Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns (UK Standard Version)

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Album Review

Release date: 26 October 2008

Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns (UK Standard Version)

Snow Patrol

A Hundred Million Suns

Wake up, wake up”, Gary Lightbody begs on new track ‘Lifeboats’. We can’t help but reiterate the same plea (only with more fervour). It’s 14 years since Snow Patrol banded together, two years since their last album, and now they’re back with more grandiose songs of love and loss. The only problem is, they’re still wolfing down Coldplay’s leftovers like it’s their last...

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Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns (UK Standard Version): Wikipedia Album Entry

A Hundred Million Suns is the fifth album by alternative rock band Snow Patrol. The album was released in Ireland on October 24, 2008, in the UK and the rest of Europe on October 27, 2008, and in the US on October 28, 2008. The first single from the album was "Take Back the City" which was released on October 10 in Ireland, Germany and Belgium. The song has peaked at #32 on the US Hot Modern Rock Tracks. "Crack the Shutters" has made it to #9 on the iTunes Store Alternative Songs chart. The album debuted at #2 in the UK with sales of 100,330.

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