Elbow - Asleep in the Back

I first heard Elbow back in the days of Napster. Remember those good old days when illegally downloading music wasn't as illegal? Napster was effectively a peer to peer file sharing service devoted totally to music, and in essence far more legal than the site i'm currently using to download all this music. Unfortunately Napster was based in the US so as soon as the copyright police got invloved it was shut down. Sure there are millions of peer to peer websites still in existence but these days who knows what you are going to get when you click to download that britney spears song. Back in the Napster days the internet was still innocent. The files people uploaded were accurately labelled and you got what you (didn't) pay for. The beauty of Napster was that it opened my musical horizons, i downloaded shedloads of stuff that i would not have bought ( who would risk $30 on potentially 60 minutes of garbage? ok besides matchbox 20 fans ) and heard a plethora of artists that would never have come across my limited radar. Elbow was once such artist and when i first heard the song 'Scattered Black and Whites, the closer to this album, i was blown away. This is music so good it hurts. It makes you want to cry and scream out at the same time. It's not everyone's cup of tea, some call this music slow, or boring. i call them idiots. How i have not had this album in my collection ( i have their other 3 ) until now is a mystery. But thankyou semi-illegal russian website for allowing me the privilege and thankyou Napster for opening my eyes.