| Eyes Open | 
 enlarge | Artist: Snow Patrol
Label: A&M
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  176 reviews
Sales Rank: 528
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 000667502
UPC: 602498531785
EAN: 0602498531785
ASIN: B000F3UADO
Release Date: May 9, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Clean and Complete with Original Artwork Inserts and Case, BMG, Factory Sealed, Case Cracked, Ships USPS First Class Within 24 Hours, Satisfaction or a 100% Refund.
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 Love this album July 3, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love this album. I was enamoured of the Chasing Cars song from radio and decided to check out the rest of the CD. I am very pleased with the purchase. In addition to Chasing Cars, You're All I Have and Shut Your Eyes are standout songs. I plan to check out the older albums from Snow Patrol.
Excellent rock/pop music June 30, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Snow Patrol dishes up a very good pop/rock album. It reminds me of the style of Gin Blossoms and Vertical Horizon. The music ranges from the edgy "You're All I Have" to the ballade "You Could Be Happy". The latter is sung over what sounds like a music box. Personally, the best of the album is the desperate "Set Fire to the Third Bar" about a couple separated by a distance that longs for each other. What is equally satisfying is that there are no bad songs on this album. It remains evenly good with spikes of greatness.
The highlight of the band is singer Gary Lightbody. He's not going to win any awards, but he is a very competent singer that sounds good in front of the full band to over a simple acoustic guitar. His voice is pure with no signs of studio manipulation or massive overdubbing to mask intonation or tonal issues.
The lyrics on the album are very good. They would be great as a teenager pining over love lost or broken. But, Gary stays away from the common cliches, sappiness, or just stupidity. Instead he has penned some smart lyrics for a genre not known for smart lyrics.
The production on the album is perfectly fine. It could use a bit more brightness and a little more bass. It comes across as slightly flat but EQ seems to fix it pretty well. Otherwise it was recorded clean without overproduction. It sounds like this band should be able to reproduce its sound pretty well live.
Overall I give Snow Patrol's Eyes Open a 20 out of 25, or B+. It's relatively disposable music that is well done and deserves a few months in your CD player.
Their best work yet June 27, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Some of the filler tracks are still a bit lacking, but this band is improving with every album they make. Fans of their previous work will love this album.
Punchy with UpLifting and Inspiring Music/Lyrics!!! June 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is my first CD from the Indie Group. Special thanks to Gary Lightbody (born June 15, 1976 in Bangor, Northern Ireland) is an Irish musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band Snow Patrol. ...
Gary and His Band Snow Patrol have been compared to "ColdPlay" but I believe Snow Patrol has better written lyrics!!
The music/lyrics are very Insightful and Refreshing. The Cd "Eyes Open" the Band 4th CD Album has a Nice Beat with Slow Ballads and Punchy songs. This CD "Eyes Open" has a very Balanced set of Tempo sounding songs to listen to from Start to Finish!!
Great Music to Work around the House or Lay back and listen to the Great Lyrics.
The Best Appeal of this Band is that they are not over played on the Radio yet here in the USA. Sometimes when bands get too much exposure it can be bad for the listner.
Everytime I listen to this CD "Eyes Open" I enjoy it more and more. So much, I bought their 3rd CD Album "Final Straw."
Some of my Favorite songs on the CD Chasing Cars, It's Beginning to get to Me, You Could Be Happy, Make this go on Forever, and Open your Eyes to mention a few of the Songs on this CD.
Buy it and you will not be Sorry!!!
"If I just lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world?" June 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I heard this song on the radio, and wondered who it might be. I am not familiar with Coldplay, but friends who listened to Coldplay described them to me, and I thought perhaps this was them. But I googled this bit of lyric, "If I just lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world?" and found that the band was called Snow Patrol, which is pretty coldplayish, and perhaps they meant it to be so.
Or maybe not, but singer Gary Lightbody and the rest of Snow Patrol have fashioned a subtle sound, rich in nuance, but one that takes hold of your lapels slowly--until you find yourself compelled to listen. I heard this song several times, without noticing it at first, but it wove itself into the sinews of my soul.
I found their MySpace page, and asked to be put on Snow Parol, cause that sounds so coooooooool. Eyes Open by Snow Patrol is quite an eye opener. Not only are my eyes open, but my ears as well.
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