  4. New York Morning (5:19)
  5. Real Life (Angel) (6:47)
  6. Honey Sun (4:56)
  7. My Sad Captains (6:00)
  8. Colour Fields (3:42)
  9. The Take Off and Landing of Everything (7:11)
  10. The Blanket of Night (4:22)

Credits

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