The Seldom Seen Kid Tracklist
Winning the coveted Mercury Music Prize for best album in 2008, The Seldom Seen Kid is Elbow’s most commercially successful record, achieving triple platinum status in the UK and a peak of number 4 on their album charts. This is largely thanks to the massive single “One Day Like This,” which has become a hugely popular wedding song. Other singles released were “Grounds for Divorce” and “The Bones of You.”
The album was self-produced by the band, and the title comes from a nickname that lead singer Guy Garvey’s dad gave to a mutual friend and musician who passed away in 2006.
Garvey said of the record:
It had to be the five us. It had to feel like us against the world again. After enough time your band starts to feel like a gang. Because part of wanting to be in a band is wanting to be in a gang. “Weather to Fly” is about the early days of the band and for that reason it is my favorite song on the album.
