Elbow 
The best album credited to Elbow is The Seldom Seen Kid which is ranked number 554 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 3,079.
Elbow is ranked number 288 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 7,064.
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Elbow best albums
The following albums by Elbow are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Elbow best tracks
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Elbow ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 04/08/2026 13:20 | Juneof44 | 114 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2025 23:36 | Moondance | 498 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2023 17:14 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 16% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 18.3.
Elbow favourites
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Elbow forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5469): By wizardalienView latest topic →
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Elbow need to be recognized as the Brilliant band they are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HazeyTwilight TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/18/2013 15:49 | #76499
Discovered them through their most accessible release: The Seldom Seen Kid and that is one of the most complex albums I have listened to. I may still be a casual listener of their music by only listening to that record and other tracks by them, they're a very under-rated band even for the British music industry. Let's hope these guys stay on top of their game for many years to come and may be remembered for making music wonderfully original.
peterjanssens 01/30/2013 07:19 | #63385
One of my favourite bands. I like their 3 latest albums a lot, especially The Seldom Seen Kid, that was also the album, which shone the light on them for me. But I'm a hugh fan of their concerts, a concert of them is like sitting in a sofa in the jungle and enjoying all the thrills of nature without blinking an eye. Hail Elbow.
indieshins 12/14/2021 22:16 | #277510
Really loving these guys at the moment! There's a bit of a proggy feeling to their music, but moreso in the focus on texture, dynamics, and timbre, as opposed to epic song lengths and solos. Guy Garvey has of course described their music as "prog without the solos" and I think that's a fair description. As it is, their music is accessible and emotional, but also heady and experimental enough that there's plenty to uncover on subsequent listens. To boot, Guy Garvey is a great lyricist and vocalist. This band kind of has everything I find myself drawn to in music. Good stuff.
VADERBREWING 12/09/2011 02:48 | #32393
Bid dumb name for a band, probably an inside thing. I put them off for a while because they were listed as folk music in something I looked at. The Seldom Seen Kid is what I listened to. I like it. Kind of has a Peter Gabriel thing going on at times (but better in my opnion). I cant quite place it but they sound like someone I've hear before. Anyway, they have intriguing vocals, all songs seem good.
