Giants of All Sizes

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AlbumOct 11 / 201912 songs, 52m 38s
Art Rock Chamber Pop Alternative Rock
Popular Highly Rated
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It must be thanks to One Day Like This, by far their biggest hit, that Elbow have ended up with such a cuddly reputation. Life-affirming though many of their anthems are, it doesn’t do the long-running band justice. An early line, from Newborn in 2001, springs to mind: “I’ll be the corpse in your bathtub.”

8.0 / 10

The celebrated frontman’s velvety voice feels a bit angrier than usual.

Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon releases a debut solo album packed with wry humour, while Elbow jolt listeners out of complacency with their eighth studio record

"Loss is a part of a life this long" sings Elbow frontman Guy Garvey on "Dexter & Sinister," the sanguine opening cut on the venerable post-Brit-pop group's eighth full-length effort Giants of All Sizes.

A record defined by its darkness, Elbow's eighth album Giants of All Sizes is gritty, graceful and vital

8.5 / 10

History has shown that Elbow records can be tough nuts to crack and the band's eighth studio album, Giants of All Sizes, is no exception.

(Polydor)

8 / 10

Build a Rocket Boys!, the first record of the 2010s by the Manchester rock outfit Elbow, nears its conclusion with the jubilant

It’s a dislocated Elbow that you get on this proggy, restless record – but their sense of empathy is still strong

75 %

Album Reviews: Elbow - Giants Of All Sizes

You know we must be living through troubled times if even Guy Garvey is feeling beaten down.

Guy Garvey & co deliver another measured and often exceptionally good album

Brutal times put Guy Garvey at bay. Album review by Nick Hasted

8 / 10