Live at Somerset House

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Live at Somerset House
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Released23 November 2004
Recorded8 August 2004
Genre Alternative rock
Length55:44
Label Fiction/Interscope
Director Dick Carruthers
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmovie (favorable) [1]
NOW Magazine (3/5) [2]
PopMatters (unfavorable) [3]
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Live at Somerset House (also known as Mums & Dads of the World Be Patient With Your Children) is a concert film by Snow Patrol. Recorded on 8 August 2004 at Somerset House on the band's featured stop in London, England, the video was released on 23 November 2004 on DVD. [5]

Contents

The film features the songs "One Night Is Not Enough", "An Olive Grove Facing The Sea" and "Black & Blue" from their 2001 album When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up , "You Are My Joy" (by The Reindeer Section, a side project spearheaded by Gary Lightbody), and the B-Side "Post Punk Progression". The remaining tracks are from the band's hit 2004 album, Final Straw .

Also released was another edition of the DVD with bonus features. [6] Bonus features on the DVD are a Japanese tour diary, music videos, and a U.S. tour film.

Track listing

  1. "Wow" - 3:59
  2. "Gleaming Auction" - 2:35
  3. "Spitting Games" - 4:11
  4. "One Night is Not Enough" - 4:14
  5. "How to Be Dead" - 3:44
  6. "You Are My Joy" - 4:00
  7. "Chocolate" - 3:15
  8. "An Olive Grove Facing the Sea" - 5:48
  9. "Same" - 4:17
  10. "Somewhere a Clock is Ticking" - 5:07
  11. "Ways & Means" - 5:09
  12. "Run" - 6:47
  13. "Black & Blue" - 5:12
  14. "Post Punk Progression" - 5:21
  15. "Tiny Little Fractures" - 2:48

Bonus features

  1. "Japanese Tour Diary" - 13:01
  2. "4 Play 'Home'" - 10:00
  3. "Run" (Video) - 4:26
  4. "Spitting Games" (US Video) - 3:47
  5. "Chocolate" (Video) - 4:09
  6. "Teenage Kicks" (Live in Japan) - 4:00
  7. "US Tour Footage" - 6:58 [7]

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmovie review
  2. NOW Magazine review
  3. PopMatters review
  4. The Irish Times review
  5. "Live at Somerset House, August 8th 2004". allmusic.com.
  6. "Live at Somerset House, August 8th 2004 (Bonus Tracks)". allmusic.com.
  7. "Snow Patrol: Live At Somerset House - August 8th 2004". Universal Music (Germany). Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2009.