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Tracklist front / back album covers download
1. "The Birds" 8:03
2. "Lippy Kids" 6:06
3. "With Love" 4:12
4. "Neat Little Rows" 5:39
5. "Jesus Is a Rochdale Girl" 3:18
6. "The Night Will Always Win" 4:24
7. "High Ideals" 5:39
8. "The River" 2:51
9. "Open Arms" 4:53
10. "The Birds" (Reprise) 1:31
11. "Dear Friends" 5:01
iTunes Deluxe Edition
12. "The River" (Live Video) 2:52
13. "Jesus Is a Rochdale Girl" (Live Video) 3:17
14. "Dear Friends" (Live Video) 4:59
Elbow Band Members / Musicians
Guy Garvey – vocals; string, brass & choral arrangements
Mark Potter – guitars
Craig Potter – keyboards
Pete Turner – bass
Richard Jupp – drums
John Moseley – lead vocal (track 10)
The Hallé Youth Choir – additional vocals (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 & 11)
Margit Van Der Zwan – cello (tracks 1, 7 & 9)
Adrianne Wininsky – cello (tracks 1 & 9)
Stella Page – violin & viola (track 7)
Bob Marsh – trumpet & flugelhorn (track 7 & 11)
Craig Potter – production, mixing
Danny Evans – additional engineering (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 & 11)
Tim Young – mastering
Gregory Batsleer – youth choir director
Joe Duddell – assistant
Oliver East – illustrations
Paul West – layout & design
Build a Rocket Boys! is the 5th 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.
