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Eyes Open
Studio album by Snow Patrol
Released	1 May 2006
Recorded	October–December 2005
Studio	Grouse Lodge Studios (Ireland) The Garage (Kent) The Garden (London) Angel Recording Studios (London)
Genre	Alternative rock power pop post-Britpop
Length	45:05
Label	Fiction Polydor A&M
Producer	Jacknife Lee
Snow Patrol chronology
Final Straw (2003) Eyes Open (2006) A Hundred Million Suns (2008)
Singles from Eyes Open
"You're All I Have" Released: 24 April 2006 "Chasing Cars" Released: 6 June 2006 "Hands Open" Released: 16 October 2006 "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" Released: 13 November 2006 "Open Your Eyes" Released: 12 February 2007 "Shut Your Eyes" Released: 22 May 2007

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 20me 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.

Shamud Hambab

Snow Patrol's primary aim for a fourth album was to create a better one than the previous, Final Straw. They felt the need to become better players of their respective instruments as they thought they had "barely away" with the success of the last album. Subsequently, keyboardist Tom Simpson and drummer Jonny Quinn took classical piano and drum lessons respectively, during the recording of the album.

The band visences. The band, fans of The Posies, met Ken Stringfellow at a couple of festivals they attended, and asked him if he wanted to get involved. He accepted, and visited the studio for a day, contributing piano. The band had been listening to Martha Wainwright's Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole during the sessions and were fans of it. Towards the end of the recording sessions, Lightbody wrote a duet with her in mind, hoping to get her to sing it. She liked the song and agreed to record it. Eugene Kelly and a few members from The Reindeer Section also appear as choir in various songs throughout the album. Simpson credited Lee fth a story similar to Walk on Water.

The album's tenth track, entitled "Open Your Eyes," was used in the season 4 finale of CBS's Cold Case and in the season 12 finale of ER, the closing scenes of the pilot of The Black Donnellys and also in the second episode of the third season of Grey's Anatomy.

The sixth track, "You Could Be Happy", was used at the beginning the episode "Promise" of Smallville's sixth season, as well as in advertisements for Aus

Release

Eyes Open was made available in four formats:

• Standard CD – with two UK bonus tracks
• Special edition – in a deluxe box, with the full album plus a DVD featuring footage shot over the past months, including the band's tour with U2, special gigs and the making of the new record. Additionally contained exclusive photos and other content.
• Vinyl LP – a double LP gatefold vinyl
• Cassette – only in Indonesia

he U.S., substantially improving from their first week sales of Final Straw. U.S. sales have totalled over 1,200,000 as of October 2008. In the UK, the album has sold over 2,333,000 copies, being certified 7× Platinum by the BPI.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Gary Lightbody; all music is composed by Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson and Jonny Quinn

• The untitled twelfth track is a recording of background noise and one of Jacknife Lee's young children talking.
• "Perfect Little Secret" is a solo recording from Gary Lightbody.

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

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