Asleep in the back

Asleep in the back
Elbow studio album
Publication (s)	2001
Label (s)	V2 records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	12
running time	61:38
occupation	Guy Garvey: vocals, backing vocals Mark Potter: electric and acoustic guitar Craig Potter: piano, keyboard, percussion, backing vocals Pete Turner: bass guitar, Jupp: drums, percussion, backing vocals
production	Elbow, Danny Evans, Ben Hillier, Steve Osborne
Studio (s)	Parr Street Studios, Liverpool
chronology - Asleep in the back Cast of Thousands (2003)

Asleep in the Back is the debut album by the English rock band Elbow and was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001.

Music genre

The music of Elbow in general, and Asleep in the Back in particular, is often compared to the music of Travis , The Verve , Radiohead and Coldplay .

History of origin

The group was only able to release the album very late after various difficulties. At the time of publication, the band had shared stage experience for almost ten years.

Track list

"All in all, the whole album is a rather gloomy work, which, however, in no way can obscure the intertwined romantic ideas."

- Sasha Oriwall

1. Any Day Now - 6:17 am
2. Red - 5:11
3. Little Beast - 4:15
4. Powder Blue - 4:31
5. Request by the Tailfly - 6:16 am
6. Asleep in the Back - 3:47
7. Newborn - 7:36
8. Don't Mix Your Drinks - 3:16
9. Presuming Ed (Rest Easy) - 5:26
10. Coming Second - 4:56
11. Can't Stop - 4:36
12. Scattered Black and Whites - 5:30

Publications and chart successes

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Asleep in the back   UK 14th 05/19/2001 (7 weeks)

Singles

Red   UK 36 05/05/2001 (1 week) Powder blue   UK 41 07/21/2001 (1 week) Newborn   UK 42 10/20/2001 (1 week) Asleep in the back / coming second   UK 19th 02/16/2002 (3 weeks)

The album narrowly missed the leap into the top ten in Great Britain. The associated singles, however, were only considered to be of moderate success there. No chart successes could be achieved in other countries.

Eight years after the album was released, a Deluxe Edition was released in 2009 , which includes the album as well as live recordings and other mixes of Elbow songs from 2001.

reception

The New Musical Express voted the album in the November 2009 edition at number 30 of the 100 best albums of the decade.
Pitchfork rated the album 7.4 out of 10, while Andy Kellmann from Allmusic gave it 3 out of 5 stars.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Albums of the Year. Shortlists 2001. In: mercuryprize.com. Retrieved November 12, 2010 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Sascha Oriwall: Great Brit Pop without the Rock'n'Proll attitudes of the Gallagher Brut. In: Laut.de . May 7, 2001, accessed November 9, 2010 (review). 
3. ↑ Ted Kessler: Elbow: Asleep In The Back. Masterful melancholy debut from Bury's heaviest. In: New Musical Express . September 12, 2005, accessed November 22, 2010 (English, review). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Joe Tangari: Album review. Asleep Elbow-Asleep in the Back. In: pitchfork.com. February 5, 2002, accessed November 22, 2010 (English, review). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Elbow in the Official UK Charts (English)
6. ↑ Mike Diver: Elbow Asleep in the Back: Deluxe Edition Review. An essential purchase for anyone yet to call this album their own. In: BBC. November 3, 2009, accessed November 9, 2010 (English, review). 
7. ↑ The Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade. Elbow - Asleep In The Back. In: New Musical Express . November 18, 2009, archived from the original on January 24, 2011 ; accessed on January 25, 2011 (English). 
8. ^ Andy Kellmann: Asleep in the Back-Elbow. In: allmusic.vom. Retrieved November 22, 2010 (English, review).