Final Straw

Final Straw

Infobox Album |
Name = Final Straw
Type = studio
Artist = Snow Patrol


Released = January, 2003 (Republic of Ireland) August 4 2003 (UK) February 2 2004 (UK re-release) May 30 2004 (U.S.)
Recorded = February 2003 at Britannia Row Studios
Genre = Alternative rock Indie rock
Length = 44:00 (w/o bonus tracks; 50:10 with)
Label = Black Lion, Polydor, Fiction (UK) Interscope (U.S.)
Producer = Jacknife Lee
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2ltqoaqawijm~T10 link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21851-final-straw link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/snowpatrol/albums/album/5198097/review/5941571/final_straw link]
*Entertainment.ie Rating|4|5 [http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Snow-Patrol---Final-Straw/2864.htm link]
*"Uncut" Rating|4|5 [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/snow_patrol/reviews/6317 Oct 2003, p.130]
Last album = "When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up" (2001)
This album = "Final Straw"
(2003)
Next album = "Live and Acoustic at Park Ave." (2005)
Misc = Singles
Name = Final Straw
Type = Studio album
single 1 = Spitting Games
single 1 date = 2003
single 2 = Run
single 2 date = 2004
single 3 = Chocolate
single 3 date = 2004
single 4 = Spitting Games (re-release)
single 4 date = 2004
single 5 = How To Be Dead
single 5 date = 2004

"Final Straw" is the highly acclaimed third album by Snow Patrol, released in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in 2003 and in the United States in 2004. The album is notable for bringing the band their first mainstream success outside of their native countries of Ireland and Scotland.

The album was re-released in the UK in 2004 with two extra tracks, before being exported to the U.S. (without the bonus tracks). The album was also released on SACD and Dualdisc with 5.1 Surround mixes.

The song "Wow" is featured the PlayStation 2 game, "Gran Turismo 4".

The song "Somewhere a Clock is Ticking" is featured in "17 Seconds", an episode from season 2 of "Grey's Anatomy".

Track listing

#"How to Be Dead" – 3:22
#"Wow" – 4:02
#"Gleaming Auction" – 2:04
#"Whatever's Left" – 2:39
#"Spitting Games" – 3:46
#"Chocolate" – 3:02
#"Run" – 5:54
#"Grazed Knees" – 2:55
#"Ways & Means" – 4:48
#"Tiny Little Fractures" – 2:27
#"Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking" – 4:32
#"Same" – 3:54
#"We Can Run Away Now They're All Dead and Gone" (UK re-release bonus track) – 3:15
#"Half the Fun" (UK re-release bonus track) – 2:54

*All lyrics were written by Gary Lightbody, all music by Nathan Connolly, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn.

Personnel

*Gary Lightbody - Guitar, Glockenspiel, Vocals, Keyboards
*Mark McClelland - Bass, Keyboards
*Jonny Quinn - Drums,
*Nathan Connolly - Guitar, Vocals (Background)
*Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
*Louie Teran - Mastering
*Iain Archer - Vocals (Background)
*Bruce White - Viola
*James Banbury - Piano, String Arrangements, Cello
*Fiona McCapra - Violin
*Ben Georgiades - Engineer
*Dan Swift - Engineer
*Garret Lee - Producer, Mixing
*Phil Tyreman - Assistant Engineer
*Ian Dowling - Assistant Engineer
*Mike Nelson - Mixing
*Jeff McLaughlin - Assistant
*Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing

Chart positions

*US singles chart position refers to the Modern Rock Tracks chart.


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