The Best of Elbow

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Grounds for Divorce
  3:38
  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
  2:26
  4.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Any Day Now
  6:19
  2.9 ★
• 2
  Fly Boy Blue / Lunette
  6:16
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Weather to Fly
  4:32
  3.4 ★
• 4
  Station Approach
  4:23
  3.5 ★
• 5
  Switching Off
  4:58
• 6
  Little Fictions
  8:31
• 7
  This Blue World
  7:11
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Kindling (Fickle Flame)

  Elbow Featuring John Grant
  3:44
• 9
  Newborn
  7:34
  3.6 ★
• 10
  Puncture Repair
  1:50
• 11
  The Night Will Always Win
  4:31
• 12
  Starlings
  5:04
  3.0 ★
• 13
  The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
  5:22
• 14
  Dear Friends
  5:01

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Release credits

• Adrianne Wininsky
  cello [12]
• Alex Reeves
  drums (drum set) [2.6, 1.2], percussion [2]
• Alexis Smith
  additional [7]
• Andrea Wright
  assistant [9]
• Andy Bradfield
  mix [7]
• Angela Thwaite
  background vocals [4]
• Beatrice Schirmer
  double bass [2]
• Ben Hillier
  mix [9]
• Bob Marsh
  flugelhorn [14], trumpet [1.6, 2.14]
• Caroline Abbott
  violin [2]
• Chris Emerson
  viola [2]
• Craig Potter
  keyboard [1.6, 1.10, 2.2, 2.7], mix [2.2-3, 2.7, 2.11-12, 2.14, 1.1, 1.3-6, 1.8, 1.10, 1.12], producer [1.1, 1.3-6, 1.8, 1.10, 1.12, 2.2-3, 2.7, 2.11-12, 2.14]
• Daniel Storer
  double bass [2]
• Danny Evans
  additional [1.1, 1.3, 2.14], engineer [2.2, 2.7, 1.6, 1.10-11], mix [1], percussion [1], producer [1], recording [1]
• Danny McTague
  additional [4]
• Danton Supple
  recording [9]
• Dave Emery
  assistant [7], mix [7]
• Elbow
  additional [9], mix [1.7, 1.11, 2.4, 2.10], producer [1.7, 1.11, 2.1, 2.4, 2.10]
• Gregory Batsleer
  chorus master [1.3, 2.14]
• Guy Garvey
  choir vocals [3], horn [1.6, 1.10, 2.2], lead vocals [2.2, 2.7, 2.11, 2.14, 1.3, 1.6, 1.10, 1.12], strings [2.7, 1.2, 1.4]
• Hallé Orchestra
  strings [2]
• Hallé Youth Choir
  additional [2.14, 1.3], choir vocals [1.3, 2.14]
• Ian Burdge
  background vocals [4], cello [4]
• Jane Hallett
  cello [2]
• Jason Boshoff
  additional [7]
• Jason Mott
  assistant [1.11, 2.4]
• Jimi Goodwin
  additional [10]
• Joe Duddell
  additional [2.14, 1.3]
• John Purton
  violin [2]
• José Gómez
  engineer [1.6, 1.10, 2.2, 2.7]
• 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 [1.6, 1.10, 2.2, 2.7], strings [2]
• Mike Tarantino
  additional [1.7, 2.4], editor [2.4, 1.7]
• Nick Ingman
  strings [2]
• Nick Trygstad
  cello [2]
• Paulette Bayley
  violin [2]
• Pete McPhail
  alto saxophone [10], baritone saxophone [2.2, 1.10], clarinet [2], sopranino saxophone [2]
• Peter Turner
  bass [1.6, 1.10, 2.2, 2.7]
• Prabjote Osahn
  background vocals [4], violin [4]
• Richard Jupp
  drums (drum set) [1.6, 1.10, 2.2, 2.7]
• Sarah Ewins
  violin [2]
• Stella Page
  background vocals [4], viola [4]
• Steve Osborne
  producer [9]
• Tim Barber
  trumpet [6, 10]
• Tom Rothrock
  additional [2.4, 1.7], mix [2.4, 1.11]
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  The Best of Elbow: Deluxe Edition

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  The Best of Elbow: Deluxe Edition

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  24 November 2017
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  The Best of Elbow

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  The Best of Elbow: Deluxe Edition

  2x CD
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  The Best Of

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  The Best of Elbow

  CD
  2017