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Snow Patrol: Eyes Open

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Polydor Records
Released: 2006.05.19
Time:
 45:07
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.snowpatrol.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2007.11.14
Price in €: 17,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] You're All I Have (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 4:32
[2] Hands Open (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 3:17
[3] Chasing Cars (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 4:27
[4] Shut Your Eyes (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 3:17
[5] It's Beginning to Get to Me (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 4:35
[6] You Could Be Happy (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 3:02
[7] Make This Go on Forever (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 5:47
[8] Set the Fire to the Third Bar (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 3:23
[9] Headlights on Dark Roads (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 3:30
[10] Open Your Eyes (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 5:41
[11] The Finish Line (N.Connolly/G.Lightbody/J.Quinn/T.Simpson/P.Wilson) - 3:28

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Gary Lightbody – Vocals, Guitar
Jonny Quinn – Drums, Percussion
Nathan Connolly – Guitar, Vocals
Paul Wilson – Bass Guitar
Tom Simpson – Keyboards

Jacknife Lee - Keyboards, Programming, Background Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Leon Bosch - Double Bass
Ben Russell - Double Bass

Martha Wainwright - Vocals on [8]

Iain Archer - Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus
Paul Archer - Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus
Ciaran Gribbin - Choir, Chorus
Hrafnhildur Halldorsdottir - Choir, Chorus
Eugene Kelly - Choir, Chorus
David McGinty - Choir, Chorus
Richael Reader - Choir, Chorus
Jenny Reeve - Choir, Chorus
Claire Scott - Choir, Chorus
Stacey Seivewright - Choir, Chorus
Sara Wilson - Choir, Chorus
Charlie Clarke - Choir, Chorus

Cenzo Townshend - Mixing
Owen Skinner - Mixing Assistant
Sam Bell - Engineer
Peter Hoffman - Engineer
Tom McFall - Engineer
Steve Pryce - Engineer
John Davies - Mastering
Fergus Peterkin - Assistant Engineer
Stefano Soffia - Assistant Engineer
Simon Wakeling - Assistant Engineer
Richard Andrews - Art Direction
Mat Maitland - Art Direction, Images
Dan Tobin Smith - Photography
Nigel Walton - Compilation

James Banbury - Arranger, Cello
Adrian Bradbury - Cello
Caroline Dale - Cello
Caroline Dearney - Cello
Janice Graham - Violin, Leader
Richard George - Violin
Ursula Gough - Violin
Timothy Grant - Viola
William Hawkes - Viola
Rebecca Hirsch - Violin
Karin Leishman - Violin
Beatrix Lovejoy - Violin
Pauline Lowbury - Violin
Maya Magub - Violin
Zoe Martlew - Cello
Richard Milone - Violin
Maxine Moore - Viola
Steve Morris - Violin
Everton Nelson - Violin
Charles Sewart - Violin
Matthew Souter - Viola
Paul Willey - Violin
Lucy Williams - Violin
Warren Zielinski - Violin
Hilary Skewes - String Contractor
 

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s

2006 LP Universal International 9853626
2006 CD A&M 667502
2006 CD Polydor 9853179
2007 CD Polydor 1745344

"There are swaggering bands, bands who are in your face. And then there are bands who get hold of you somewhere else. I think it's a heart thing, an intimacy thing. Like you know them and they know you. I think we are one of those bands." So says Snow Patrol singer and chief songwriter Gary Lightbody. And all the proof you'll need is Snow Patrol's new album Eyes Open, a collection of songs which more than makes good on the promise of its predecessor, 2004's two million selling Final Straw. Values: beautiful powerful songs underscored by some of the most poignant and telling lyrics in rock. Eyes Open is Snow Patrol's post card from the cliff edge. It's going to be hard to ignore these songs in 2006.



The anthemic indie rock sound of Snow Patrol provides a bit of hope and promise among the many acts attempting to fit into a certain genre or scene. Snow Patrol belongs to their own scene, and their third album, 2004's Final Straw, proved that with several global hit singles such as "Run," "Chocolate," "How to Be Dead," and the reissue of "Spitting Games." British fans once more proclaimed their beloved Snow Patrol as a true rock & roll band while American audiences finally took notice of the Scottish collective. The band's fourth album, Eyes Open, doesn't fall short from where they left off; in fact, Snow Patrol's hungry rock sound only gets bigger and better this time around. All guitar hooks and singalong choruses are firmly in place. Gary Lightbody is an underrated frontman. On Eyes Open, he once again writes songs that are from the heart and true to self-reflection without getting too sappy and too overjoyed. From the playful name-dropping of Sufjan Stevens on "Hands Open" to their passionate delivery on "It's Beginning to Get to Me" and "Shut Your Eyes," Snow Patrol's approach is epic. They are the kind of band that embraces simplicity as beautiful and human flaws as art. The lullaby-like "You Could Be Happy" and the passionate buildup of "Make This Go on Forever" are evident of that. This 11-song set is a masterpiece, so keep your ears and eyes open for Snow Patrol. They're onto something big.

MacKenzie Wilson - All Music Gide



Snow Patrol are frequently compared to Coldplay in the press, which seems strange as they write far better songs and do not appear to be quite so self-hating, nor as rich. Their delightfully dour little pop songs do touch on the melancholic side of things, but the lyrics are wonderfully slice-of-life descriptions. Singer/lyricist Gary Lightbody gives a shout-out to Sufjan Stevens when on the punchy "Open Your Eyes" he sings, "The anger swells in my guts." Perhaps a better comparison would be American indie-rock act Sebadoh? Regardless, this band continues to surprise. If you went to see this mixed Scottish/Irish group on tour after hearing their wistful, breakout third album Final Straw, you might have been a bit confused by the rock juggernaut confronting you. Eyes Open is their most straightforwardly rock record yet, and thanks in large part to producer Garret Lee, it's their best. If there was ever perfect music to get lost to while driving around confused about a relationship, this is it.

Mike McGonigal - Amazon.com



Die angenehm unaufdringliche Indiepop-Hoffnung Snow Patrol aus Schottland macht nach drei tollen Alben da weiter, wo sie mit Final Straw aufgehört hat: Mit einem weiteren tollen Album. Die mittlerweile vom Trio zum Quintett angewachsene Band um Sänger und Songwriter Gary Lightbody will sich auch mit dem vierten Streich Eyes Open nicht so recht festlegen, wohin die Reise führen soll. R.E.M. oder U2 scheinen bei Snow Patrol gleichermaßen hoch im Kurs zu stehen. Da eröffnen sie mit so knackigen Powerpop-Nummern wie der Single "You’re All I Have" und "Hands Open", die bald im amerikanischen College-Radio rotieren dürften, und ziehen dann den Hörer mit "Chasing Cars", "Shut Your Eyes" oder dem seinem Titel dezent widersprechenden "You Could Be Happy" wieder mit Nachdruck in schwer melancholische Gefilde, wie man sie von Placebo oder Coldplay kennt. Aber warum sich auch klar für eine Seite entscheiden, wenn man das Beste aus beiden Welten haben kann. "It’s Beginning To Get Me" sägt genüsslich am Thron von U2, mit denen Snow Patrol vergangenes Jahr in Europa auf Tour waren, das frisch nach vorne rockende "Headlights On The Dark Roads" hingegen klingt amerikanischer, als man das von einer nordbritischen Band erwarten würde. Und wo wir gerade über die Highlights sprechen, darf auch "Set The Fire To The Third Bar", ein atemberaubend schönes Duett mit Martha Wainwright, nicht verschwiegen werden. Die bei Final Straw so gelungene Zusammenarbeit mit Produzent Garrett ‚Jacknife’ Lee auch für Eyes Open fortzusetzen, hat sich als richtige Entscheidung herausgestellt, allerdings kann Eyes Open den direkten Vergleich mit dem Vorgänger nicht ganz für sich entscheiden – zum Sieg nach Punkten fehlt ein alles überstrahlender Superhit wie "Run". Stagnation auf solch hohem Niveau lassen wir uns aber gerne gefallen.

Dirk Siepe - Amazon.de



Mal ehrlich, wir haben alle unsere dunklen Seiten und verlieben uns manchmal in einen richtig schlechten Mainstreamrocksong. Mit Snow Patrol kann man diese Neigung jetzt öffentlich ausleben, denn den schlechten Ruf von Nickelback & Co. haben die Glasgower (noch) nicht. Andererseits ist es schade, eine durchaus glaubwürdige Band nun an den Formatrock zu verlieren. Vielleicht hätten Snow Patrol nicht mit U2 auf Tour gehen dürfen. Jetzt singen sie Textzeilen wie „Shut your eyes and sing to me" und denken dabei an Stadien, Bier aus Pappbechern und Feuerzeugmeere. Okay, sie können immer noch anders. Hin und wieder tauchen wunderbare Indiepopsongs auf wie „Set the Fire to the third Bar", ein Duett mit Martha Wainwright. Und mit „Chasing Cars" haben sie nach ihrer Hitsingle „Run" erneut eine Überballade geschrieben.

(cs) - kulturnews.de



These Irish rockers became stars in the U.K. with 2004's Final Straw, an album long on Coldplay-style melancholia and delicate atmospherics. Eyes Open is even more decadently cushy, setting chiming guitars, strings and electronics under Gary Lightbody's aching croons. Starry-eyed ballads like "You're All That I Have" are dragged down by Lightbody's Hallmark sentiments, and the cinematic production feels overbearing on songs such as "Make This Go On Forever," a desperate hymn outfitted with a choral accompaniment. Lightbody is better on "Hands Open," a sharp, catchy rocker that could have come from late-Eighties R.E.M., and "It's Beginning to Get to Me" features a heart-tugging tune that sounds fully formed rather than hazy and shapeless. Eyes Open may make Snow Patrol something like famous over here, but stronger songs could have elevated it past mere prettiness.

CHRISTIAN HOARD - May 26, 2006
Rolling Stone
 

 L y r i c s


You're All I Have

Strain this chaos turn it into light
I've got to see you one last night
Before the lions take their share
Leave us in pieces, scattered everywhere

Just give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Just give me something to hold onto

It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have

You're cinematic razor sharp
A welcome arrow through the heart
Under your skin feels like home
Electric shocks on aching bones

Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Just give me something to hold onto

It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have

There is a darkness deep in you
A frightening magic I cling to

Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Just give me something to hold onto

It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear now you are all that I have
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear now you are all that I have


Hands Open

It's hard to argue when
You won't stop making sense
But my tongue still misbehaves
And it keeps digging my own grave

With my hands open
And my eyes open
I just keep hoping
That your heart opens

Why would I sabotage
the best thing that I have?
Well, it makes it easier to know
Exactly what I want

With my hands open
And my eyes open
I just keep hoping
That your heart opens

It's not as easy as willing it all to be right
Gotta be more than hoping it's right
I wanna hear you laugh like you really mean it
Collapse into me tired with joy
[x2]

Put Sufjan Stevens on
And we'll play your favorite song
’Chicago’ bursts to life
And your sweet smile remembers you

My hands open
And my eyes open
I just keep hoping
That your heart opens

It's not as easy as willing it all to be right
Gotta be more than hoping it's right
I wanna hear you laugh like you really mean it
Collapse into me tired with joy
[x4]


Chasing Cars

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own
We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
I said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
to remind me
to find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?


Shut Your Eyes

Shut your eyes and think of somewhere
Somewhere cold and caked in snow
By the fire we break the quiet
Learn to wear each other well

And when the worrying starts to hurt
And the world feels like bricks of dirt
Just close your eyes until
You can imagine this place
Yeah, our secret space at will

Shut your eyes, I spin the big chair
And you'll feel dizzy, light and free
And falling gently on the cushion
You can come and sing to me

And when the worrying starts to hurt
And the world feels like gbricks of dirt
Just close your eyes until
You can imagine this place
Yeah, our secret space at will

(Shut your eyes)
[x4]

Shut your eyes and sing to me
(Shut your eyes and sing to me)
[x4]


It's Beginning To Get To Me

I wanted something
That's purer than the water
Like we were

It's not there now
Ineloquence and anger
Are all we have

Like Saturn's rings
An icy loop around me
Too hard to hold

Lash out first
At all the things we don't like
Or understand

And it's beginning to get to me
That I know more of the stars and sea
Than I do of what's in your head
Barely touching in our cold bed

Are you beginning to get get my point
That always fighting with aching joints
Is doing nothing but tire us out
No one knows what this fight's about

The answer phone
The lonely sound of your voice
Frozen in time

I only need
The compass that you gave me
To guide me on

And it's beginning to get to me
That I know more of the stars and sea
Than I do of what's in your head
Barely touching in our cold bed

Are you beginning to get get my point
That always fighting with aching joints
Is doing nothing but tire us out
No one knows what this fight's about

It's so thrilling but also wrong
Don't have to prove that you are so strong
'Cause I can carry you on my back
After our enemies attack

I tried to tell you before I left
But I was screaming under my breath
You are the only thing that makes sense
Just ignore all this present tense

We need to feel breathless with love
And not collapse under its weight
I'm gasping for the air to fill
My lungs with everything I've lost

We need to feel breathless with love
And not collapse under its weight
I'm gasping for the air to fill
My lungs with everything I've lost


You Could Be Happy

You could be happy and I won't know
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go

And all the things that I wish I had not said
Are played in loops til it's madness in my head

Is it too late to remind you how we were?
Not our last days of silent screaming blur

Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should've stopped you from walking out the door

You could be happy, I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far

Somehow everything I own smells of you
And for the tiniest moment it's all not true

Do the things that you always wanted to
Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do

More than anything I want to see you girl
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world


Make This Go On Forever

Please don't let this turn into something it's not
I can only give you everything I've got
I can't be as sorry as you think I should
But I still love you more than anyone else could

All that I keep thinking throughout this whole fight
Is it could take my whole damn life to make this right
This splintered mast I'm holding on won't save me long
Because I know fine well that what I did was wrong

The last girl and the last reason to make this last for as long as I could
The first kiss and the first time that I felt connected to anything
The weight of water, the way you taught me to look past everything I have ever learned
The final word in the final sentence you ever uttered to me was love

We have gone through so much worse than this before
What's so different this time that you can't ignore
You say it is much more than just my last mistake
And we should spend some time apart for both our sakes

The last girl and the last reason to make this last for as long as I could
The first kiss and the first time that I felt connected to anything
The weight of water, the way you taught me to look past everything I have ever learned
The final word in the final sentence you ever uttered to me was love

The last girl and the last reason to make this last for as long as I could
The first kiss and the first time that I felt connected to anything
The weight of water, the way you taught me to look past everything I have ever learned
The final word in the final sentence you ever uttered to me was love

And I don't know where to look
My words just break and melt
Please just save me from this darkness [x2]

And I don't know where to look
My words just break and melt
Please just save me from this darkness [x2]


Set The Fire To The Third Bar

I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from here to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger in creases of distant dark places

I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science

Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me

And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in

And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms


Headlights On Dark Roads

For once I want to be the car crash
Not always just the traffic jam
Hit me hard enough to wake me
And lead me wild to your dark roads

Headlights... before me
So beautiful, so clear
Reach out... and take it
Cause I'm so tired of all this fear

My tongue is lost, oh, I can't tell you
Please just see it in my eyes
I pull up thorns from our ripped bodies
And let the blood fall in my mouth

Headlights... before me
So beautiful, so clear
Reach out... and take it
Cause I'm so tired of all this fear

Headlights... before me
So beautiful, so clear
Reach out... and take it
Cause I'm so tired of all this fear


Open Your Eyes

All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you
My bones ache, my skin feels cold
And I'm getting so tired and so old

The anger swells in my guts
And I won't feel these slices and cuts
I want so much to open your eyes
Cos I need you to look into mine

Tell me that you'll open your eyes [x4]

Get up, get out, get away from these liars
Cos they don't get your soul or your fire
Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine
And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time

Every minute from this minute now
We can do what we like anywhere
I want so much to open your eyes
Cos I need you to look into mine

Tell me that you'll open your eyes [x8]

All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you


The Finish Line

The earth is warm next to my ear
Insects noise is all that I hear
A magic trick makes the world disappear
The skies are dark, they're dark but they're clear

A distant motorcade and suddenly there's joy
The snowing ticker-tape blurs all my senses numb
It's like the finish line where everything just ends
The crack of radio seems close enough to touch

Cold water, cleaning my wounds
A sad parade with a single balloon
I'm done with this I'm counting to ten
Bluest seas running to them

I feel like I am watching everything from space
And in a minute I'll hear my name and I'll wake
I think the finish line's a good place we could start
Take a deep breath, take in all that you could want
 

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