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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. If There's a Rocket Tie Me To It | |||
| 2. Crack The Shutters | |||
| 3. Take Back The City | |||
| 4. Lifeboats | |||
| 5. The Golden Floor | |||
| 6. Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands | |||
| 7. Set Down Your Glass | |||
| 8. The Planets Bend Between Us | |||
| 9. Engines | |||
| 10. Disaster Button | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. First Week Of Term | |||
| 2. Jacknife Lee Studio Safari | |||
| 3. First Week Of Term | |||
| 4. Jacknife Lee Studio Safari | |||
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Snow Patrol we meet on A Hundred Million Suns is a band facing the same dilemma that Coldplay met on 2008’s Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends; having conquered the world with a rousing, melancholy brand of MOR indie, where now? On the surface, A Hundred Million Suns seems to suggest, nowhere especially new: producer Jacknife Lee, who first worked with the band on 2003's Final Straw and went on to work with the likes of U2 and REM returns to the fold; and an opening brace of songs suggest that a successful formula--chiming guitars, gentle builds, and Gary Lightbody's quavering, tremulous vocal--persists. Still, "Take Back The City", a windswept, electronic-tinged rocker, rather does for this band what "Dakota" did for Stereophonics, proving that a spot of sleek, synthetic motorik is not beyond their grasp, and there's a new, bright optimism to Lightbody's lyrics that sets the likes of "The Planets Bend Between Us" in light relief to some of Snow Patrol's earlier work. If you want experiment, though, you'll have to wait until the closing "The Lightning Strike", a 16-minute track in three parts that investigates Phillip Glass-style minimalism and electronic beats with some aptitude. --Louis Pattison
CD Description
Fifth album, following 2006's multi-million-selling 'Eyes Open', from the Northern Irish pop-rock quintet. Recorded in Germany and Ireland with Garret "Jacknife" Lee (U2, Bloc Party, REM) once more at the helm, the album sees them exploring a somewhat rockier, although still decidedly radio-friendly, direction than on the introspective 'Eyes Open'. As evinced by the single 'Take Back The City', the band's knack for writing catchy pop hooks remains intact.
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