Elbow are the Nationwide Mercury Prize 2008 winning alternative rock band based in England. The band formed in the English town of Bury, Greater Manchester whilst at sixth-form college during 1990, and currently comprises:
Over the band's 18 year career they have released four studio albums, four EPs and ten top fifty singles in the UK. The band are named after a line in the BBC TV mini-series The Singing Detective which 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. They began specialising in "chilled funk", but changed the direction of their music after unanimously deciding they were "shit". The new songs got notice from both Island Records and Universal, but after signing with both the band was dropped before anything was released. After all this trouble, the band released two critically acclaimed EP's on the independent Ugly Man Record label which caught the att
| 1 | Starlings | The Seldom Seen Kid |
| 2 | I've Got Your Number | Cast Of Thousands |
| 3 | Coming Second | Asleep in the Back |
| 4 | Don't Mix Your Drinks | Asleep in the Back |
| 5 | Snooks (Progress Report) | Cast Of Thousands |
| 6 | Buttons And Zips | Cast Of Thousands |
| 7 | Little Beast | Asleep in the Back |
| 8 | Switching Off | Cast Of Thousands |
| 9 | Presuming Ed (Rest Easy) | Asleep in the Back |
| 10 | Flying Dream | Cast Of Thousands |
| 11 | Some Riot | The Seldom Seen Kid |
| 12 | Not A Job | Cast Of Thousands |
| 13 | Fallen Angel | Cast Of Thousands |
| 14 | Friend of Ours | The Seldom Seen Kid |
| 15 | The Bones Of You | The Seldom Seen Kid |
| 16 | Bitten By The Tailfly | Asleep in the Back |
| 17 | Red | Asleep in the Back |
| 18 | Scattered Black And Whites | Asleep in the Back |
| 19 | One Day Like This | The Seldom Seen Kid |
| 20 | Asleep In The Back | Asleep in the Back |