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''Asleep in the Back'' is the debut studio album by English
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, first released in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2001, and in the United States on 22 January 2002. The title track, "Asleep in the Back", was only included as a bonus track on later editions of the album after it had been released as a single and became the band's first Top 20 hit. The album release came in four different versions: the 12-track version, two 11-track versions only featuring either "Asleep in the Back" (later editions) or "Can't Stop" (UK version) and a 10-track version including neither of them. The record was shortlisted for the
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in 2001. Though ''Asleep in the Back'' was the first Elbow album to be released, it was not the first to be recorded. An album's worth of recorded material had been scrapped by the band several years earlier after they were dropped by their first major label,
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. A 2CD/1DVD deluxe edition of the album was released in the UK on 2 November 2009. The release included almost all tracks of the near impossible to find
The Noisebox EP ''The Noisebox EP'' is Elbow's very first release and EP, limited to 150 copies. At the time, the band was still unsigned with any record label. It contains three early, original versions of songs ("Powder Blue", "Red" and "Can't Stop") that ...
: a live version of "George Lassoes the Moon" was included instead of the studio version.


Critical reception

'' Q'' listed ''Asleep in the Back'' as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.


Track listing

;Japanese Bonus Track: ;Double 12" vinyl album


2009 Deluxe Edition

;Disc one: Same as 12-track version. ;Disc two (bonus disc) ;Disc three (DVD)


Release history


Singles

In the UK, there were four singles released from the album: * "Red" (23 April 2001) * "Powder Blue" (9 July 2001) * "Newborn" (8 October 2001) * "Asleep in the Back"/"Coming Second" (4 February 2002) Also, three EPs preceded the album's release, all of which included versions of songs that later appeared on ''Asleep in the Back'': * ''
The Noisebox EP ''The Noisebox EP'' is Elbow's very first release and EP, limited to 150 copies. At the time, the band was still unsigned with any record label. It contains three early, original versions of songs ("Powder Blue", "Red" and "Can't Stop") that ...
'' (1 January 1998) * ''
The Newborn EP ''The Newborn EP'' is Elbow's second release. This EP was released through Elbow's first record label Ugly Man Records. Two songs ("Newborn" and "Bitten by the Tailfly") were later included on their first full-length album ''Asleep in the Back ...
'' (7 August 2000) * ''
The Any Day Now EP ''The Any Day Now EP'' is Elbow (band), Elbow's third release. This Extended play, EP was released through Elbow's first record label Ugly Man Records, as well as their second record label V2 Records. Both EPs each have a different track listin ...
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Ugly Man Ugly Man Records is a British independent record label based in Rhos on Sea, Wales, originally in Manchester. It released debut singles for many Manchester bands, including Elbow, the Man From Delmonte and I Am Kloot. It was set up in Bootle, ...
release with 4 tracks) (23 January 2001) ** V2 also released this EP with 5 tracks (26 February 2001)


Personnel

Elbow *
Guy Garvey Guy Edward John Garvey (born 6 March 1974) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and BBC Radio 6 Music presenter. He is the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Elbow. Early life Garvey grew up in Bury, Lancashire. His father was a gr ...
– Lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, analogue synth, wine glasses, harmonica, wybercron *Mark Potter – Electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals *Craig Potter – Piano, organ, backing vocals, analogue synth, percussion, wine glasses, keyboards * Pete Turner – Bass guitar, analogue synth, backing vocals, wine glasses *Richard Jupp – Drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional musicians *The Elbow Choir – Vocals (9,10) *Danny Evans – Percussion Loops (1) *Ben Hillier – Percussion (2), Backing Vocals (10) *Ian Burdge – Cello (2), Musical Director (6) *Francoise Lemoignan – Saxophone (4) *Bob Sastri – Brass (5), French Horn (6) *Nick Coen – Brass (5) *Martin Field – Bassoon (6) *Stuart King – Clarinet (6), Bass Clarinet (6) *Matthew Gunner – French Horn (6) *Jonathan Snowden – Flute (6), Alto Flute (6) *Dominic Kelly – Cor Anglais (6) Credits *Production **Elbow and Danny Evans (1) **Elbow (4,8,12) **
Ben Hillier Ben Hillier is an English songwriter and pop-rock record producer who is part of the creative team 140 dB. He produced the notable albums ''Playing the Angel'', ''Sounds of the Universe'' and ''Delta Machine'' by Depeche Mode, ''Think Tank' ...
and Elbow (2,3,5,6,9,10) **
Steve Osborne Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2, Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Do ...
(7,11) *Woodwind Arrangement on Track 6 - Ian Burdge and Elbow *Recording **Danny Evans (1) **Ben Hillier (2,3,4,5,6,9,10,12) **Andrea Wright (2,3,4,5,6,9,10,12) **Elbow (3,8,9,12) **Steve Lloyd (4) **Ed Chadwick (6) **Danton Supple (7,11) *Mixing **Danny Evans (1,8) **Ben Hillier (2,4,5,6,7,9,10,12) **Andrea Wright (2,4,5,6,7,9,10,12) **Ed Chadwick (6) **Steve Osborne (11) **Clare Lewis (11) **Bruno Ellington (11)


References

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