The Best of Elbow

Tracklist

• 1
  Grounds for Divorce
  3:37
  4.6 ★
• 2
  Magnificent (She Says)
  4:26
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Lippy Kids
  6:08
• 4
  One Day Like This
  6:40
  3.8 ★
• 5
  The Bones of You
  4:53
  3.9 ★
• 6
  My Sad Captains
  6:00
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Leaders of the Free World
  6:17
  3.6 ★
• 8
  Mirrorball
  5:50
  4.7 ★
• 9
  Fugitive Motel
  5:07
• 10
  New York Morning
  5:20
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Great Expectations
  5:01
  3.4 ★
• 12
  The Birds
  8:02
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Scattered Black and Whites
  5:25
• 14
  Golden Slumbers
  2:24
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Any Day Now
  6:19
  2.9 ★
• 16
  Fly Boy Blue / Lunette
  6:16
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Weather to Fly
  4:32
  3.4 ★
• 18
  Station Approach
  4:23
  3.5 ★
• 19
  Switching Off
  4:58
• 20
  Little Fictions
  8:31
• 21
  This Blue World
  7:11
  3.4 ★
• 22
  Kindling (Fickle Flame)

  Elbow Featuring John Grant
  3:44
• 23
  Newborn
  7:34
  3.6 ★
• 24
  Puncture Repair
  1:50
• 25
  The Night Will Always Win
  4:31
• 26
  Starlings
  5:04
  3.0 ★
• 27
  The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
  5:22
• 28
  Dear Friends
  4:59

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Release credits

• Adrianne Wininsky
  cello [12]
• Alex Reeves
  drums (drum set) [2, 20], percussion [2]
• Alexis Smith
  additional [7]
• Andrea Wright
  assistant [23]
• Andy Bradfield
  mix [7]
• Angela Thwaite
  background vocals [4]
• Beatrice Schirmer
  double bass [2]
• Ben Hillier
  mix [23]
• Bob Marsh
  flugelhorn [28], trumpet [6, 28]
• Caroline Abbott
  violin [2]
• Chris Emerson
  viola [2]
• Craig Potter
  keyboard [6, 10, 16, 21], mix [1, 3-6, 8, 10, 12, 16-17, 21, 25-26, 28], producer [1, 3-6, 8, 10, 12, 16-17, 21, 25-26, 28]
• Daniel Storer
  double bass [2]
• Danny Evans
  additional [1, 3, 28], engineer [6, 10-11, 16, 21], mix [15], percussion [15], producer [15], recording [15]
• Danny McTague
  additional [4]
• Danton Supple
  recording [23]
• Dave Emery
  assistant [7], mix [7]
• Elbow
  additional [23], mix [7, 11, 18, 24], producer [7, 11, 15, 18, 24]
• Gregory Batsleer
  chorus master [3, 28]
• Guy Garvey
  choir vocals [3], horn [6, 10, 16], lead vocals [3, 6, 10, 12, 16, 21, 25, 28], strings [2, 4, 21]
• Hallé Orchestra
  strings [2]
• Hallé Youth Choir
  additional [3, 28], choir vocals [3, 28]
• Ian Burdge
  background vocals [4], cello [4]
• Jane Hallett
  cello [2]
• Jason Boshoff
  additional [7]
• Jason Mott
  assistant [11, 18]
• Jimi Goodwin
  additional [10]
• Joe Duddell
  additional [3, 28]
• John Purton
  violin [2]
• José Gómez
  engineer [6, 10, 16, 21]
• Julia Hanson
  violin [2]
• Julian Mottram
  viola [2]
• Katherine Curlett
  trumpet [6, 10]
• Louise Turner
  background vocals [4]
• Lyn Fletcher
  violin [2]
• Margit van der Zwan
  cello [12]
• Marius de Vries
  additional [7]
• Mark Potter
  guitar [6, 10, 16, 21], strings [2]
• Mike Tarantino
  additional [7, 18], editor [7, 18]
• Nick Ingman
  strings [2]
• Nick Trygstad
  cello [2]
• Paulette Bayley
  violin [2]
• Pete McPhail
  alto saxophone [10], baritone saxophone [10, 16], clarinet [16], sopranino saxophone [16]
• Peter Turner
  bass [6, 10, 16, 21]
• Prabjote Osahn
  background vocals [4], violin [4]
• Richard Jupp
  drums (drum set) [6, 10, 16, 21]
• Sarah Ewins
  violin [2]
• Stella Page
  background vocals [4], viola [4]
• Steve Osborne
  producer [23]
• Tim Barber
  trumpet [6, 10]
• Tom Rothrock
  additional [7, 18], mix [11, 18]
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  The Best of Elbow: Deluxe Edition

  Digital Media
  24 November 2017
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  The Best of Elbow: Deluxe Edition

  Digital Media (streaming)
  24 November 2017
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  The Best of Elbow

  Digital Media
  24 November 2017
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  The Best of Elbow: Deluxe Edition

  2x CD
  24 November 2017
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  The Best Of

  Digital Media
  24 November 2017
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  The Best of Elbow

  CD
  2017