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Mad for sadness? Then Northern Irish four-piece Snow Patrol could be the band for you. Fully paid-up members of the generation of youthful Brit-rockers--see also JJ72 and Muse--Snow Patrol twin their histrionic-heavy guitar-fuzz to the vulnerable, reed-thin vocals of a teen-angstified frontman. But ignore lead singer Gary Lightbody when he hisses that he's "never gonna fall in love again" on the opening track of the same name; When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up is an album about giving your heart away, feeling it break and desperately trying to reassemble it before the next emotional meltdown. Perversely, some of this record's greatest moments find amps turned down and emotions laid desperately bare: the acoustic "Make Love To Me Forever" and the love-laid-to-rest lament of "If I'd Ever Found The Right Words To Say". But that's not to say that the ballsy pop songs--see "Ask Me How I Am", the sound of a harmony-laden Sebadoh playing hip-hop through a detuned radio--don't make the grade. And when it's all over? They may have been casualties in the Wars Of Love, but as Lightbody whispers "we won't get much sleep" on the closing "Firelight", you know that--like you--Snow Patrol are ready to flip the record and live it all again. --Louis Pattison
Q Magazine, April, 2001
...pretty special...
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A great album.
I only heard of snow patrol this year and whn i found out that they had released another 2 albums beside Final Straw i decided t check them out and i was surprised at the quality of this understated band that had been formed in 1994 and i hadn't heard about them. I highly recommend this album to any Snow Patrol fans and their most recent album Final Straw.
The songs are sung with such emotion that you will be totally fixated on the band.
Some of he songs are very quiet and may have to read the sleeve to read what the vocals are but i think that the quietness of the vocals adds emotion to the songs and makes you fill up with emotion after hearing the pain and anger that the lyrics include.
Once you know what the lyrics are you will understand the emotion behind the songs and really get into the meaning.
Gary Lighbody voice takes you into the emotions that he is feeling on some of the songs (An olive grove facing the sea and If i'd found the right words to say)
Great songs include:
An olive grove facing the sea -a beautifully sung song has so much emotion too it.
One night is not enough,If i'd found the right words to say and
Last Ever Gunman.
This really is a great album after you have played it a few times you will totally fall in love with this album.
A must for Snow Patrol Fans
I only heard of snow patrol this year and whn i found out that they had released another 2 albums beside Final Straw i decided t check them out and i was surprised at the quality of this understated band that had been formed in 1994 and i hadn't heard about them. I highly recommend this album to any Snow Patrol fans and their most recent album Final Straw.
The songs are sung with such emotion that you will be totally fixated on the band.
Some of he songs are very quiet and may have to read the sleeve to read what the vocals are but i think that the quietness of the vocals adds emotion to the songs and makes you fill up with emotion after hearing the pain and anger that the lyrics include.
Once you know what the lyrics are you will understand the emotion behind the songs and really get into the meaning.
Gary Lighbody voice takes you into the emotions that he is feeling on some of the songs (An olive grove facing the sea and If i'd found the right words to say)
Great songs include:
An olive grove facing the sea -a beautifully sung song has so much emotion too it.
One night is not enough,If i'd found the right words to say and
Last Ever Gunman.
This really is a great album after you have played it a few times you will totally fall in love with this album.
A must for Snow Patrol Fans
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is brilliant if u want to hear where the sound of modern day snow patrol came from. The album as a whole is a very slow affair with very few really big anthemic pieces such as chasing cars and run but the foundations are there. All the songs are beautiful and have real meaning and this is shown by the emotion given by lightbody in every single track. Highlitghts for me have to be "last ever lone gunman", "one night is not enough", "on/off" and "when it's all over we still have to clear up". My final word on this album is try and find it for as cheap as possible cos it has been around for a bit now. [...]
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This could be the soundtrack for anyone who has fallen in love, had their heart stomped, declared celabacy but still has the capacity to fall madly in love again! This is the beauty of the album as we start with 'Never Gonna Fall in Love Again', go through a rollercoaster of emotions with haunting melodies on tracks like 'If I found the Right Words To Say', 'An Olive Grove Facing the Sea' and 'Make Love To Me Forever'. We get some more commercial sounds with the likes of 'Ask Me How I Am' and 'Chased By... I don't Know What' and even a hint that some of this heartache may be down to him on the heartfelt 'On/Off'. Snow Patrol take you there an back in one of the most simply written (check out the title track, I think everyone has been there) yet beautifully heartfelt albums that my ears have had the privelidge to listen to. If you like Final Straw, step back in time and get this. Admitedly, you may not appreciate it's brilliance at first, but before you know it, you'll be lost in loves gone past with a lump in yout throught.
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Learning curve
I wouldn't say this was a classic album by any means but can you name a band with great albums from start to finish? Read more
Published 8 months ago by sgtdb
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Published on 16 Mar 2007 by Seraph
its a grower
i bought this album without hearing it because i loved final straw and eyes open, and to be honest the first time i listened to it i was really disappointed. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2007 by joey
Disappointing...enough said
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Published on 2 Jun 2005 by "wannabe_gangster28"
Enough to reduce you to tears.. for all the right reasons
This is a beautiful album, full of songs that take your emotions, twist them up and ring them out.
'When It's All Over' is a much quieter, more laid back album that Final straw,... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2005
Absolutely outstanding album
If you are considering to buy this album don't hesiate!It really is amazing!I bought this album after having bought final straw and seeing them live in Belfast! Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2005
Beautifully written, unlike anything else
I bought both this album and songs for polarbears after I bought 'Final Straw'. The early albums are different to the latest and most popular final straw but are definetely worth... Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2004
F****** Amazing
This is probably my favourite album, and I've always kicked myself that it was available for six months before I bought it- something I did purely on a hunch. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2002 by "mijopierce"
Album of my life !!!
This album is an absolute stunner - it restored my faith in songwriting and guitar music in one listen - forget Muse forget oasis forget everything you've ever listened to. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2002 by S. M. Plumb
review, recommendations, watever
it's simple. snow patrol are the most creative indie-rock band in the country. u no wen u get bands making music outside theyre usually tight sphere just to show off good they... Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2002
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