Snow Patrol - Eyes Open [Indie Exclusive, 2LP, Cream Vinyl]

Snow Patrol's fourth album, Eyes Open, pairs Gary Lightbody's plainspoken writing with broad guitar lines, piano, and steady rhythmic builds that move between intimate verses and large choruses. The record became the band's commercial breakthrough, led by songs that balance restraint with gradual escalation rather than constant volume. Its strongest moments rely on repetition, melodic lift, and carefully placed dynamic changes in the arrangements.

"You're All I Have" opens with driving guitars and a brisk pulse, while "Chasing Cars" strips the arrangement back around a repeated progression and slowly rising intensity. "Shut Your Eyes" uses a firmer beat and a chant-like chorus, and "Set The Fire To The Third Bar" brings Martha Wainwright into a restrained duet built around separation and distance. "Open Your Eyes" stretches the band's slow-build approach into one of the album's longest performances, using repetition and gradual growth as its structure.

This 20th Anniversary Special Edition expands the original album onto two cream colored vinyl records and adds seven B-sides from the era, the standalone single "Signal Fire," and the previously unreleased "Perfect Little Secret." New sleeve notes by Gary Lightbody and refreshed artwork by original design agency Big Active add further anniversary-specific material to the package.

• Format: 2LP
• Standout tracks: "Chasing Cars," "You're All I Have," "Open Your Eyes," "Set The Fire To The Third Bar"
• Pressing details: 20th Anniversary Special Edition, Indie Exclusive, Limited Edition, cream colored vinyl, printed inner sleeves, new Gary Lightbody sleeve notes, refreshed Big Active artwork
• Genre/style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Britpop
• UPC: 199957660037

"Chasing Cars," "You're All I Have," and "Open Your Eyes" remain central to the album, while the added B-sides and "Signal Fire" broaden the picture of Snow Patrol during the Eyes Open period. "Perfect Little Secret" adds unreleased material to the 2LP set.

* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

1. You're All I Have
2. Hands Open
3. Chasing Cars
4. Shut Your Eyes
5. It's Beginning To Get To Me”
6. You Could Be Happy
   

Side B:

1. Make This Go On Forever
2. Set The Fire To The Third Bar
3. Headlights On Dark Roads
4. Open Your Eyes
5. The Finish Line

Side C:

1. Signal Fire
2. Play Me Like Your Own Hand
3. It Doesn't Matter Where, Just Drive
4. The Only Noise

Side D:

1. Warmer Climate
2. I Am An Astronaut
3. In My Arms
4. Perfect Little Secret