Description
Snow Patrol – Eyes Open / Polydor Audio CD 2006 / 9854312
UPC 0602498543122
Eyes Open is the fourth studio album by Northern Irish-Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol. Produced by Jacknife Lee, it was released in the UK on 1 May 2006, and 9 May 2006 in the US. It was the band's first album without bassist Mark McClelland and the first to feature bassist Paul Wilson and keyboardist Tom Simpson. Recording for the album took place between October and December 2005 at Grouse Lodge Studios in Ireland, The Garage in Kent, and The Garden and Angel Recording Studios, both in London.
Six singles were released from the album, including top 10 hits "You're All I Have" and "Chasing Cars", the latter of which came to worldwide attention when it was featured during the season 2 finale of the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy.
Eyes Open was the best-selling album of 2006 in the UK, selling 1.5 million copies. It was also the 15th best-selling album of the 2000s, and is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history.
| Label: | Polydor – 9854312 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2006 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Indie Rock, Pop Rock |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
You're All I Have |
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4:33 |
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| 2 | Hands Open | 3:17 | |
| 3 | Chasing Cars | 4:28 | |
| 4 | Shut Your Eyes | 3:17 | |
| 5 | It's Beginning To Get To Me | 4:35 | |
| 6 | You Could Be Happy |
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3:04 |
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| 7 | Make This Go On Forever | 5:47 | |
| 8 | Set The Fire To The Third Bar |
|
3:23 |
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| 9 | Headlights On Dark Roads | 3:30 | |
| 10 | Open Your Eyes |
|
5:41 |
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| 11 | The Finish Line |
3:28 |
- Arranged By [Strings] – James Banbury (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10)
- Artwork By [Art Direction] – Mat Maitland, Richard Andrews
- Cello – Adrian Bradbury (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Caroline Dale (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Caroline Dearnley (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Zoe Martlew (tracks: 3, 7, 10)
- Choir – Charlie Clarke* (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Ciaran Gribbin (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Claire Scott (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), David McGuinty (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Eugene Kelly (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Fay Russel (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Hrafnhildur Halldorsdottir (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Iain Archer (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Jenny Reeve (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Paul Archer (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Richeal Reader (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Sarah Wilson (2) (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Stacey Sievwright (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10)
- Conductor [Strings] – Janice Graham (tracks: 3, 7, 10)
- Double Bass – Ben Russell (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Leon Bosch (tracks: 3, 7, 10)
- Engineer – Jacknife Lee (tracks: 11), Tom McFall (tracks: 1 to 10)
- Engineer [Additional] – Sam Bell (tracks: 1 to 10)
- Engineer [Assistant] – Simon Wakeling (tracks: 1 to 3, 7), Stefano Soffia (tracks: 1 to 10)
- Keyboards – Jacknife Lee (tracks: 3, 4, 6 to 8, 10, 11)
- Lyrics By – Lightbody
- Mastered By – John Davies
- Mixed By – Cenzo Townshend (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 9, 10), Jacknife Lee (tracks: 4, 6, 11)
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Owen Skinner (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
- Music By – Lightbody, Quinn, Connolly, Wilson, Simpson
- Other [Management] – Jazz Summers, Tara Richadson, Tim Parry
- Photography – Dan Tobin Smith
- Producer – Jacknife Lee
- Programmed By – Jacknife Lee (tracks: 1 to 10)
- Recorded By [Choir] – Tom McFall (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10)
- Recorded By [Strings] – Steve Pryce (tracks: 3, 7, 10)
- Viola – William Hawkes (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Matthew Souter (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Maxine Moore (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Timothy Grant (tracks: 3, 7, 10)
- Violin [1] – Janice Graham (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Mia Cooper (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Paul Willey (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Rebecca Irsch (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Richard Milone (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Ursula Gough (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Warren Zielinski (tracks: 3, 7, 10)
- Violin [2] – Beatrix Lovejoy (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Charles Sewart (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Karin Leishman (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Maya Magub (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Pauline Lowbury (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Richard George (tracks: 3, 7, 10), Steve Morris (tracks: 3, 7, 10)
