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Track Listing
1. If There's a Rocket Tie Me To It
2. Crack the Shutters
3. Take Back the City
4. Lifeboats
5. Golden Floor, The
6. Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands
7. Set Down Your Glass
8. Planets Bend Between Us, The
9. Engines
10. Disaster Button
11. Lightning Strike: What If This Storm Ends?/The Sunlight Through the Flags/Daybreak, The
| Details | | Producer: | Jacknife Lee | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Lyricist: Gary Lightbody.
Snow Patrol: Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly (vocals, guitar); Tom Simpson (keyboards); Paul Wilson (bass guitar); Jonny Quinn (drums).
Personnel: Jacknife Lee (harmonica).
Additional personnel: John Barclay, Pat White, Guy Barker, Mark Law (trumpet); Dan Jenkins, Colin Sheen (trombone); Ian Fasham, David Stewart (bass trombone); Stephen Wick, James Anderson (tuba); Evgeny Chebykin, Jocelyn Lightfoot, Kira Doherty, Richard Bayliss, Timothy Brown , Philip Eastop (horns).
Audio Mixer: Cenzo Townshend.
Audio Remasterer: John Davis.
Recording information: Grouse Lodge, Ireland,Hansa Studio Germany, The Garage,.
Arranger: Avshalom Caspi.
Building on the success of 2006's EYES OPEN, A HUNDRED MILLION SUNS cements Snow Patrol's place as one of the premiere alternative pop-rock bands of the early 2000s. All the elements that made up the band's previous work--resonant-hooky melodies, crisp arrangements, and a searching, expansive indie rock feel--are refined and elevated on this 2008 release. In addition to strong songwriting and carefully balanced sonic elements, A HUNDRED MILLION SUNS plays to Snow Patrol's ability to balance commercially minded pop with an indie rock ethos, as ballads like "Crack the Shutters" and the lush, groove-driven "The Golden Floor" prove. Polished and well crafted from beginning to end, the band's fifth full-length is arguably their strongest, and puts them in the running for indie pop-rock stardom.
Industry Reviews
[T]he bulk of the album belongs to shivery numbers like 'If There's a Rocket Tie Me to It,' 'Lifeboats,' and 'The Golden Floor' -- heartswellers, all. -- Grade: B+
3.5 stars out of 5 -- Snow Patrol doesn't seem as beholden to big hooks on album five, but they still keep things likably grand.
3 stars out of 5 -- Snow Patrol are all about big: echoing soundscapes; gargantuan guitar crescendos -- emotions that can be described only in terms of mythology and astronomy.
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