Double vinyl LP pressing. Asleep in the Back is the debut studio album by English rock band Elbow, first released in the United Kingdom in May 2001, and in the United States in January 2002. Includes the singles 'Red', 'Powder Blue', 'Newborn', 'Asleep In The Back' and more. The record was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2001.

"[Guy] Garvey would tap into big, universal feelings, and he could sing them in a way that made a whole bunch of people in a field want to sing them back to him." -Stereogum