For the follow-up to the smash Eyes Open, Snow Patrol reteamed with U2 producer Jacknife Lee to record in both the Irish countryside and Berlin. "We went from seeing nature to neon signs," recalls frontman Gary Lightbody — who says the changing scenery matched the album's mix of dramatic piano ballads ("Crack the Shutters Open") and big-guitar rockers ("Take Back the City").

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