''Elliot Minor'' is the debut album from the English pop rock band

Elliot Minor Elliot Minor are an English rock band from York, England. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Alex Davies, vocalist and guitarist Ed Minton, drummer Dan Hetherton, bassist Ed Hetherton and keyboardist Ali Paul. The band had a str ...

, released on 14 April 2008 through Repossession and

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History

The band recorded their debut album at various studios in

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, California,

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and in their hometown of

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. The album was confirmed for release in 2007, before being delayed and pushed back to build more promotion. It was eventually confirmed for release on 14 April 2008. Several promotion copies were leaked onto

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, however were swiftly removed. Demos for all of the tracks had been available for some time on various torrent websites, and several were also made available on the band's MySpace. To try and counter the leaks, the band offered the album directly from their official online store with the promise of signing the first 500 copies.

Promotion

In the lead up to the album, the band released 4 singles from the album. " Parallel Worlds", " Jessica", " The White One Is Evil" and " Still Figuring Out", with "Parallel Worlds" being re-released before the album release due to a surge of popularity in the band since its original release.

Reception

Upon release, the album debuted at number 6 on the

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, and number 30 on the

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Track listing

Personnel

*Alex Davies – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, piano, string arrangements *Ed Minton – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar *Ed Hetherton – bass guitar *Ali Paul – piano, keyboard, synthesizer *Dan Hetherton – drums

Charts

References

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