Leaders of the Free World is the best by far.

Never really got into the first two albums, loved Seldom Seen Kid is about 50/50 (Starlings, Some Riot, Tower Crane Driver, The Fix and Weather to Fly being the excellent few) but every moment and every line of every song on Leaders of the Free World is brilliant.

Just the imagery of Guy Garvey's lyrics on this album in particular:

"They're pacing Piccadilly in packs again
And moaning for the mercy of a never come rain
The sun's had enough and the simmering sky
Has the heave and the hue of a woman on fire

Shop shutters rattle down and I'm cutting the crowd
All scented and descending from the satellite towns
The neon is graffiti singing make a new start
So I look for a plot where I can bury my broken heart

The man on the door has a head like Mars
Like a baby born to the doors of the bars
And surrounded by steam with his folded arms
He's got that urban genie thing going on

He's so mercifully free of the pressures of grace
Saint Peter in satin, he's like Buddha with mace"

Posted By: tim berry, Jun 5, 14:05:55