Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. [EP, Import]

Snow Patrol | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 27, 2005)
• Original Release Date: December 27, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP, Import
• Label: Universal Int'l
• ASIN: B000CQNEXC
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,205 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Spitting Games

2. How To Be Dead

3. Grazed Knees

4. Chocolate

5. Run

Editorial Reviews

SNOW PATROL Live And Acoustic At Park Ave. (2005 US issue Limited Collectors Edition CD EP featuring 5 tracks captured live at the Orlando indie store on the 27th May 2005 complete with picture sleeve)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Living it up, February 6, 2006

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Certain EPs can be found mainly in indie music stores, and few other places -- usually crammed with live performances.

One such tiny store is where I stumbled across Snow Patrol's "Live and Acoustic in Park Ave.," a charming little EP that shows off Snow Patrol's skills in a less rock-oriented, more folky kind of sound. Though only a few songs long, it shows that these guys have real talent.

"Hello everybody. How've you been?" Gary Lightbody asks, and gets some cheers and applause. Then he launches into a pleasantly pensive acoustic version of "Spitting Games," marred only by his tendency to start humming "mmmm-hmmmmm" between verses.

He follows it up with the rather more simplistic "How to Be Dead," the charming ballad "Grazed Knees," the bluesy "Chocolate," and a slow version of "Run." In between songs, Lightbody banters and jokes with the audience, in a pleasantly self-deprecating way.

After the first song, Lightbody announced that they've never played these songs acoustically because "they don't work acoustically." I don't have a trained musical ear, but personally I think they work. Here the Britpop is turned into a bluesy-folksy kind of music, rather melancholy in tone, and it works quite well.

Lightbody in particular gets to shine, with his cheerful self-mockery ("Didn't have to grow my hair to cover my bald spots...") and friendliness to the fans. And his voice is steady and pleasant to listen to, whether he's singing harmony with the other guys, or singing on his own.

The "Live and Acoustic at Park Ave." EP lets Snow Patrol fans hear the band in a different way -- folky, bluesy, and without studio polish. A nice listen.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Nice Reworking of Great Songs, April 28, 2006

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Jacob Cowell "Christian Comic Stereophonic Fan" (Waterloo, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. (Audio CD)

Snow Patrol says on this EP that they've never really had success playing their songs live acoustically. They're wrong. This is an excellent album, which could only have been made better by making it longer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Acoustic Music, August 14, 2006

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H. Herrera Saldate "Hugo" (Sonora Mexico) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. (Audio CD)

Buy this EP. All five songs are well performed, Gary's voice sounds clear as the acoustic guitars, also the sound quality is excellent. Too bad other great songs are missing here. If you like Snow Patrol you should buy this.