Asleep In The Back
by Elbow
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Elbow bestography
Asleep In The Back is ranked 3rd 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 3,103.
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Asleep In The Back track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Asleep In The Back rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 2001 | 12/45 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Greatest Debut Albums | 24/100 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 70/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 2001 | 48/89 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 14 Music Albums of 2001 | 8/14 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 46 Music Albums of 2001 | 7/46 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 90 Music Albums of 2001 | 6/90 | 5 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest British Albums | 51/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 175 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 683 | |||
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Asleep In The Back ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2026 17:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,615 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 19:46 | markl73 | 633 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 21:48 | wizardalien | 894 | 48/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/03/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5393): By videoheadcleanerAsleep In The Back comments
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I'm with mrmcrook on this - I like everything they do and this is no exception. Little Beast, Powder Blue and Bitten By The Tailfly is the highlight of the album along with Presuming Ed and Coming Second but their are no bad tracks
Elbow never let me down. I like all albums I've heard from them and this is no exception. I love their sound and style. 'Powder Blue' being the track that initially turned me on to them. This has some some great tracks on it but I find it has the highest number of sub par tracks I've found on any of their albums. Bit too much filler to rate it up there with there best.
Another great album by Elbow. This one contains more ballads and fewer rock anthems than the Build a Rocket Boys and The Seldom Seen Kid (my two favourites of theirs). The title track is so beautiful, it's in my top 5 songs of all time comfortably. Also Red, Newborn and Scattered Black And Whites are great. Don't Mix Your Drinks has a lot of potential with the intro but it's slightly ruined by that weird bit in the middle, which is a shame. A few duds here towards the end of the album (Presuming Ed, Coming Second and Can't Stop) which drag down the rating a bit.
Brad1770 12/17/2017 07:35 | #203363
I just don’t get Elbow? I find them extremely safe and formulated across their catalogue. I don’t hate them by any means, I’m just not finding that spark & I’ve really tried. Unfortunately I feel the same about this release
thirstyDog 08/11/2017 02:13 | #195890 | TOP COMMENT
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Pretty fantastic debut album. Not perfect, some songs are a little soft and cushy for my taste. But when it gets heavy, man it rocks in a really unique way. My fav tracks are Bitten by the Tailfly and Coming Second (Edited)
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