{"product_id":"elbow-the-seldom-seen-kid-2-vinyl-lp","title":"Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid [2× Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003ch3\u003eElbow – The Seldom Seen Kid [2× Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2× Vinyl LP, Album, 45 RPM, 180 Gram, Gatefold, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1764728\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602517647282\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Indie Rock \/ Art Rock \/ Alternative Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Polydor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17 March 2008\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e⚠️ \u003cstrong\u003ePlease note: this record plays at 45 RPM. Set your turntable speed accordingly before playing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Seldom Seen Kid\u003c\/em\u003e is the fourth studio album by Elbow — \u003cstrong\u003eGuy Garvey\u003c\/strong\u003e (vocals, guitar), \u003cstrong\u003eCraig Potter\u003c\/strong\u003e (keyboards), \u003cstrong\u003eMark Potter\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar), \u003cstrong\u003ePete Turner\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass) and \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Jupp\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums) — released on \u003cstrong\u003eFiction Records on 17 March 2008\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the album that transformed the band from a critically admired cult act into one of the most celebrated British groups of their generation. Recorded entirely at \u003cstrong\u003eBlueprint Studios in Manchester\u003c\/strong\u003e, it is the first Elbow album to be \u003cstrong\u003eentirely self-produced, recorded and mixed by the band without any outside assistance\u003c\/strong\u003e — a decision made partly out of necessity after being dropped by V2 Records in 2005, and partly out of the confidence that came from three albums of increasingly accomplished songwriting. The result is a record of exceptional coherence and emotional depth, on which every production decision — the dynamics, the space, the restraint — serves the material rather than decorating it. It debuted at \u003cstrong\u003enumber five on the UK Albums Chart\u003c\/strong\u003e and went on to win the \u003cstrong\u003e2008 Mercury Music Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e, with judges praising it as \"a humane, poetic and often beautiful album.\" The band followed its release by winning \u003cstrong\u003eBest British Group at the 2009 Brit Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e and two \u003cstrong\u003e2009 Ivor Novello Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e — Best Song for \"One Day Like This\" and Best Contemporary Song for \"Grounds for Divorce\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is bound together by its dedication to \u003cstrong\u003eBryan Glancy\u003c\/strong\u003e — a Manchester musician and close friend of Guy Garvey's who died suddenly in 2006. The album's title was Garvey's father's nickname for Glancy, taken from a character in \u003cstrong\u003eDamon Runyon's\u003c\/strong\u003e stories of New York gangster life, and his memory runs through the record both explicitly — in the closing track \"Friend of Ours\", written directly in his memory — and implicitly, in the overarching emotional register of grief, friendship and gratitude that gives the album its particular warmth. The sole outside contributor is \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Hawley\u003c\/strong\u003e — the Sheffield songwriter and guitarist — who provides guest vocals, lead guitar and co-writing on \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Fix\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the album's most distinctive tracks, the two voices intertwining in a manner that recalls the great British vocal duet tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album's singles demonstrate its range. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Grounds for Divorce\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (number 19 UK) opens with a sludgy, hypnotic guitar riff — one of the most immediately recognisable intros in the band's catalogue — before building through chanted vocals to a thunderous climax: Elbow at their most viscerally compelling. \u003cstrong\u003e\"One Day Like This\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — a string-laden anthem of joy and longing that closes Side C — won the Ivor Novello for Best Song and became the track most widely associated with the band: used as the theme for the BBC's coverage of the \u003cstrong\u003e2008 Beijing Olympic Games\u003c\/strong\u003e, featured in advertising and television, and performed to enormous crowds at Glastonbury and beyond. The album opens with \u003cstrong\u003e\"Starlings\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, which alternates between hushed verses and surging brass sections; \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Bones of You\"\u003c\/strong\u003e incorporates elements of \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Gershwin's \"Summertime\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (credited on the sleeve) into a piece of breathtaking melodic beauty; \u003cstrong\u003e\"Mirrorball\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is a cinematic ballad of considerable ambition; and the \u003cstrong\u003eSide D\u003c\/strong\u003e closer \u003cstrong\u003e\"Friend of Ours\"\u003c\/strong\u003e ends the album on a note of quiet devastation — a direct tribute to Bryan Glancy, the last word on a record shaped entirely by his memory. \u003cstrong\u003e\"We're Away\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — recorded during the sessions — was released as a bonus track on the CD editions only and does not appear on the vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal 2008 pressing on Polydor\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cstrong\u003e2× black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e at \u003cstrong\u003e45 RPM\u003c\/strong\u003e, housed in a \u003cstrong\u003egatefold sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e, pressed by \u003cstrong\u003eGZ Media in the Czech Republic\u003c\/strong\u003e. The mastering is by \u003cstrong\u003eTim Young\u003c\/strong\u003e — the pressing is noted for its exceptional dynamic range and clarity, the 45 RPM format allowing the maximum possible audio information per side. The album packaging includes the \u003cstrong\u003eTurn Me Up!\u003c\/strong\u003e dynamic range initiative logo, reflecting the band's deliberate rejection of the loudness war approach common to major label releases of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarlings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bones of You \u003cem\u003e(incorporates elements of \"Summertime\" by George Gershwin)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMirrorball\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"4\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrounds for Divorce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Audience with the Pope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeather to Fly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide C\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fix \u003cem\u003e(ft. 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