Leaders Of The Free World
by Elbow

Leaders Of The Free World by Elbow
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-09-12
Overall rank: 3,573rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 157 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (68th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (610th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,573rd)

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Elbow bestography

Leaders Of The Free World is ranked 5th best out of 19 albums by Elbow on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Elbow is The Seldom Seen Kid which is ranked number 553 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,112.

Elbow album bestography « Higher ranked (2,632nd)
The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
This album (3,573rd)
Leaders Of The Free World
Lower ranked (4,373rd) »
Cast Of Thousands

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Leaders Of The Free World rankings

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Overall rank: 3,573rd | 2000s rank: 610th | 2005 rank: 68th

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Leaders Of The Free World ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 157 votes)
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02/19/2026 01:07 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,05533/100
 
80/100
 
01/22/2026 21:37 mrmcrook  Ratings distribution  1,03277/100
 
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12/07/2025 15:19 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47180/100
 
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09/04/2025 23:34 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,10272/100
 
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06/14/2025 15:45 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,20436/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.

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80/100
From 01/22/2026 21:38 | #312758
Not their best but still bloody good. The great thing is you always know what you're getting with an Elbow album. They never let me down.
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From 02/15/2022 09:40 | #281322
It's not one of their best albums, but as always with Elbow there is some beautiful stuff on this. My highlights are Great Expectations, Station Approach and Forget Myself.
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80/100
From 07/09/2016 14:41 | #170948
Another solid Elbow album. As always, full of inventive pop with a strong Peter Gabriel influence. Not as good as, asleep in the back, but still decent.
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From 07/26/2015 20:46 | #146481
I think the best album by Elbow. Very consistent
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From 10/21/2012 18:47 | #53025
My favourite Elbow albu. Combines the edgy alternative ethos from the first 2 albums with the more accomplished songwriting of the recent outings. Great expectations and my very best are particularly strong.
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