Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
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Album Review
Release date: 27 October 2008
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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- If There's a Rocket Tie Me To It
- Crack The Shutters
- Take Back The City
- Lifeboats
- The Golden Floor
- Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands
- Set Down Your Glass
- The Planets Bend Between Us
- Engines
- Disaster Button
- The Lightning Strike
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| Date / Time | Artist | Venue | Town/City | Seetickets | Viagogo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2012 12:00 | Snow Patrol | Bilbao | Spain |
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| Jul 15, 2012 12:00 | Snow Patrol | Passeio Maritimo De Alges | Lisbon |
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| Aug 18, 2012 12:00 | Snow Patrol | Weston Park | Weston-under-lizard |
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| Aug 19, 2012 12:00 | Snow Patrol | Hylands Park | Chelmsford |
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Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns: 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.
Production
The album was recorded in Hansa Studio in Berlin and Grouse Lodge Studio in Co. Westmeath, Ireland through Summer 2008, with producer Garret "Jacknife" Lee.
The album is a departure from Snow Patrol's earlier productions. Frontman Gary Lightbody said he wanted to make a record cheerful as compared to their previous albums. Instead of describing a relationship's end, the record was written in perspective of a relationship that is working. The band members took additional lessons before starting the recording. They have described the album as their best to date.
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Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns Lyrics
Snow Patrol - Crack the shutters open Lyrics
You cool your bed-warm hands down
On the broken radiator
And when you lay them freezing on me
I mumble, "Can you wake me later?"
Snow Patrol - Set down your glass Lyrics
Just close your eyes and count to five
Let's craft the only thing we know into surprise
Set down your glass, I painted this
To look like you and me forever as we're now
Snow Patrol - Engines Lyrics
Only the faintest
Only the faintest glance buries you, buries me
So fire your engine
See if I give a damn, we'll be dust instantly
Snow Patrol - The planets bend between us Lyrics
The winter's marked the earth
It's floored was frozen glass
You slip into my arms
And you quickly correct yourself
Snow Patrol - Lifeboats Lyrics
Hold on, hold on
Let me get the words out before I burst
There's no truth at all
Poking at the giant eyes of ancient Gods
Snow Patrol - The Lightning Strike Lyrics
(I) What If This Storm Ends?
What if this storm ends?
And I don't see you
Snow Patrol - Take Back The City Lyrics
Take back the city for yourself tonight
I'll take back the city for me
Take back the city for yourself tonight
Whoa whoa
Snow Patrol - The golden floor Lyrics
Tell me that you want to dance
I want to feel your pulse on mine
Just treat me like a stolen glance
To yourself
Snow Patrol - If there's a rocket tie me to it Lyrics
Two weeks later like a surplus reprieve
I found a hair, the length of yours on my sleeve
I wound it round and round my finger so tight
It turned to purple and a pulse formed inside
Snow Patrol - Please just take these photos from my hands Lyrics
The yellowed page of the books and books
I'd forgotten that I had
These paperbacks, they know their age they smell
Of weight and time that's resting warm
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Snow Patrol - Disaster button Lyrics
A little after twelve the function suite was full
With people I had never seen before
Ripped up ticket stubs, confettied on the floor
It dawned on me, I'd seen it all before
