Final Straw

Amazon.com
The warm melancholy of Gary Lightbody's voice makes for a versatile instrument on Snow Patrol's Final Straw, artfully balancing bright, anthemic rock with disparate reference points like Belle and Sebastian and My Bloody Valentine. Aching with loves both lost and leaving, it's a voice that producer Garrett Lee uses as a jumping-off point, dropping fat guitars, electronic noise, and eclectic instrumentation in with Lightbody's breathy, moody depth. The band plays around with wild shifts of texture: "Gleaming Auction" veers in seconds from a relaxed shuffle to a shoegazing crunch, while a blanket of fuzzbox swagger calls forth the ghost of T. Rex on "Tiny Little Fractures." But just when you're ready to throw the record on random shuffle with Electric Warrior or maybe Heaven Tonight, the band lays down a pastoral ballad like "Same." Somehow it holds together beautifully, stuffed with songs that reward repeat listens and ear candy that keeps you full for days. --Matthew Cooke

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Final Straw

Average customer rating: Start your Snow Patrol Collection here Canciones para escuchar y disfrutar Solace through song Another superb effort from Snow Patrol It's Okay

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Tracks:

1. How To Be Dead
2. Wow
3. Glaming Auction
4. Whatever's Left
5. Spitting Games
6. Chocolate
7. Run
8. Grazed Knees
9. Ways & Means
10. Tiny Little Fractures
11. Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking
12. Same
13. Bonus Track 1
14. Bonus Track 2

Amazon.com

The warm melancholy of Gary Lightbody's voice makes for a versatile instrument on Snow Patrol's Final Straw, artfully balancing bright, anthemic rock with disparate reference points like Belle and Sebastian and My Bloody Valentine. Aching with loves both lost and leaving, it's a voice that producer Garrett Lee uses as a jumping-off point, dropping fat guitars, electronic noise, and eclectic instrumentation in with Lightbody's breathy, moody depth. The band plays around with wild shifts of texture: "Gleaming Auction" veers in seconds from a relaxed shuffle to a shoegazing crunch, while a blanket of fuzzbox swagger calls forth the ghost of T. Rex on "Tiny Little Fractures." But just when you're ready to throw the record on random shuffle with Electric Warrior or maybe Heaven Tonight, the band lays down a pastoral ballad like "Same." Somehow it holds together beautifully, stuffed with songs that reward repeat listens and ear candy that keeps you full for days. --Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

Start your Snow Patrol Collection here.......2007-06-27

Don't bother with anything earlier than this album with Snow Patrol. This is really where they finally got their act together. Get this one and Eyes Open and you'll be set.

Canciones para escuchar y disfrutar.......2007-05-16

Final Straw recoge una colección de canciones bien escritas, con una excelente música y cargadas de sentimiento. Por ello han sido seleccionadas para hacer parte de bandas sonoras reconocidas a nivel mundial.

Solace through song.......2007-05-10

I can't put my finger exactly on why, but there's something about these songs that I could envision appealing to teenagers and kids in college. "Final Straw" has its share of sensitive-artist tunes that Snow Patrol released in spades on their succeeding album, Eyes Open, but overall this one has a harder edge to it and a more down-to-earth feel. For instance, the workmanlike line "If it looks like it works and it feels like it works, then it works" on the edgy song "Wow" is priceless in its simplicity and effectiveness. That sort of musical magic continues during the first half of "Final Straw" on songs like "Glaming Auction," "Whatever's Left" and "Spitting Games," all of which are crisp, tuneful, rocking and honestly sung by Gary Lightbody.

As it happens, Lightbody's voice takes on an accented, desperate, despondent and poetic tone on the more mellow tunes, while his vocals have a more direct, tough vibe on the rockers (my preference). Said mellow tunes include the uplifting radio hit "Run" and "Grazed Knees," the latter of which comes complete with sweetly moribund strings for nice effect. One of the more unique songs on the CD is "Ways and Means," a swanky number that contains piano, synth, some formidable electric guitar work, actively hit cymbals and breathy vocals. The spark plug of a song "Tiny Little Fractures" also contains some get-up to it, while the beautiful closing tune (if you don't count the bonus tracks), "Same," with its piano and heartfelt tone, is the perfect way to end.

Snow Patrol seem to possess a bit of everything in their musical arsenal -- from airy, sensitively written ballads of the '00 era to harder-core rockers that the Goo Goo Dolls and Def Leppard would be proud of. If they can keep the originality, open mind and versatility going, perhaps Snow Patrol's career will extend as long as those great bands.

Another superb effort from Snow Patrol.......2007-04-24

Okay, these guys are even more amazing live than on CD, but that is no reason not to check out this album. Every song on here is great, and the production/recording is first rate. Highly recommended. I think Snow Patrol is the best modern rock band -- period.

It's Okay.......2007-03-13

I was a little dissapointed with this album. I had ordered "Eyes Open" in a previous order and was captivated by the sound. There wasn't a song I disliked. However, this album was not like "Eyes Open" and I found that I only prefered 2 or 3 songs out of the whole album. The price was cheap (less than $7.00), so I wasn't too upset. The songs I really liked were "Run", "chocolate", and "Grazed Knees". But the rest of the songs were so-so, in my opinion.

Average customer rating: Great Album The best album I've purchased in years It's the "Final Straw"

Final Straw Snow Patrol Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Twee Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Eyes Open When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up Hopes and Fears Eyes Open Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. ASIN: B0006FFRWA Release Date: 2004-12-07

Tracks:

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 & Means
10. Tiny Little Fractures
11. Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking
12. Same

Tracks:

1. How to Be Dead [DVD]
2. Wow [DVD]
3. Gleaming Auction [DVD]
4. Whatever's Left [DVD]
5. Spitting Games [DVD]
6. Chocolate [DVD]
7. Run [DVD]
8. Grazed Knees [DVD]
9. Ways & Means [DVD]
10. Tiny Little Fractures [DVD]
11. Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking [DVD]
12. Same [DVD]
13. Chocolate [DVD]
14. Run [DVD]
15. Spitting Games [DVD]
16. [Interview] [DVD]
17. Run [DVD][Live]
18. [Bio-Photo Gallery] [DVD]

Customer Reviews:

Great Album.......2007-05-08

I bought this CD after seeing them in HD on MHD. I had only heard a few songs, so I was wooried that I might not be as fond of the rest of the album. Well I was wrong to think that, this is a great album and it is often in my car's CD and of course on my Zem MP3. The songs are varried and the lyrics are very good. Love this one and plan to check out soom of their many other CDs.

The best album I've purchased in years.......2006-01-31

I bought this CD mostly for the song "Run". This was the first song I ever heard from Snow Patrol and I absolutely loved it. I have quickly found that I love all of the songs on this album. It is wonderful and I highly recommend it to everyone. I will be purchasing Snow Patrol's other albums very soon.

It's the "Final Straw".......2005-03-26

After several solid albums in the UK, Snow Patrol gets some US attention with their breakout album, "Final Straw." Their melancholy rock'n'roll has a sort of chilly, late-autumn sound and a lot of songs about falling-out with lovers, but avoids being the cliched, whiny album about The End of the Band Leader's Relationship.

"Run" serves as the most polished, radio-oriented song -- smooth and vaguely Coldplayish -- but songs like "Run" and "Spitting Games" take a different tack: More rough indie-rock with some wicked basslines and a solid rhythm. The most musically rich song is "Ways and Means," a magnificent, slow-grinding song that includes violins, synths and cymbals.

As this is a dual disc album, one side of it is a DVD, containing music videos for three of the songs ("Chocolate," "Spitting Games" and "Run"), two versions of surround sound and stereo, a photo gallery, an interview, a bio of the band, and more. For fans of Snow Patrol it's probably well worth it.

Snow Patrol don't really forge any new paths into the world of rock music. Most of their songs are rooted in gritty indie-rock bands, as well as some classics like Pink Floyd. But they do have a solid, engaging style, in the form of a "message": Gary Lightbody seems to be asking his lovers to please, please, PLEASE understand him.

The songs almost border on dance music sometimes -- some strings, barely-restrained chugging guitars, solid basslines and the occasional lovely roll of electronic sound serve to contrast the melancholy tone. It seems a little weird to have such musically upbeat instrumentation while singing about being drenched in the rain. But it saves "Final Straw" from being yet another mopey pop album about The End of the Relationship.

Gary Lightbody's vocals sometimes get buried under the drums; they are best highlighted in songs like "Run," where the sound is lower-key. They do need serious help with some of the songwriting. "My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes/ As blue as oceans and as pure as skies." While these songs have an earnestly sweet quality, it can't be denied that the writing is pretty banal.

"Final Straw" is a solid album, but it leaves one with the impression that Snow Patrol can -- and probably will -- do even better. While this bittersweet breakout is destined to be quite popular, it probably deserves it.

Average customer rating: Not quite the final straw

Final Straw Snow Patrol Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Twee Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hopes and Fears Songs for Polar Bears When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up Eyes Open ASIN: B00024IPCY Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

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 & Means
10. Tiny Little Fractures
11. Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking
12. Same

Customer Reviews:

Not quite the final straw.......2005-02-23

After several solid albums in the UK, Snow Patrol gets some US attention with their breakout album, "Final Straw." Their melancholy rock'n'roll has a sort of chilly, late-autumn sound and a lot of songs about falling-out with lovers, but avoids being the cliched, whiny album about The End of the Band Leader's Relationship.

"Run" serves as the most polished, radio-oriented song -- smooth and vaguely Coldplayish -- but songs like "Run" and "Spitting Games" take a different tack: More rough indie-rock with some wicked basslines and a solid rhythm. The most musically rich song is "Ways and Means," a magnificent, slow-grinding song that includes violins, synths and cymbals.

Snow Patrol don't really forge any new paths into the world of rock music. Most of their songs are rooted in gritty indie-rock bands, as well as some classics like Pink Floyd. But they do have a solid, engaging style, in the form of a "message": Gary Lightbody seems to be asking his lovers to please, please, PLEASE understand him.

The songs almost border on dance music sometimes -- some strings, barely-restrained chugging guitars, solid basslines and the occasional lovely roll of electronic sound serve to contrast the melancholy tone. It seems a little weird to have such musically upbeat instrumentation while singing about being drenched in the rain. But it saves "Final Straw" from being yet another mopey pop album about The End of the Relationship.

Gary Lightbody's vocals sometimes get buried under the drums; they are best highlighted in songs like "Run," where the sound is lower-key. They do need serious help with some of the songwriting. "My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes/ As blue as oceans and as pure as skies." While these songs have an earnestly sweet quality, it can't be denied that the writing is pretty banal.

"Final Straw" is a solid album, but it leaves one with the impression that Snow Patrol can -- and probably will -- do even better. While this bittersweet breakout is destined to be quite popular, it probably deserves it.

Average customer rating: Not quite the final straw BEST ALBUM!!!! europe is spoiled rotten.... Folk Implosion far from being the best album

Final Straw Snow Patrol Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Twee Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Eyes Open ASIN: B0000AM6QC Release Date: 2003-09-16

Tracks:

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 & Means
10. Tiny Little Fractures
11. Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking
12. Same

Album Description

UK edition of the British indie rocker's third album includes 2 bonus tracks 'Gleaming Auction' & 'Same'. Universal. 2003.

Album Details

Snow Patrol Are a Northern Irish Quartet Now Based in Scotland. Final Straw is the Band's Third Album and Charted High on the UK Chart Soon after Its Release in August 2003. The Album features the Singles "Run", "Spitting Games" and "Chocolate". "an Album with Massive Presence, Immediately Engaging the Listener in the Band's Emotionally-charged Song's" - the Judging Panel of the Northern Mercury Music Prize.

Customer Reviews:

Not quite the final straw.......2005-05-21

After several solid albums in the UK, Snow Patrol gets some US attention with their breakout album, "Final Straw." Their melancholy rock'n'roll has a sort of chilly, late-autumn sound and a lot of songs about falling-out with lovers, but avoids being the cliched, whiny album about The End of the Band Leader's Relationship.

"Run" serves as the most polished, radio-oriented song -- smooth and vaguely Coldplayish -- but songs like "Run" and "Spitting Games" take a different tack: More rough indie-rock with some wicked basslines and a solid rhythm. The most musically rich song is "Ways and Means," a magnificent, slow-grinding song that includes violins, synths and cymbals.

Snow Patrol don't really forge any new paths into the world of rock music. Most of their songs are rooted in gritty indie-rock bands, as well as some classics like Pink Floyd. But they do have a solid, engaging style, in the form of a "message": Gary Lightbody seems to be asking his lovers to please, please, PLEASE understand him.

The songs almost border on dance music sometimes -- some strings, barely-restrained chugging guitars, solid basslines and the occasional lovely roll of electronic sound serve to contrast the melancholy tone. Not to mention delicate touches like strings, which also polish up the edges.

It seems a little weird to have such musically upbeat instrumentation while singing about being drenched in the rain. But it saves "Final Straw" from being yet another mopey pop album about The End of the Relationship, but not so perky that it becomes annoying.

Gary Lightbody's vocals sometimes get buried under the drums; they are best highlighted in songs like "Run," where the sound is lower-key. Snow Patrol's guys do need a bit of serious help with some of the songwriting. "My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes/ As blue as oceans and as pure as skies." While these songs have an earnestly sweet quality, it can't be denied that the writing is pretty banal.

"Final Straw" is a solid album, but it leaves one with the impression that Snow Patrol can -- and probably will -- do even better. While this bittersweet breakout is destined to be quite popular, it probably deserves it.

BEST ALBUM!!!!.......2004-02-15

Snow Patrol's latest album, Final Straw, is the best album I've heard in a long time. Their work on The Reindeer Section's "Your Sweet Voice" has the same soothing, catchy qualities as their work on this album. Standouts on the album are "How to be Dead," "Spitting Games," and "Chocolate." The haunting chouruses are hard to get out of your head, but they are not annoying and you never get sick of them, so you don't mind when they're stuck in your head. The CD has wide appeal- I believe you'll like it whatever your age and whatever kind of music you like. If you like the Scottish/Indie/Alt/Rock bands like Idlewild and The Reindeer Section, you'll love Snow Patrol's Final Straw. If I could buy any Snow Patrol CD, I'd buy Final Straw. Importing the CD is cheap- it costs around $16, and it only takes about 12 days to be shipped to the US, and it is definitely worth the wait. When I went to http://www.snowpatrol.net/ to hear sneak- previews of the album, I was definitely sold.

europe is spoiled rotten...........2004-01-26

In todays era of soul-less corporate rock and cash-safe "attack of the clones", I've begun to look over the pond for my music needs. Bands such as Muse, Kent, Doves, and Idlewild (just to name a few) get regular spin time in my ear buds.

A while back I got into the Reindeer Section, a side project of Gary Lightbody (creative force behind Snow Patrol) which incorporated a lot of euro talent on multiple tracks. The albums were a chance for Lightbody to experiment with some *safe* and *marketable* sounds, while retaining some integrity in the indie market by not carbon copying each track or sticking to a particular formula too closely (or marketing it to death). The Reindeer project, to me, was a simple attempt to get some people together and create some good music and, in my opinion, they succeeded nicely.

Fast forward to today. Lightbody took all that he learned with Reindeer Section, what he thought worked, what he thought could be improved, and created Final Staw, the new Snow Patrol album. What he and his band created is a more "radio friendly" version of Snow Patrol, which will no doubt upset the long-term fans, however...and it needs to be said.....WOW! Radio-friendly never sounded so good.

There are no "skip me's" on this cd. All tracks are solid. As others pointed out, some (like "Run") stand out as singles, but the other songs that are more radio-edgy stand out like polished gems. I think this band has grown a lot since Polar Bears and am glad I've been along for the ride.

Folk Implosion.......2004-01-22

If you like folk implosion you will like snow patrol and vice versa. Nuff' said.

far from being the best album.......2004-01-14

Although I love the "Run," but I don't think it can be a best album of the year. I mean most of the songs are the same. I hate people always put a slow song as their last song. Common, It's freaking boring and uncreative. "Run" is the only great song. Some good songs before but the rest are bad and boring.

Average customer rating: Not quite the final straw BEST ALBUM!!!! europe is spoiled rotten.... Folk Implosion far from being the best album

Final Straw Snow Patrol Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Twee Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Eyes Open ASIN: B0001BH15K Release Date: 2004-02-02

Tracks:

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 & Means
10. Tiny Little Fractures
11. Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking
12. Same
13. We Can Run Away Now They're All Dead and Gone [*]
14. Half the Fun [*]

Album Description

Limited edition reissue of the British indie rockers' third album features 14 tracks including the singles 'Run' & 'Spitting Games', as well as 2 bonus tracks, 'We Can Run Away Now They're All Dead & Gone' & 'Half The Fun'. Polydor/Universal. 2004.

Album Details

Snow Patrol Are a Northern Irish Quartet Now Based in Scotland. Final Straw is the Band's Third Album and Charted High on the UK Chart Soon after Its Release in August 2003. The Album features the Singles "Run", "Spitting Games" and "Chocolate". "an Album with Massive Presence, Immediately Engaging the Listener in the Band's Emotionally-charged Song's" - the Judging Panel of the Northern Mercury Music Prize.

Customer Reviews:

Not quite the final straw.......2005-05-21

After several solid albums in the UK, Snow Patrol gets some US attention with their breakout album, "Final Straw." Their melancholy rock'n'roll has a sort of chilly, late-autumn sound and a lot of songs about falling-out with lovers, but avoids being the cliched, whiny album about The End of the Band Leader's Relationship.

"Run" serves as the most polished, radio-oriented song -- smooth and vaguely Coldplayish -- but songs like "Run" and "Spitting Games" take a different tack: More rough indie-rock with some wicked basslines and a solid rhythm. The most musically rich song is "Ways and Means," a magnificent, slow-grinding song that includes violins, synths and cymbals.

Snow Patrol don't really forge any new paths into the world of rock music. Most of their songs are rooted in gritty indie-rock bands, as well as some classics like Pink Floyd. But they do have a solid, engaging style, in the form of a "message": Gary Lightbody seems to be asking his lovers to please, please, PLEASE understand him.

The songs almost border on dance music sometimes -- some strings, barely-restrained chugging guitars, solid basslines and the occasional lovely roll of electronic sound serve to contrast the melancholy tone. Not to mention delicate touches like strings, which also polish up the edges.

It seems a little weird to have such musically upbeat instrumentation while singing about being drenched in the rain. But it saves "Final Straw" from being yet another mopey pop album about The End of the Relationship, but not so perky that it becomes annoying.

Gary Lightbody's vocals sometimes get buried under the drums; they are best highlighted in songs like "Run," where the sound is lower-key. Snow Patrol's guys do need a bit of serious help with some of the songwriting. "My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes/ As blue as oceans and as pure as skies." While these songs have an earnestly sweet quality, it can't be denied that the writing is pretty banal.

"Final Straw" is a solid album, but it leaves one with the impression that Snow Patrol can -- and probably will -- do even better. While this bittersweet breakout is destined to be quite popular, it probably deserves it.

BEST ALBUM!!!!.......2004-02-15

Snow Patrol's latest album, Final Straw, is the best album I've heard in a long time. Their work on The Reindeer Section's "Your Sweet Voice" has the same soothing, catchy qualities as their work on this album. Standouts on the album are "How to be Dead," "Spitting Games," and "Chocolate." The haunting chouruses are hard to get out of your head, but they are not annoying and you never get sick of them, so you don't mind when they're stuck in your head. The CD has wide appeal- I believe you'll like it whatever your age and whatever kind of music you like. If you like the Scottish/Indie/Alt/Rock bands like Idlewild and The Reindeer Section, you'll love Snow Patrol's Final Straw. If I could buy any Snow Patrol CD, I'd buy Final Straw. Importing the CD is cheap- it costs around $16, and it only takes about 12 days to be shipped to the US, and it is definitely worth the wait. When I went to http://www.snowpatrol.net/ to hear sneak- previews of the album, I was definitely sold.

europe is spoiled rotten...........2004-01-26

In todays era of soul-less corporate rock and cash-safe "attack of the clones", I've begun to look over the pond for my music needs. Bands such as Muse, Kent, Doves, and Idlewild (just to name a few) get regular spin time in my ear buds.

A while back I got into the Reindeer Section, a side project of Gary Lightbody (creative force behind Snow Patrol) which incorporated a lot of euro talent on multiple tracks. The albums were a chance for Lightbody to experiment with some *safe* and *marketable* sounds, while retaining some integrity in the indie market by not carbon copying each track or sticking to a particular formula too closely (or marketing it to death). The Reindeer project, to me, was a simple attempt to get some people together and create some good music and, in my opinion, they succeeded nicely.

Fast forward to today. Lightbody took all that he learned with Reindeer Section, what he thought worked, what he thought could be improved, and created Final Staw, the new Snow Patrol album. What he and his band created is a more "radio friendly" version of Snow Patrol, which will no doubt upset the long-term fans, however...and it needs to be said.....WOW! Radio-friendly never sounded so good.

There are no "skip me's" on this cd. All tracks are solid. As others pointed out, some (like "Run") stand out as singles, but the other songs that are more radio-edgy stand out like polished gems. I think this band has grown a lot since Polar Bears and am glad I've been along for the ride.

Folk Implosion.......2004-01-22

If you like folk implosion you will like snow patrol and vice versa. Nuff' said.

far from being the best album.......2004-01-14

Although I love the "Run," but I don't think it can be a best album of the year. I mean most of the songs are the same. I hate people always put a slow song as their last song. Common, It's freaking boring and uncreative. "Run" is the only great song. Some good songs before but the rest are bad and boring.

Average customer rating:

Final Straw Snow Patrol Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Twee Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00024JISY Release Date: 2004-08-30

Tracks:

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 & Means
10. Tiny Little Fractures
11. Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking
12. Same

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring Two Bonus Tracks also Found on the Limited European Version, and Three Exclusive Enhanced Video Tracks.

Average customer rating:

Final Straw Snow Patrol Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Twee Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000H5TYUU Release Date: 2007-09-17

Tracks:

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 & Means
10. Tiny Little Fractures
11. Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking
12. Same
13. We Can Run Away Now They're All Dead and Gone [*]
14. Half the Fun [*]

Album Details

Includes the Bonus Tracks We Can Run Away Now and Half the Fun.

Average customer rating: It's the final "Straw"

Final Straw Snow Patrol Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Twee Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00024Z9OG Release Date: 2004-07-05

Tracks:

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 & Means
10. Tiny Little Fractures
11. Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking
12. Same

Album Description

Japanese pressing of the Scottish indie rock act's 2003 album includes two bonus tracks. Details TBA. Polydor. 2004.

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring Two Bonus Tracks also Found on the Limited European Version, and Three Exclusive Enhanced Video Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

It's the final "Straw".......2005-05-12

After several solid albums in the UK, Snow Patrol gets some US attention with their breakout album, "Final Straw." Their melancholy rock'n'roll has a sort of chilly, late-autumn sound and a lot of songs about falling-out with lovers, but avoids being the cliched, whiny album about The End of the Band Leader's Relationship.

"Run" serves as the most polished, radio-oriented song -- smooth and vaguely Coldplayish -- but songs like "Run" and "Spitting Games" take a different tack: More rough indie-rock with some wicked basslines and a solid rhythm. The most musically rich song is "Ways and Means," a magnificent, slow-grinding song that includes violins, synths and cymbals.

Snow Patrol don't really forge any new paths into the world of rock music. Most of their songs are rooted in gritty indie-rock bands, as well as some classics like Pink Floyd. But they do have a solid, engaging style, in the form of a "message": Gary Lightbody seems to be asking his lovers to please, please, PLEASE understand him.

The songs almost border on dance music sometimes -- some strings, barely-restrained chugging guitars, solid basslines and the occasional lovely roll of electronic sound serve to contrast the melancholy tone. It seems a little weird to have such musically upbeat instrumentation while singing about being drenched in the rain. But it saves "Final Straw" from being yet another mopey pop album about The End of the Relationship.

Gary Lightbody's vocals sometimes get buried under the drums; they are best highlighted in songs like "Run," where the sound is lower-key. They do need serious help with some of the songwriting. "My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes/ As blue as oceans and as pure as skies." While these songs have an earnestly sweet quality, it can't be denied that the writing is pretty banal.

"Final Straw" is a solid album, but it leaves one with the impression that Snow Patrol can -- and probably will -- do even better. While this bittersweet breakout is destined to be quite popular, it probably deserves it.

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Final Straw Manufacturer: Polydor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000BGT6VC

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