The Take Off And Landing Of Everything (studio album)
by Elbow
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The Take Off And Landing Of Everything is ranked 4th best out of 19 albums by Elbow on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elbow is The Seldom Seen Kid which is ranked number 555 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,137.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 12/07/2025 15:19 | Araldo | 1,469 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/16/2025 04:07 |  Charade | 937 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2025 07:43 | cicadelic | 11,398 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2025 03:06 | gregthealien | 1,039 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2025 01:23 | Proto | 3,798 | 33/100 |
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Another beautiful Elbow album. The songs are on average much longer than their other records, but they are well worth it. My highlights are My Sad Captains, Colour Fields, The Take Off and Landing of Everything and Fly Boy Blue/Lunette (amazing live - the second half of the song is just beautiful).
indieshins 12/23/2021 04:26 | #277839
I see where people are coming from in saying it's an unsurprising album, but I think if you listen to this alongside their first album, or even their previous couple of records, it's clear how much their music has changed, albeit in subtle ways. I've recently been listening through from their debut, and from that to this album, they've been absolutely solid. Here, they have a more gauzy, electronic texture to everything, which is new. It almost edges into an ambient pop feeling at times. It's hard to know how songs will develop. It's a great album to just sink into and explore its world, even if it's not a huge evolution from where they left off on Build A Rocket Boys!
Great album for when your mind wants to drift. It just takes you along for the ride. One thing I've found with Elbow is that when in the mood it's total perfection. If not, not so much. I guess that can be said for most bands though. 'The Blue World' & 'The Take Off and Landing of Everything' being best tracks.
Similar to, build a rocket boys, in the fact that it is lovely and competent, but again no surprises. Elbow need a leftfield turn on their next record. Still a good album though.
Not as instant as "Seldom Seen Kid" or parts of "Build A Rocket, Boys", but give it time.
bojolpif71 02/01/2015 09:23 | #133522
Je suis un fan de ce groupe. Cette nouvelle production est au sommet et je ne me lasse pas de son écoute.
Timhop 12/17/2014 21:06 | #129580
Stunning album. First Elbow I've purchased on vinyl, and worth every cent. Garvie as a lyric writer is just fantastic. This band is streets ahead of Arcade Fire. Have you actually read their lyrics? Utter junk.
JohnCanning1976 07/17/2014 08:54 | #116930
A fabulous album - both lyrically and musically a real pleasure. Real Life (Angel) is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
alelsupreme 04/27/2014 13:11 | #110197
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A re-examination and coming of age.....
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