Asleep in the Back

Occupation

• Guy Garvey: vocals, background vocals
• Mark Potter: electric and acoustic guitar
• Craig Potter: piano, keyboard, percussion, backing vocals
• Pete Turner: Bass Guitar,
• Jupp: drums, percussion, backing vocals

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

Music style

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

Genesis

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

Title list

"Overall, the whole album is a rather gloomy work, but this can obscure the eingeflechteten romantic ideas in any way. "

Publications and chart success

The album has made ​​it into the Top Ten in the UK just missed. The accompanying singles, however, there were only concerned with a moderate success. In other countries, no chart successes have been achieved.

Eight years after the release of the album in 2009, a deluxe edition was released, which also includes live recordings and other mixtures of Elbow songs from the year 2001 to the album.

Reception

The New Musical Express chose the album in the November 2009 issue number 30 of the 100 best albums of the decade. Pitchfork rated the album 7.4 out of 10 possible points.