Final Straw
by Snow Patrol

Final Straw by Snow Patrol
Year: 2003
Release date: 2003-08-04
Overall rank: 1,984th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 240 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (38th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (321st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,984th)

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Final Straw is ranked as the best album by Snow Patrol.

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This album (1,984th)
Final Straw
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Final Straw track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,984th | 2000s rank: 321st | 2003 rank: 38th

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Final Straw ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 240 votes)
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70/100
 
06/01/2026 07:22 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,68470/100
 
75/100
 
03/14/2026 00:20 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,15472/100
 
75/100
 
02/28/2026 01:11 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:59 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
75/100
 
12/07/2025 15:34 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47280/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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70/100
From 02/18/2023 21:21 | #294189
Couple of great tracks. Mostly though, it just pleasantly plods along with a rhythmic beat. Nothing to get overly excited about. Good but works best as nice background music.
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55/100
From 01/23/2022 20:37 | #279921
Half of the songs are a bit uninspiring, but the other half make this a great album. The singles are great obviously (Run, Chocolate, Spitting Games) but the last two tracks (Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking and Same) are my personal favourites. Chocolate also contains one of my all-time favourite lyrics - "You're the only thing that I love, Scares me more every day".
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100/100
From 05/15/2017 04:36 | #190811
This album always brings me back to a really special place in my life. It's an amazing album, their best in my opinion.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 03/27/2015 22:53 | #137981
Very good alternative rock album. Best 10 songs average is 90,0/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Far and away best song is "Run" - maximum rating. Followed by "How to be dead", "Spitting games" and "Grazed knees" all 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100. Favourite!
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75/100
From 03/14/2015 20:54 | #136786
Probably Snow Patrol's best. It stands out more than the others, which is a big deal considering how samey Sonw Patrol can be.
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100/100
From 02/09/2015 09:35 | #134442
Great album, love every song this was when I got into the band. Played it to death in the first few year.
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70/100
From 05/25/2013 12:51 | #77129
Their Best as an album in my opinioin best tracks 'Run,Chocolate,Spitting Games, is it me or do tracks 3 & 4 sound like the same song also like 'Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking'.
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From 07/23/2011 18:18 | #24762
Somewhere a Clock is Ticking is a nice surprise near the end. Run is the big anthem and Same was a decent ending.
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