Build a Rocket Boys!

Build a Rocket Boys!
Studio album by
Elbow
Released4 March 2011 (2011-03-04)
Recorded2009–2010
Studio
  • Blueprint Studios (Manchester)
  • Elbow Rooms (Manchester)
  • Real World Studios (Wiltshire)
  • The Church House (Isle of Mull)
  • The Barn (Cheshire)
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock
Length51:42
LabelFiction, Polydor
ProducerCraig Potter, Elbow
Elbow chronology
The Seldom Seen Kid
(2008) 		Build a Rocket Boys!
(2011) 		Dead in the Boot
(2012)
Singles from Build a Rocket Boys!
  1. "Neat Little Rows"
    Released: 27 February 2011
  2. "Open Arms"
    Released: 24 April 2011[1]
  3. "Lippy Kids"
    Released: 8 August 2011[2]
  4. "Dear Friends"
    Released: 5 December 2011
  5. "The Night Will Always Win"
    Released: 2011 (promo only)

Build a Rocket Boys! is the fifth studio album by English rock band Elbow, released on 4 March 2011 in the UK. Coinciding with the UK release, the album was available digitally in the United States on 8 March and released in the physical format on 12 April. It is the follow-up to the highly successful The Seldom Seen Kid, and like its predecessor, was self-produced by the band in Blueprint Studios, Manchester. The album was nominated for the 2011 Mercury Prize.[3] It was supported by the Build a Rocket Boys! Tour.

The first single, "Neat Little Rows", was released on 27 February 2011. The song received its first radio airplay on 13 January 2011. The video for the single was produced by The Soup Collective and filmed at Blueprint Studios where the album was recorded. It premiered on 31 January 2011.[4]

  1. ^ "open arms: Elbow". TuneTribe.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Elbow To Release 'Lippy Kids'- 8th August". facebook.com. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Mercury Prize 2011: The nominees". bbc.co.uk. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Elbow – Neat little Rows (Video World Exclusive)". Gigwise.com. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.