Leaders of the Free World

Leaders of the Free World, Elbow's third album, sees the band try to beat down their major league contemporaries with a more ambitious set of songs. The results are impressive and may form the band's best work yet. Beginning with the beautiful, slow-building Station Approach, and ending with the short but touching Puncture Repair, Leaders of the Free World takes in an a host of minor classics along the way including the captivating title track. The album is the result of a collaborative project between the band and film-makers, the Soup Collective.