The Seldom Seen Kid The Seldom Seen Kid The Seldom Seen Kid is the fourth studio album by English rock band Elbow. It was released by Fiction Records on 17 March 2008 in the United Kingdom and was released by Geffen Records on 22 April 2008 in the United States. The album debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart and won the Mercury Prize in 2008. The album was recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, and is the first Elbow album to be entirely self-produced, mixed and recorded without any outside help. The bulk of the record was written and performed by
Music of Sussex (nominated for a Mercury Prize for "Do You Like Rock Music?"), The Go! Team (nominated for a Mercury Prize for "Thunder, Lightning, Strike"), The Kooks, The Electric Soft Parade (nominated for a Mercury Prize for "Holes in the Wall"), The Ordinary Boys, The Pipettes, Brakes, Architects, Blood Red Shoes and Dead Swans. Keane's 2004 debut album "Hopes and Fears" won a Brit Award and a Mercury Prize nomination, and went to number one in the UK album chart. Keane's follow up albums "Under The Iron Sea" and "Perfect Symmetry" also rose to the top of the UK album chart. 2004