The Take-Off and Landing of Everything

by Elbow

Overview

Elbow recorded their sixth album at Real World Studios, making the connection between themselves and Peter Gabriel plain. Much of this connection comes from the husky, subdued rasp of lead singer Guy Garvey, but the band on a whole favors a similar kind of accessible art rock where the textures are lucid yet elliptical while the songs are sturdy and melodic, wearing their accouterments well. This blend helped make 2011's Build a Rocket Boys! into a sizable hit in their native Britain and throughout Europe, but The Take Off and Landing of Everything is better still, demonstrating that the band knows how to seize the spoils of success. This assurance -- relaxed and deliberate, confident enough to play up both melodies and cool, echoing abstractions in the production -- belies how much of the album was written in the wake of the dissolution of Garvey's long-term romantic relationship, but The Take Off isn't strictly a breakup album. Rather, it's a record of coming to term with middle age, finding that there is a birth that accompanies every death, joy to balance the sorrow, an understanding that comes with acceptance. Garvey conveys these issues in his lyrics but, as a band, Elbow reflect this comfortable reckoning with their own nature, letting sadness creep at the edges but favoring a warm, enveloping melancholy that turns the album into a soundtrack for healing, not wallowing. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	01/08/2021
Label:	Polydor / Universal
UPC:	0602507351670
Rank:	69441

Tracks

Disc 1

1. This Blue World
2. Charge
3. Fly Boy Blue/Lunette
4. New York Morning

Disc 2

5. Real Life (Angel)
6. Honey Sun
7. My Sad Captains
8. Colour Fields
9. The Take Off and Landing of Everything
10. The Blanket of Night

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Elbow   Primary Artist
Guy Garvey   Vocals
Simon Turner   Cello
Bob Marsh   Trumpet
Jimi Goodwin   Vocals
Halle Orchestra   Strings
Richard Jupp   Drums
Mark Potter   Guitar
Pete Turner   Bass
Craig Potter   Keyboards
Pete McPhail   Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone),Sax (Sopranino)
Lyn Fletcher   Violin
Janey Hallett   Cello
Piero Gasparini   Viola
Beatrice Schirmer   Double Bass
Caroline Abbott   Violin
Daniel Storer   Double Bass
Tim Barber   Trumpet
Julian Mottram   Viola
Elizabeth Bosworth   Violin
Dale Culliford   Cello
Grania Royce   Violin
Chris Emerson   Viola
John Purton   Violin
Paulette Bayley   Violin
Dave Culliford   Cello
Rachel Meerloo   Double Bass
Dale Clifford   Cello
Julia Hanson   Violin
Katharine Curlett   Trumpet
Rosemary Attree   Violin
Steven Proctor   Violin
Zoe Colman   Violin
Zoe Coleman   Violin

Technical Credits

Elbow   Composer
Guy Garvey   Composer,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Danny Evans   Engineer
Chris Worsey   Score
Richard Jupp   Composer
Mark Potter   Composer
Pete Turner   Composer
Craig Potter   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Lyn Fletcher   Leader
Mark Thomas   Photography
Tim Young   Mastering
Jose Tomaz Gomes   Assistant