Elbow - Arse (a b-sides collection) (2006)

When Elbow first appeared around 1999 I was captivated by their sound, especially on the 'Newborn' single which I bought straight away. 'Red' and 'The Any Day Now' EP followed, and when I bought the album on the day of release I realised that a lot of the songs on those early singles weren't on the album. This turned out to be a regular occurrence, with many, many songs being tucked away on b-sides, and most never saw the light of day until deluxe re-issues of the albums some twenty years later. Obviously I knew I couldn't wait that long, so around 2006 I collected all my singles and EPs together and complied a double CD collection of b-sides and rare session tracks. I called it 'Arse' (arse, elbow, geddit?) and I played it to death back then. Most of these songs are still extremely hard to find, so now's the time to share it.

Track listing

CD1

01 One Thing That Was Bothering Me
02 Press Your Lips
03 Suffer
04 The Crow
05 Kisses
06 None One
07 About Time
08 Wurzel
09 Lucky With Disease
10 Asleep In The Back
11 Puckfair
12 Indepedent Woman
13 Stumble
14 Love Blown Down
15 Brave New Shave
16 Loss

CD2

01 Something In The Air
02 Whisper Grass
03 George Lassoes The Moon
04 Live On My Mind
05 Lay Down Your Cross
06 Teardrop
07 Waving From Windows
08 My Finger
09 Strangeways To Holcombe Hill In 4:20
10 McGreggor
11 The Good Day
12 The Drunken Engineer
13 The Long War Shuffle
14 Gentle As
15 Snowball