brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!

Snow Patrol have managed to maintain their originality, whilst successfully engaging the "mainstream" pop/rock crowd. A fantastic album, with all the right words and all the right sounds. It's what anyone with a beating heart would love to hear.

Beautiful album, especially considering it was one of those "it's only £7.99, why not?" accidents! Superb lyrics and at least a few hit singles on there... Worth checking the Reindeer Section albums too.

Great live band & a brilliant album - also check 'Songs for Polarbears' and 'When its all over we still have to clear up'...

I fell in love with this album the first time I heard it, and that doesn't happen often! Brilliant lyrics and melodies. Overall it's a very beautiful album full of songs that I'm sure everyone can relate to at some point or another.

This is a gorgeous CD, I just can't stop listening to it. I don't understand the coldplay comparisons though!

This is definitely an acquired taste. But once you give this album a second or third listen then you fall in love with it. Terrific and a much better band than Coldplay.

Who needs still Coldplay and Radiohead when you have them!

Great album. Can they get any better? Final straw has to be one of the best albums ever. Every song is perfect in its own way. All I have to say is that these are very talented singers.

Very good, some awesome songs, but all in all very listenable.

Don't compare to Coldplay, this is about pop/rock feeling secure with addictive hooks, zappy electronic noodling and heart-on-the-sleeve ballads. Discovered these guys from the kitschy Fame-like flick CAMP. Bound from my best of 04 list.

Their first two albums were great,experimental indie try outs for what becomes 'Final Straws' great leap into the credible and obviously well thought out direction into which Gary Lightbody and the gang wanted all along.Its a triumph of oozing,rocking,pulsating and heartfelt cool...without the trying to be so. Just how cool is that ! !

Great album with nice kickback music to listen to while doing work or just relaxing.

Amazing, a mixture of great songs, from upbeat to great ballads like run. the vocals are excellent and make this band one of the best around.

Wow! Where has this band been all my life. This is a really solid effort, with a fantastic middle, especially the song Chocolate. I'm going to dig up their other albums based on this one.

fantastic!

Well, what a wonderful discovery this was. After being pretty much disappointed by Coldplay

awesome album

my second favourite CD of 2003 after 'phaser - sway'. final straw is a well crafted album from start to finish - amazing lyrics, singing even amazing backing vocals layed with captivating and innovative guitar parts, very indie rock but with amazing production as well. a must have CD.

Great Playthough Album! The decent songs are good, and the good songs are amazing. A must have in every collection.