Digital Booklet - Up To Now

SNOW PATROLUP TO NOW

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*1 CHOCOLATE2 CHASING CARS3 CRACK THE SHUTTERS4 SET THE FIRE TO THE THIRD BAR

(FEATURING MARTHA WAINWRIGHT)5 CRAZY IN LOVE6 JUST SAY YES7 BATTEN DOWN THE HATCH8 YOU’RE ALL I HAVE9 HANDS OPEN10 CARTWHEELS11 THE PLANETS BEND BETWEEN US12 ASK ME HOW I AM13 ON/OFF14 MAKING ENEMIES15 RUN

(MENCAP LITTLE NOISE SESSIONS, LIVE AT THE UNION CHAPEL)

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*1 TAKE BACK THE CITY2 SHUT YOUR EYES3 AN OLIVE GROVE FACING THE SEA

(2009 VERSION)4 RUN5 GIVE ME STRENGTH6 SIGNAL FIRE7 SPITTING GAMES8 OPEN YOUR EYES9 DARK ROMAN WINE10 FIFTEEN MINUTES OLD11 YOU ARE MY JOY12 THE GOLDEN FLOOR13 STARFIGHTER PILOT14 PPP15 CHASING CARS

(MENCAP LITTLE NOISE SESSIONS, LIVE AT THE UNION CHAPEL)

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Geffen Records. 2220 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404. Manufactured and distributed in the U.S.A. by Universal Music Distribution. This compilation PC2009 Polydor Ltd. (UK) under exclusive license to Geffen Records in the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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“How’s your band going? How’s Snow Patrol?” says Vince. He looks a little stoned but then he always has that lovely blissness to him so I can’t be sure. His lilting Scots brogue and delicate clumsiness always puts me at ease. His memory though seems to invent it’s own story and Vince, being at the behest of his own mind, says it like he means it. So when he says, “How’s Snow Patrol” I’m only a little confused. I’m not surprised anyway. “Er Vince mate we’re called Polar Bear.” “Oh” he says as if it won’t stop him from always thinking of us in his own way. And that was the start of it. For real. Vince had his way. I didn’t want him to have to remember a whole other two words. It’s best for everyone this way. Snow Patrol then.

* Thompson’s Garage, Belfast, 1997, or thereabouts. We’d finished another painful set of me strumming ineptly on my 50 quid guitar/piece of shit and staring into the ground so intently it may have looked to the casual observer (and there weren’t many) that I was actually trying to bore my way into the basement to escape. In the early days I did not smile. I did not move. I did not have fun up there. I was terrified. My face was a ball of fire. Embarrassed by my loudness. Our loudness I should say because I was embarrassed enough for all of us. However, the main band following us (the incredible Disraeli Gears also featuring Paul Archer, brother to Iain and friend forever) included a drummer that hit the snare as if he was mad at it. Jonny Quinn he called himself when we spoke later. I’d go from that room to the rest of the world with the man. From then to now and far beyond I dare to hope. The calm yin to my wild yang. There has to be both or there is nothing.

* Drouthy Neebors (it means thirsty friends in Gaelic). Downstairs. Nightshift. I worked for a long time in the pub across the road from my house in Dundee to supplement my student loan, which was generally spent on music and things to drink whilst listening to music. I needed a job. I got one there. Behind the bar instead of in front of it. Less damage could be done. You’d think. Anyway. I’d met a guy a few weeks before. A DJ of some repute in Dundee. Let’s call him Nick Decosemo because that is his name. Him and his DJ partner were minor legends in the town and I was excited to meet his other half. This night. This night downstairs in that stupid pub I ended up being fired from (Another story. A good story too) in walks the legend himself. He asks for a pint and I duly get him one, for twas my job. Upon delivery of said pint I say “Hello Tom? Tom Simpson? I’m a friend of Nick’s.” With this Tom raises his eyebrows as if to say “Yeah? And?” and he takes a seat in the corner with his pals. Who would know it was to be the start of a great love story?

We laugh about it now. To be honest most of what we do is wrapped in laughter and Tom sparks it more than most. Also to have learned the piano in the time he did is nothing short of a miracle.

* Kidnapped. We loved him so much we stole him. Him with his guitar low-slung and hung on him like his hero Strummer. He wears it higher now. At his own height for the man he’s become to plant his feet and surprise us all with a wailing wall of crushing noise or a delicate tapped wine glass of a note that finds its way to a warmth-trigger in the depths of you. From kidnap to now though it’s been a journey alright. Before Nathan came along we struggled like hell to keep our heads above the water. When he joined something changed. He probably doesn’t realise it himself but he helped immeasurably galvanise this band of ricocheting ideas and has an attention to detail I never could find in myself that helped solve the puzzle of what we were and what we wanted from music and for music. He’s way too handsome though.

* “There’s a guy hanging upside down from the ceiling playing the guitar!” My mate Fraser had run down the King Tuts stairs to tell me this as I played pool. “Bullshit!” I said but thought better than to not believe Fraser (a man not prone to bullshitting) so off I followed him upstairs. Sure enough, there he hung playing a pretty complicated guitar solo swinging the wrong way up (whatever your profession upside down is pretty much always the wrong way up) from a lighting fixture in the very low King Tuts roof. When I say very low I’m not taking away from this crazy guitarists feat of acrobatics, he would still mess his face up pretty bad if he fell, but I have nearly knocked myself out a few times jumping up and down on that stage. Still swinging he was though and I, like many of the pretty rammed Tuts punters, waited to see what happened next. The dismount when it came passed without incident but the madness continued unabated. Jumping off amps and speakers (as it turned out later actually hurting himself quite badly on a few occasions but soldiering on heroically nonetheless) until a frantic end of blurring arms and legs I thought would result in the formation of a black hole. The band was Terra Diablo and the man was of course Paul ‘Pablo’ Wilson. Then there were five.

* There’s a thrum about the place. The cold Scottish winter night outside has given the room and the fifty good people in it that particular extra winter warmth only a formidable Celtic evening can. More people shudder through the front door shaking out the cold and letting the friendly

hugs and first sip of whiskey thaw the blood back to liquid in their veins. There is a radio on but right now no one pays it much mind. Number twenty something in the charts it seems and a record is played that is talked and over, not out of rudeness but because we are all here for a reason. For the last decade the band has lived in the shadows. Very few records sold. Sleeping in vans and on floors. Tasting the ego-pummelling bitter pill of being dropped. Tonight, maybe this whole last month, something has changed. Over the next hour random words and songs are heard from the defiant radio begging to be heard until we comply. “This week’s highest new entry in at number five Snow Patrol with Run.” There is cheering and hugging and some tears. The last ten years seem to disappear. There is only now with these wonderful friends that stuck by us through it all. There is only now, oh and the future.

* In that future we are seeing the world. Thanks to all of you that is.

* To everyone who stuck with us through all this, thank you. It was and still is a blast. Without you all there is only shouting into the void. So much love. Gary. x

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*2007—2008


*2009—

CHOCOLATELyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, McClelland, Quinn. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. Engineered by Dan Swift. Assisted by Jeff McLaughlin. Recorded at Britannia Row Studios. P 2003 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*CHASING CARSLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Engineered by Tom McFall. Additional Engineering by Sam Bell. Assisted by Stefano Soffia and Simon Wakeling. Keys and Programming by Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Assistant Mix Engineer: Owen Skinner. Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland, Parkgate Studios and The Garage, Kent. Mixed at Olympic Studios, London. P 2006 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*CRACK THE SHUTTERSLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Recorded by Tom McFall. Additional Engineering and Editing by Sam Bell. Assistant Recording Engineers: Owen Lewis and Karen Kelleher (Grouse Lodge Studios) and Tilmann Ilse (Hansa Platz Tonstudio). Keys and Programming by Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Assisted by Neil Comber. Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland, Hansa Tonstudio and Hansaplatz, Germany and The Garage, Kent. Mixed at Olympic Studios, London. P 2008 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*SET THE FIRE TO THE THIRD BAR (FEATURING MARTHA WAINWRIGHT)Lyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Engineered by Tom McFall. Additional Engineering by Sam Bell. Assisted by Stefano Soffia. Keys and Programming by Jacknife Lee. Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland and The Apollo. Mixed at The Garage, Kent. Martha Wainwright appears courtesy of Drowned In Sound, Maple, Rounder, Shock, V2. P 2006 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*CRAZY IN LOVEWritten by Beyoncé Knowles, Rich Harrison, Shawn Carter and Eugene Booker Record. Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd/Intersong Music Ltd./P and P Songs Ltd/Warner Chappell North America. Released by arrangement with BBC Music. Recorded for BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe Show at Radio 1 Studios. © BBC 2003. First Transmitted: 30/07/2003. Producer: Miti Adhikari. P 2009 BBC.

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JUST SAY YESWritten by Lightbody and Jacknife Lee. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited and Chrysalis Publishing Ltd. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Recorded by Sam Bell. Recorded at The Garage, Kent, July 09. Keys and Programming: Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Serban Ghenea. Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis. P 2009 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHWritten by Lightbody, McClelland and Quinn. Published by Sony Music/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. Produced by Mark McClelland, Gary Lightbody, Tony Doogan and Michael Brennan Jnr at CaVa, Glasgow and SubStation, Cowdenbeath. Recorded by Tony Doogan and Michael Brennan Jnr at CaVa, Glasgow and Substation, Cowdenbeath. Mixed by Michael Brennan Jnr. P 2006 Jeepster Recordings Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Jeepster Recordings Ltd (www.jeepster.co.uk) taken from the Album ‘When It’s All Over We Have to Clear Up’.

*YOU’RE ALL I HAVELyrics by Lightbody. Music by Lightbody, Connolly, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Engineered by Tom McFall. Additional Engineering by Sam Bell. Assisted by Stefano Soffia and Simon Wakeling. Programming by Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Assistant Mix Engineer: Owen Skinner. Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland and Parkgate Studios. Mixed at Olympic Studios, London. P 2006 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*HANDS OPENLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Engineered by Tom McFall. Additional Engineering by Sam Bell. Assisted by Stefano Soffia and Simon Wakeling. Programming by Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Assistant Mix Engineer: Owen Skinner. Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland, Parkgate Studios and The Arches Mixed at Olympic Studios, London. P 2006 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*CARTWHEELSWritten by Lightbody. Published by PIAS Recordings. Produced by Tony Doogan and Gary Lightbody. Mixed by Tony Doogan. P 2002 Bright Star Recordings.

*THE PLANETS BEND BETWEEN USLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Engineered by Tom McFall. Editing and Additional Engineering by Sam Bell. Programming by Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Recorded at State Of The Arc, London. Mixed at Metropolis Studios, London. P 2008 Polydor Ltd (UK).

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ASK ME HOW I AMWritten by Lightbody, McClelland and Quinn. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd. Produced by Mark McClelland, Gary Lightbody, Tony Doogan and Michael Brennan Jnr at CaVa, Glasgow and SubStation, Cowdenbeath. Recorded by Tony Doogan and Michael Brennan Jnr at CaVa, Glasgow and Substation, Cowdenbeath. Mixed by Michael Brennan Jnr. P 2006 Jeepster Recordings Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Jeepster Recordings Ltd (www.jeepster.co.uk) taken from the Album ‘When It’s All Over We Have to Clear Up’.

*ON/OFFWritten by Lightbody, McClelland and Quinn. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd. Produced by Mark McClelland, Gary Lightbody and Michael Brennan Jnr at SubStation, Cowdenbeath. Recorded by Michael Brennan Jnr at SubStation, Cowdenbeath. Engineered by Chris McConville. Mixed by Michael Brennan Jnr. P 2000 Jeepster Recordings Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Jeepster Recordings Ltd (www.jeepster.co.uk) taken from the Album ‘When It’s All Over We Have to Clear Up’.

*MAKING ENEMIESWritten by Lightbody, McClelland, Quinn. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd. Produced by Mark McClelland, Gary Lightbody, Tony Doogan and Michael Brennan Jnr at CaVa, Glasgow and SubStation, Cowdenbeath. Recorded by Tony Doogan and Michael Brennan Jnr at CaVa, Glasgow and Substation, Cowdenbeath. Mixed by Michael Brennan Jnr. P 2006 Jeepster Recordings Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Jeepster Recordings Ltd (www.jeepster.co.uk) taken from the Album ‘When It’s All Over We Have to Clear Up’.

*RUN (MENCAP LITTLE NOISE SESSIONS, LIVE AT THE UNION CHAPEL)Lyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, McClelland, Quinn, Archer. Published by Copyright Control/Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Strings and Woodwind arranged by James Banbury. P 2003 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*TAKE BACK THE CITYLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Recorded by Tom McFall. Additional Engineering and Editing by Sam Bell. Assistant Recording Engineers: Owen Lewis and Karen Kelleher (Grouse Lodge Studios) and Tilmann Ilse (Hansa Tonstudio and Hansaplatz). Keys and Programming by Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Assisted by Dave Emery. Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland and Hansa Tonstudio and Hansaplatz, Germany. Mixed at Olympic Studios, London. P 2008 Polydor Ltd (UK).

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SHUT YOUR EYESLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced and Mixed by Jacknife Lee. Engineered by Tom McFall. Additional Engineering by Sam Bell. Assisted by Stefano Soffia. Keys and Programming by Jacknife Lee. Choir recorded by Tom McFall. Choir recorded at The Arches, Glasgow. Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland and The Arches. Mixed at The Garage, Kent. P 2006 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*AN OLIVE GROVE FACING THE SEA (2009 VERSION)Lyrics by Lightbody. Music by Lightbody, McClelland, Quinn. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd. Produced and Mixed by Jacknife Lee. Recorded by Sam Bell. Recorded at The Garage, Kent, July 09. P 2009 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*RUNLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, McClelland, Quinn, Archer. Published by Copyright Control/Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. Engineered by Dan Swift. Assisted by Jeff McLaughlin. Strings arranged by James Banbury. P 2003 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*GIVE ME STRENGTHWritten by Lightbody. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Jacknife Lee. Recorded in The Hills, Malibu, CA. Engineered by Sam Bell. Strings arranged by Eric Gorfain. Strings recorded by Vanessa Parr at The Village Recorder, Santa Monica. Assistant at The Village: Chris Owens. P 2009 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*SIGNAL FIREWritten by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Engineered by Jon Gray, Jacknife Lee, Sam Bell, Ryan Castle and Greg Fidelman. Extra vocal and guitar session produced by Dave Sardy Assisted by Dani Castelar and Cameron Barton. Editing by Sam Bell and Andy Brohard. Strings arranged by James Banbury. Strings engineered by Stephen Price. Strings contracted by Hilary Skewes, Buick Productions Ltd. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Mix Assistant: Neil Comber. Recorded at The Garage, Kent and Grouse Lodge, Ireland and Hillside Manor, Los Angeles. Strings recorded at Angel, London. Mixed at Olympic Studios, London. Edited by Nigel Walton at The Edit Suite, London. P 2007 Polydor Ltd (UK).

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SPITTING GAMESLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, McClelland, Quinn. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. Engineered by Dan Swift. Assisted by Jeff McLaughlin. Recorded at Britannia Row Studios. P 2003 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*OPEN YOUR EYESLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Engineered by Tom McFall. Additional Engineering by Sam Bell. Assisted by Stefano Soffia. Keys and Programming by Jacknife Lee. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Assistant Mix Engineer: Owen Skinner. Choir recorded by Tom McFall. Choir recorded at The Arches, Glasgow. Strings arranged by James Banbury. Strings Recorded by Steve Pryce. Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland and Parkgate Studios. Strings recorded at Angel Studios, London. Mixed at Olympic Studios, London. Ken Stringfellow appears courtesy of Rykodisc. P 2006 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*DARK ROMAN WINEWritten by Lightbody. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Jacknife Lee at The Garage, Kent, July 09. Strings arranged by Eric Gorfain. Brass Arranged by Jacknife Lee and Eric Gorfain. Brass and Strings recorded by Vanessa Parr at The Village Recorder, Santa Monica. Assistant at The Village: Chris Owens. P 2009 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*FIFTEEN MINUTES OLDWritten by Lightbody, McClelland, Quinn. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd. Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Jamie Watson at Chamber Studios, Edinburgh. P 1998 Jeepster Recordings Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Jeepster Recordings Ltd (www.jeepster.co.uk) taken from the Album ‘Songs For Polarbears’.

*YOU ARE MY JOYLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Lightbody/The Reindeer Section. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited Copyright Control. Produced by Tony Doogan and Gary Lightbody. Mixed by Tony Doogan. P 2002 Bright Star Recordings.

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THE GOLDEN FLOORLyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Produced and Mixed by Jacknife Lee. Recorded by Tom McFall. Additional Engineering and Editing by Sam Bell. Assistant Recording Engineers: Owen Lewis and Karen Kelleher (Grouse Lodge Studios) and Tilmann Ilse (Hansa Platz Tonstudio). Keys and Programming by Jacknife Lee. Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland and Hansa Tonstudio and Hansaplatz, Germany. Mixed at The Garage, Kent. P 2008 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*STARFIGHTER PILOTWords and Music by Lightbody. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd. Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Jamie Watson at Chamber Studios, Edinburgh. P 1998 Jeepster Recordings Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Jeepster Recordings Ltd (www.jeepster.co.uk) taken from the Album ‘Songs For Polarbears’.

*PPPWritten by Lee James Potter. Published by Skint Music Publishing/Sony Music Publishing. Produced by Snow Patrol. Mixed by Snow Patrol. Engineered by Michael Bannister. P 2003 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*CHASING CARS (MENCAP LITTLE NOISE SESSIONS, LIVE AT THE UNION CHAPEL)Lyrics by Lightbody. Music by Connolly, Lightbody, Simpson, Quinn, Wilson. Published by Universal Music Publishing BL Limited. Strings and Woodwind arranged by James Banbury. Recorded and Mixed by Andy Scade. P 2006 Polydor Ltd (UK).

*Snowflake photography: Rick Guest. Band photography: Bradley Quinn.Logo Design: Dan Kauffman. Design and Art Direction: Studio Fury.

*THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO’S HELPED US OVER THESE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. WE LOVE YOU ALL. x.

*This compilation PC 2009 Polydor Ltd. (UK) under exclusive license to Geffen Records in the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

*www.snowpatrol.comManagement: [email protected]

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