tracks

You're All I Have
Hands Open
Chasing Cars
Shut Your Eyes
It's Beginning To Get To Me
You Could Be Happy
Make This Go On Forever
Set The Fire To The Third Bar
Headlights On Dark Roads
Open Your Eyes
The Finish Line
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In My Arms
Warmer Climate

notes

Sony DADC, Southwater pressing.

The 'Universal' pressing is here Eyes Open.
The 'EDC, Germany' version is here Eyes Open. This release has been commonly referred as "UK Bonus Tracks Edition". Some copies came with a sticker stating "Special Edition".
Similar release, Eyes Open is pressed by EDC, Germany and shows a very different CD label.

Tracks 4/6/11/12/13/14 mixed for Big Life Management.
Tracks 11/12 engineered for Big Life Management.

Strings on tracks 3/6/7/10: Contracted [at] Buick Production Ltd.
Choir on tracks 2/4/7/10: Recorded at The Arches, Glasgow.

Martha Wainwright appears courtesy of Drowned In Sound, Maple, Rounder, Shock, V2.
Ken Stringfellow appears courtesy of Rukodisc.

Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland; The Garage, Kent; The Garden, London; Angel Studios, London. Mixed at Olympic Studios, London and The Garage, Kent.

Mastered at Alchemy Soho, London.
Compiled at The Edit Suite.

Art direction at Big Active.

Management at Big Life Management.

℗ 2006 Polydor Ltd. (UK). © 2006 Polydor Ltd. (UK). The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Polydor Ltd. A Universal Music Company. Made in the E.U.

credits

Arranged By [Strings] – James Banbury (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10)
Art Direction – Mat Maitland, Richard Andrews (6)
Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Paul Wilson (3)
Bass [Uncredited] – Paul Wilson (3)
Cello – Adrian Bradbury (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Caroline Dale (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Caroline Dearnley (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Zoe Martlew (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10)
Choir – Charlie Clarke, (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Ciaran Gribbin (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Claire Scott (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), David McGinty, (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Eugene Kelly (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Fay Russell, (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Hrafnhildur Halldorsdottir (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Iain Archer (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Jenny Reeve (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Paul Archer (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Richeal Reader (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Sarah Wilson (2) (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Stacey Sievwright (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10)
Compiled By – Nigel Walton
Contractor [Strings] – Hilary Skewes (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10)
Double Bass – Ben Russell (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Leon Bosch (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10)
Drums [Uncredited] – Jonny Quinn
Engineer [Additional Engineering By] – Sam Bell (tracks: 1 to 10, 13, 14)
Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Owen Skinner (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14)
Engineer [Assisted By] – Simon Wakeling (tracks: 1 to 3, 7, 13, 14), Stefano Soffia (tracks: 1 to 10, 13, 14)
Engineer [Engineered By] – Jacknife Lee (tracks: 11, 12), Tom McFall (tracks: 1 to 10, 13, 14)
Guitar [Uncredited] – Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly
Illustration [Images By] – Mat Maitland
Keyboards [Keys] – Jacknife Lee (tracks: 3, 4, 6 to 8, 10 to 14)
Keyboards [Uncredited] – Tom Simpson
Lead Vocals [Uncredited] – Gary Lightbody
Leader [Strings Led By] – Janice Graham (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10)
Lyrics By – Lightbody,
Management – Jazz Summers, Tara Richardson, Tim Parry
Mastered By – John Davies,
Mixed By – Cenzo Townshend (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 10), Jacknife Lee (tracks: 4, 6, 11 to 14)
Music By – Lightbody, Quinn, Connolly, Wilson, Simpson,
Photography By – Dan Tobin Smith
Producer – Jacknife Lee
Programmed By – Jacknife Lee
Recorded By [Choir] – Tom McFall (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10)
Recorded By [Strings] – Steve Pryce (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10)
Viola – William Hawkes, (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Matthew Souter (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Maxine Moore (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Timothy Grant, (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10)
Violin [1] – Janice Graham (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Mia Cooper (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Paul Willey (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Rebecca Hirsch (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Richard Milone (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Ursula Gough (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Warren Zielinski (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10)
Violin [2] – Beatrix Lovejoy (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Charles Sewart (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Karin Leishman (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Maya Magub (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Pauline Lowbury (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Richard George (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Steve Morris (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10)

companies

Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC, Southwater
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Copyright (c) – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Published By – Big Life Music Ltd.
Recorded At – Grouse Lodge Studios
Recorded At – The Garage
Recorded At – Angel Studios
Recorded At – The Arches
Mixed At – Olympic Studios
Mixed At – The Garage
Mastered At – Alchemy Soho
Designed At – Big Active
Produced For – Big Life Management
Record Company – Universal Music

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