The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
by Elbow
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Elbow bestography
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 553 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,089.
(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 Take Off And Landing Of Everything track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Take Off And Landing Of Everything rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 36 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 16 Music Albums of 2014 | 3/16 | 4 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | GFA | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 28/40 | 32 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | AllMusic Best of 2015 | 15/55 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 76/100 | 25 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | 2014 Honorable Mentions | 48/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 145 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 612 | |||
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The Take Off And Landing Of Everything ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/09/2026 17:50 | VeVt | 98 | 39/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 21:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,310 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2026 01:07 | Proto | 4,390 | 33/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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The Take Off And Landing Of Everything forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5398): By mrmcrookView latest topic →
pedro1976 03/11/2025 07:43 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 03/29/2023 13:56 in What album are you listening to right now?The Take Off And Landing Of Everything comments
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Button001 03/12/2014 20:33 | #106083 | TOP COMMENT
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Cements their place as having the best post 70s British discography. The lyrics are just beautiful.
Its a bit steady, they haven't particularly developed. Its not a bad album, but its not setting my world alight. Maybe needs a few more listens.
Sweet Jesus, this album is gorgeous.
Timhop 12/17/2014 21:06 | #129580 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
indieshins 12/23/2021 04:26 | #277839 | TOP COMMENT
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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!
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