@NB snow patrol are ace, i have seen them live too and were great. However i think take back the city is a weak song to come back with their new album. If you like that then the album "final straw" will blow you away. The last album was pretty good " Open your eyes" the song Youre all that i have is amazing.
Well...I took a quick look at it, and I'm not seeing much acoustic sound to it...any particular songs there? The reason I like Take Back The City is because of the acoustic intro, pretty much, and because it kinda transitions perfectly to the rest of the song.
As I said, I'm very picky about music. I found that I usually only like 1-2 songs on any given album. A "favorite band" means I like about 5-10 of their songs.
Exception would be acoustic rock or rapcore bands. Like TFK's Phenomenon...I like probably 8-9 out of 12 songs, and that's by far my favorite album.