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Artist:Snow Patrol
Album:A Hundred Million Suns
Genre:Alternative
Bitrate.320kbps
Frequency.44100Hz
Channels.2
Channels Mode.Stereo
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Tracklist:
01 - If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It
02 - Crack The Shutters
03 - Take Back The City
04 - Lifeboats
05 - The Golden Floor
06 - Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands
07 - Set Down Your Glass
08 - The Planets Bend Between Us
09 - Engines
10 - Disaster Button
11 - The Lightning Strike
Featuring a fusion of several alternative stylistic touchstones, Snow
Patrol's compositions combine songwriting aptitude with pop/rock's
sharpest strains. Although originally from Northern Ireland,
vocalist/guitarist Gary Lightbody and bassist/keyboardist Mark
McClelland first teamed up in 1994 at the University of Dundee, having
relocated to Scotland to study at the esteemed college. The duo began
composing music under several different band names, including "Shrug"
and "Polar Bear," before adopting the Snow Patrol moniker and enlisting
Jonny Quinn to play drums in 1997. They signed with the U.K.'s Jeepster
label in 1998 and released their debut album, Songs for Polar Bears, in
August of that same year. The record was a large success across the
U.K., where the bandmates also gained a large fan base for their live
show.
The British trio graduated school and decided to relocate from Dundee to
Glasgow in late 2000. Their second full-length, When It's All Over We
Still Have to Clear Up, was released in April 2001. Quickly thereafter,
guitarist Nathan Connolly was added to the group, and Snow Patrol found
themselves a deal with Polydor. Producer Chris Lord-Alge signed on for
the release of Final Straw, which appeared stateside in April 2004. With
the success of singles such as "Chocolate," "Run," and "Spitting Games,"
Final Straw sold two million copies in their native U.K. and became the
26th most popular British album of that year.
Despite their growing success, founding member Mark McClelland left the
band in March 2005, effectively downgrading Snow Patrol to a trio
comprising Lightbody, Quinn, and Connolly. Shortly thereafter, however,
former Terra Diablo bass player Paul Wilson and touring keyboardist Tom
Simpson were permanantly added to the band. An opening slot on the
European leg of U2's "Vertigo Tour" followed in summer 2005, and Snow
Patrol's fourth album, the slickly commercial Eyes Open, arrived in May
2006. That fall, with a successful run through North America under their
belt and the mainstream appeal of "Chasing Cars" maintaining the band's
presence on American radio, Eyes Open was certified gold in the United
States. Snow Patrol also became the first U.K. rock act in 13 years to
break into the Top 5 of the Billboard singles charts.
 
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