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Snow Patrol - Final Straw

Final Straw

by Snow Patrol

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Released
11/08/2003
Music Genre
Pop
1 customer review

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Description

English version. Scotland's Snow Patrol formed in the mid-1990s, united by a love for both American and British alternative rock. Led by singer/guitarist Gary Lightbody, the band recorded two albums for the revered Jeepster label (home of Belle & Sebastian) before signing with A&M Records. FINAL STRAW, the group's major-label debut, finds Snow Patrol expanding its indie-rock guitar-based sound with greater focus on keyboards, strings, and fuller production values (courtesy of Garret Lee). Lightbody's charming vocals and lyrics provide the band's emotional center, as best evidenced on the wistful opener "How to Be Dead" and the slowly building "Run." Although Snow Patrol knows its way around quiet melancholy, the ensemble is also capable of rocking out ("Spitting Games," "Chocolate"), revealing an aesthetic that places the group squarely in the ranks of Coldplay, Travis, and other Britpop luminaries.

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Product Details

Artist
Snow Patrol
Original year of release
2004
Year of release
2004
Media Content Format
Album
Media Format
Audio CD
Recording Environment
Studio
Number of Discs
1
CD WOW! Sales Rank
#13433
Cast & Crew
Snow Patrol (Music Performer)
Garret Lee (Producer)
Dan Swift (Sound Engineer)
Jeff McLaughlin (Sound Engineer)

Press Reviews

[FINAL STRAW] proves the Irish quartet keeps getting better....The band has added pulsing strings and staticky textures to its luscious mix." - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (4/2/04, p.66)

[A] soaring, super-polished album replete with dreamy anthems, superior pop moments....All in all, pretty crafty. And pretty smart. Magnet (p.108)

A special creation. NME

[A]rena-ready songs about long good-byes with right-angled guitar fuzz. Spin (p.100)

Ranked #23 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "Feel-good Britpop for nonbelievers. Spin (p.65)

Exquisite. Uncut

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. How to Be Dead
  2. Wow
  3. Gleaming Auction
  4. Whatever's Left
  5. Spitting Games
  6. Chocolate
  7. Run
  8. Grazed Knees
  9. Ways and Means
  10. Tiny Little Fractures
  11. Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking
  12. Same

Customer Reviews

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26/3/2010
 
4.0

Some of the best SP songs

By Tobicat

from Aarhus

About Me Adult, Young Adult

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Pros

  • Can Listen Over And Over
  • Great Lyrics

Cons

    Best Uses

    • At Home
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    Comments about Snow Patrol - Final Straw:

    Some of the best Snow Patrol songs is on this record; Run, Chocolate and so on. GO BUY IT!

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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