Artist
Elbow
Elbow is an alternative rock artist from Bury, England formed in 1990. 46 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Alternative Rock · Bury, England · Best alternative rock albums
- 46
- Releases
- 2001–2026
- Active years
- 1990
- Formed
Discography
18
Most popular
The Take Off and Landing of Everything
2014 · 10 tracks
The Seldom Seen Kid
2008
Build a Rocket Boys!
2011
Live at Jodrell Bank
2013
Dead in the Boot
2012
Giants of All Sizes
2019
Little Fictions
2017
Flying Dream 1
2021
Leaders of the Free World
2005
Cast of Thousands
2003
Asleep in the Back
2001
Audio Vertigo
2024
Live at The Ritz - An Acoustic Performance
2020
elbowrooms
2020
The Seldom Seen Kid (Live At Abbey Road)
2019
Little Fictions (Fickle Flame Version)
2018
The Best Of (Deluxe)
2017
The Best of Elbow
2017
Popular tracks
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Singles & EPs
28
Way Down In The Hole (Live From Dermot O’Leary’s Saturday Sessions / 2011)
Single · 2026
AUDIO VERTIGO ECHO elbow EP5
EP · 2025
Dis-Graceland 463-465 Bury New Road
Single · 2025
Lovers' Leap
Single · 2025
Sober
Single · 2025
Adriana Again
Single · 2024
Balu
Single · 2024
What Am I Without You (Single Mix)
Single · 2022
Mexican Standoff (Spanish Version)
Single · 2019
Empires
Single · 2019
Dexter & Sinister
Single · 2019
White Noise White Heat
Single · 2019
Firebrand & Angel (Polaroids & Super 8s)
Single · 2017
Gentle Storm (Wild Beasts Remix)
Single · 2017
Gentle Storm (Poté Remix)
Single · 2017
Golden Slumbers
Single · 2017
Gentle Storm (I Found Peace)
Single · 2017
Firebrand & Angel (Polaroid & Super8 Remix)
Single · 2017
Kindling (Fickle Flame)
Single · 2017
What Time Do You Call This? (From The Original “Man Up” Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Single · 2015
Real Life (Angel)
EP · 2015
Lost Worker Bee - EP
EP · 2015
New York Morning
Single · 2014
World Cafe Live EP (Live)
EP · 2014
open arms
Single · 2011
neat little rows
Single · 2011
One Day Like This (Instrumental)
Single · 2010
Grounds For Divorce
Single · 2008
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Honors
1- MOJO Awards
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About
Elbow are a British alternative rock band, comprising Guy Garvey (vocals, guitar), Richard Jupp (drums, percussion), Craig Potter (keyboards, piano), Mark Potter (guitar, backing vocals), and Pete Turner (bass guitar, backing vocals). They have played together since 1990 and released five studio albums: Asleep in the Back (2001), Cast of Thousands (2003), Leaders of the Free World (2005), The Seldom Seen Kid (2008) and Build a Rocket Boys! (2011). In the UK all of their albums have made the top twenty and seven of their singles have been in the top forty. In 2008 they won the Mercury Music Prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid and in November 2011 it was announced that they will be composing the BBC's 2012 Olympic coverage theme tune.
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Lead singer Guy Garvey met guitarist Mark Potter at Stand College in 1990 at the age of 16. Potter asked Garvey to sing in a band he was in with drummer Richard Jupp and bassist Pete Turner. Together, the four men formed the band Mr Soft. (The name was later changed to Soft.) Mark Potter's brother Craig Potter joined the band soon after on keyboards. That year members of the band first played together at The Grants Arms pub in Ramsbottom, Bury, a borough of Greater Manchester). By 1997, they had changed their name a third time to Elbow, after a line in the BBC TV drama The Singing Detective. A character (Philip Marlowe) says that the word "elbow" is the most sensuous word in the English language; not for its definition, but for how it feels to say it and how it looks on the page. The band signed a deal with Island Records, and recorded an album that was to be their debut, produced by Steve Osborne. However, when Island was bought out by major label Universal, the band was dropped in a mass cull and the album was never released. They continued to record on the iconic independent label Ugly Man, and released The Noisebox EP, The Newborn EP, and The Any Day Now EP. This gained them extensive airplay by BBC Radio 1.
Elbow in brief
- How many Elbow releases are on Riffiter?
- 46 releases are catalogued, spanning 2001 to 2026.
- When was Elbow formed?
- Elbow formed in 1990, in Bury, England.
- What genre is Elbow?
- Elbow is catalogued under Alternative Rock.
- What is the most recent Elbow release on Riffiter?
- Way Down In The Hole (Live From Dermot O’Leary’s Saturday Sessions / 2011), released in 2026.
- What awards has Elbow won?
- Elbow has 1 award win on record, including MOJO Awards (1×).