Elbow - Little FictionsElbow return with their seventh studio album. Little Fictions was recorded in Scotland and Manchester and sees the band collaborate with the string players of The Halle Orchestra, the Halle Ancoats Community Choir, members of London Contemporary Voices and session drummer Alex Reeves. As with the previous three elbow albums it was produced by Craig Potter. Little Fictions is emphatically a band album. Having written individually for its chart topping

The open spaces of the arrangements are at once ambient and melodically compelling

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Nick Cave's 13th solo album is right up there with his best work despite the departure of longtime guitarist Blixa Bargeld

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with a guitar solo reminiscent of Bad Brain‰۪s world-beater ‰Û÷Banned In DC‰۪

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