Final Straw

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Final Straw
Studio album by Snow Patrol
Released	August 4, 2003 (UK) February 2, 2004 (UK re-release) May 30, 2004 (U.S.)
Recorded	February 2003 at Britannia Row Studios
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	44:00 (w/o bonus tracks; 50:10 with)
Label	Black Lion, Polydor UK, Fiction (UK) Interscope (U.S.)
Producer(s)	Jacknife Lee
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link UNCUT (Oct 2003, p.130)
Snow Patrol chronology
When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001)	Final Straw (2003)	Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. (2005)

Final Straw is the highly acclaimed third album by the indie rock group Snow Patrol, released in the United Kingdom in 2003 and in the United States in 2004. The album is notable for bringing the band their first mainstream success outside of their native countries of Northern Ireland and Scotland.

All lyrics were written by Gary Lightbody, all music by Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn.

The album was re-released in the UK in 2004 with two extra tracks, before being exported to the U.S. (interestingly, without the bonus tracks). The album was also released on SACD and Dualdisc with 5.1 Surround mixes.

[edit] Track listing

1. "How to Be Dead" – 3:23
2. "Wow" – 4:06
3. "Gleaming Auction" – 2:06
4. "Whatever's Left" – 2:41
5. "Spitting Games" – 3:48
6. "Chocolate" – 3:11
7. "Run" – 5:57
8. "Grazed Knees" – 2:56
9. "Ways & Means" – 4:49
10. "Tiny Little Fractures" – 2:28
11. "Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking" – 4:34
12. "Same" – 3:55
13. "We Can Run Away Now They're All Dead and Gone" – 3:15
14. "Half the Fun" – 2:54

The final two tracks only appear on the re-released UK version. The name of the album appears as a lyric in the song 'Chocolate'.

[edit] Chart positions

Title	Release date	UK	US*
"Spitting Games"	2003	23	39
"Run"	2003	5	15
"Chocolate"	2004	24	40
Final Straw	2003	3	91
"How to Be Dead"	2004	39	-

*US singles chart position refers to the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Snow Patrol
Gary Lightbody | Paul Wilson | Jonny Quinn | Nathan Connolly | Tom Simpson
Mark McClelland
Discography
Studio albums: Songs for Polarbears | When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up | Final Straw | Eyes Open
Extended plays: | Starfighter Pilot | Live and Acoustic at Park Ave.
Singles: "Little Hide" | "One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed" | "Velocity Girl/Absolute Gravity" | "Starfighter Pilot/Remixes" | "Ask Me How I Am" | "One Night Is Not Enough" | "Spitting Games" | "Run" | "Chocolate" | "How to Be Dead" | "You're All I Have" | "Hands Open" | "Chasing Cars" | "Set the Fire to the Third Bar"