Build a Rocket Boys!
Occupation
- Vocals, guitar Guy Garvey
- Guitar, backing vocals: Mark Potter
- Keyboard, Background Vocals: Craig Potter
- E -Bass: Pete Turner
- Drums: Richard Jupp
Build a rocket boys! (German: " Build a rocket, boys," abbreviation " BRB ") is the fifth studio album by Elbow. It appeared in the first country on March 3, 2011 by Fiction Records.
The band attaches importance to the fact that the title of the album is written with small letters and exclamation mark.
Music style
The band describes the album as " much closer to the debut album Asleep in the Back than anything material," but with more positive elements and " groovier ".
Genesis
"It's the first time did our whole lives Are not hanging on the success of a record. And Everyone Has slightly better shoes. "
"It's the first time that our whole existence does not depend on the success of a plate. And everyone has a little better shoes. "
The expectations for this album were in the run particularly high, because it is the first album of the band, which is published almost three years after their previous album The Seldom Seen Kid, with the elbow managed a commercial breakthrough and win including the Mercury Music Prize was.
Concrete plans for BRB began in mid- 2009. At this time there were already first song ideas. But took Elbow aware for the album Time, on the one hand various projects such as to perform a tour in America and on the other hand not " capitalize " the newly reached success and to be able to better create a good album.
When deciding how to make the new album after the great breakthrough with The Seldom Seen Kid, the band has given the choice between several alternatives. Was elected neither the way to launch an attempt to fill the album with stadium hits, nor the way to create "art for art's sake ". Elbow chosen to do what they considered right, as they always did. You think to have created " other" board, and are proud of the result. However, they admit elsewhere that the sound of the album was adapted to large venues.
On 22 December 2010 Garvey called "accidentally" in a radio broadcast for the first time the title of the album. In a resulting newspaper article further details were mentioned. So the date of publication specified with the 7 March 2011 and for December 26, 2010, a surprise was promised. This was actually on the band's homepage and inventory from the announcement of a short tour with 12 major performances in stadiums in March in England and a teaser in the form of a tape recorded in studio video of the first song of the album Lippy Kids on an extra for BRB created homepage. Shortly before the release of the album were made available excerpts of all tracks of the album, if only sufficiently Facebook members to link to the page of the album on the home page of the album.
The release is staggered, and began with the release of the first single Neat Little Rows, which was published on February 27, 2011. This was followed a week later the publication of the download versions on March 4 at. In the UK, the CD version was released at this time that in many other countries, however, until the middle of April appeared, such as also in Germany.
Publications and chart success
In addition to the standard edition and a deluxe edition was released. The PhD output is based on the yellow books of the Reclam publishing a book at Reclaim, in which the texts were translated.
Title list
" Lyrically this is a record about the ups and downs of being young through the eyes of someone who loved and hated it all the same time. "
" Lyrically it's on the plate over the highs and lows of being young from the perspective of someone who loves and hates at the same time. "
1 The Birds - 8:03
2 Lippy Kids - 6:06
3 With Love - 4:12 4 Neat Little Rows - 5:40
5 Jesus Is A Rochdale Girl - 3:18
6 The Night Will Always Win - 4:24
7 High Ideals - 5:39 8 The River - 2:51 9 Open Arms - 4:53 10 The Birds (Reprise) - 1:31
11 Dear Friends - 5:01
Several songs are about the most positive memories Garvey of his youth in Bury.
Cover
As with The Seldom Seen Kid also the cover of Oliver East is designed and consists of " a very simple drawing of a figure who extends her arms in excitement to heaven."
Reception
The New Musical Express praises the skill of Guy Garvey, implement the things of everyday life in music, giving the album 8 out of 10. BRB was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2011, but could not prevail against the album by PJ Harvey Let England Shake yourself.
Merchandising
In addition to the usual merchandising is in the form of a beer with the name of the album, a special form of merchandising done.