Veteran U.K. alt-rock group Elbow is soaring high following the release of its fifth studio album, "Build a Rocket Boys!" (Fiction/Universal). It entered the U.K. albums chart at No. 2 with 78,000 first-week copies, according to the Official Charts Co., landing the band its highest chart entry.

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By OutBrain