12 Inches Of Snow - Snow

Advantages: Summery, romantic and melodic throughout
Disadvantages: Nothing original here, and grossly overplayed

...- Poetic and brilliant. A genuine modern day love song with true sentiment and an instantly lovable sound ***** 8. Grazed Knees - Feeder-esque. slow and sweet, with romanticised lyrics and a great strings section ***** 9. Ways & Means - Rough and hurried *** 10. Tiny Little Fractures- Distorted guitar interspersed with great lyrics and inspired use of crackling effects and clapping. A personal favourite amoungst the others ***** 11. Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking **** 12. Same ** 13. We Can Run Away Now They're All Dead And Gone (UK Bonus Track) **** 14. Half The Fun (UK Bonus Track) *** On a final note,all that is left is to decide if it beats their new release? Oh yes, this is the best of Snow Patrol. Definitely worth a try.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: It has all of our favourites
Disadvantages: Nothing it's perfect

...Snow Patrol are a great band who have been around since 1994. However they have only become immensley popular during the last few years with the release of "Chasing Cars" "Signal Fire" "Open Your Eyes" and "Run" Their CD Eyes Open features many of these hits. 1. You're All I Have (Extremely popular) 2. Hands Open 3. Chasing Cars (Extremely popular) 4. Shut Your Eyes 5. It's Beginning To Get To Me 6. You Could Be Happy (Extremely popular) 7. Make This Go On Forever (Extremely popular) 8. Set The Fire To The Third Bar - Snow Patrol, Martha Wainwright (Extremely popular) 9. Headlights On Dark Roads 10. Open Your Eyes (Extremely popular) 11. The Finish Line 12. In My Arms 13. Warmer Climate However many of the above tracks are not very well known to many people. It seems that Snow Patrol are a band that we come... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: A strong refreshingly British album
Disadvantages: Not a band that will automatically stick out and make you remember them ala the Darkness

...I first heard of Snow Patrol on the local radio at home at Christmas of 2003. I had been away at university for 3 and a half months and I hadn't listened to Xfm for months so I wasn't as up on new music as I like to be. I heard this and was gutted to be going back to Leicester. However, when back in Leicester I constantly nagged my girlfriend that there were a few bands that were great and should make it on the basis of their quality. These were one, and thankfully they have started to gain recognition. I wasn't aware that this was their third album until recently but this should not be put against them - Blur became much bigger after the release of their third album (a certain Parklife). Also, a bit of a random fact, the lead singer is the only man that Colin (from Colin and Edith on Radio 1) has ever snogged... Read review

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