Name: Cast Of Thousands - Elbow
Brand: Elbow
SKU: 0602527778839
Price: 11.91 EUR
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Artist

Alternative rock band from, Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1990, originally called Mr. Soft (later shortened to Soft) and comprised of guitarist and back up vocalist Mark Potter, bassist Pete Turner and drummer Richard Jupp. Vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Guy Garvey was asked by Mark to join the band when they met at college (both were 16 at the time). Mark's brother keyboardist and back up vocalist Craig Potter joined soon afterwards.

They changed their name to Elbow in 1997 after Guy heard a character from a BBC TV Drama "The Singing Detective" say that the word "Elbow" is the most sensual word in the English language, not for its definition, but for how it feels to say and how it looks on the page.

They were also signed by Island Records in 1997, but due to a takeover and indie band jettison-attitude by Universal in 1998, their Steve Osborne produced debut album was scrapped. Only a self-issued (now) ultra rare E.P. and a compilation appearance of one of the songs document this period.

In 2000 they put out their first release proper, an E.P. on a small indie label Ugly Man Records before they were eventually signed to Richard Branson's V2 in 2001.

Winner of the 2008 Mercury Prize (for best British album) for The Seldom Seen Kid.

Drummer Richard Jupp left the band of his own choice to pursue drum tutoring in 2016.

Tracks

CD1-1 Ribcage 06:27

CD1-2 Fallen Angel 04:08

CD1-3 Fugitive Motel 05:52

CD1-4 Snooks (Progress Report) 04:00

CD1-5 Switching Off 05:05

CD1-6 Not A Job 04:24

CD1-7 I've Got Your Number 04:48

CD1-8 Buttons And Zips 03:58

CD1-9 Crawling With Idiot 04:42

CD1-10 Grace Under Pressure 04:57

CD1-11 Flying Dream 143 01:48

CD2-1 Cast Of Thousands - Intro 02:14

CD2-2 Ribcage (Live) 06:05

CD2-3 Fallen Angel (Live) 04:24

CD2-4 Fugitive Motel (Live) 05:37

CD2-5 Snooks (Progress Report) (Live) 06:03

CD2-6 I've Got Your Number (Live) 05:36

CD2-7 Switching Off (Radio Session) 04:52

CD2-8 Not A Job (Radio Session) 03:06

CD2-9 Grace Under Pressure (Radio Session) 05:18

CD2-10 Fugitive Motel (Radio Session) 05:31

CD2-11 I've Got Your Number (Radio Session) 04:50

DVD1 Cast Of Thousands Movie

Releases

Formats

CD, CDr, Vinyl, File

Labels

UMe, Polydor, UMC, Sum Records , V2

Countries

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, Hong Kong, UK & Europe, USA & Europe

years

2003, 2004, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020

Members

Guy Garvey,Craig Potter,Mark Potter,Pete Turner,~~Richard Jupp~~