After failing to secure an international audience for nearly ten years, Snow Patrol broke into the mainstream with 2003's Final Straw, a mega-selling album that showcased the band's fondness for epic, melancholic rock. The group had originally stuck closer to the pop realm, releasing quirky albums that took more cues from Belle & Sebastian than Coldplay (to whom the band would later draw many comparisons). Final Straw proved to be a turning point, however, paving the way for the success of 2006's Eyes Open — particularly its worldwide hit single, "Chasing Cars" — as well as the band's future work.
Although originally from Northern Ireland, co-founders Gary Lightbody and Mark McClelland relocated to Scotland during their teenage years to attend college. While studying at the University of Dundee in 1994, they began composing music under several different band names, including Shrug and Polar Bear. The duo eventually adopted the Snow Patrol moniker and enlisted Jonny Quinn to play drums in 1997. One year later, Snow Patrol signed with Jeepster Records, a small label based in London, and released the debut effort Songs for Polar Bears.
Snow Patrol's audience was modestly growing, and the trio relocated to Glasgow upon graduation. Their second full-length album, When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up, was released in April 2001. Jeepster dropped the band from its roster that same year, however, prompting Lightbody to blow off steam by forming the Reindeer Section, a Scottish supergroup featuring members of Mogwai and Belle & Sebastian. He also continued writing songs for Snow Patrol, including a promising ballad entitled "Run." After guitarist Nathan Connolly joined the group in 2002, Snow Patrol signed a contract with Fiction Records and began recording a new album alongside producer Chris Lord-Alge. With the power ballad "Run" serving as its lead single, Final Straw became the band's breakthrough hit, spinning off four Top 40 singles in the U.K. and eventually selling more than four million copies worldwide.
Despite the band's growing success, founding member Mark McClelland left in March 2005, effectively downgrading Snow Patrol to a trio comprised of Lightbody, Quinn, and Connolly. Shortly thereafter, former Terra Diablo bass player Paul Wilson and touring keyboardist Tom Simpson were permanently added to the lineup, and the group honed its expanded sound by opening shows on the European leg of U2's Vertigo Tour. Upon the tour's completion, they returned to the studio and created the slickly commercial Eyes Open, which was released worldwide in May 2006. One year later, with a successful run through North America under their belt and an enduring single, "Chasing Cars," maintaining their presence on the radio, Eyes Open was certified gold in the United States. It later rose to platinum status, becoming the band's most successful release in America. Snow Patrol also became the first U.K. rock act in 13 years to break into the Top Five of the Billboard singles charts, a feat they sought to revisit with the release of 2008's A Hundred Million Suns.

UK Store
5 Albums + 2 EPs + 2 Singles (UK Version)
Albums list:
Eyes Open
Fallen Empires
The Trip (Created By Snow Patrol)
Snow Patrol
Spitting Games
EPs list:
How to Be Dead - EP
You're All I Have (UK Version) - EP
Singles list:
Set the Fire to the Third Bar - Single
The Planets Bend Between Us - Single

USA Store
6 Albums +4 EPs + 11 Singles (USA Version)
Albums list:
A Hundred Million Suns (Deluxe Version)
Songs For Polarbears
Up to Now
When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear UpEyes Open (Deluxe Edition)
Final Straw
EPs list:
AOL Sessions – EP
Called Out In the Dark - EP
Live and Acoustic from Park Ave. - EP
iTunes Live from London
Singles list:
Called Out In the Dark - Single
Chasing Cars (Live In Toronto) - Single
Chocolate (Live) - Single
Crack The Shutters - Single
If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It - Single
Just Say Yes - Single
Run (Live from Edinburgh) - Single
Signal Fire (As featured in Spiderman 3) - Single
This Isn't Everything You Are - Single
When I Get Home For Christmas - Single
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Austalian Store
6 EPs + 5 Singles (Australia Version)\
EPs list:
Chasing Cars - EP
Chasing Cars (Live in Toronto) - EP
Take Back the City (International E-Mix Bundle) - EP
Crack The Shutters - EP
Just Say Yes - EP
Run - EP
Singles list:
Hands Open _ Chasing Cars - Single
Run (Live at the Royal Opera House) - Single
Shut Your Eyes - Single
Signal Fire - Single
Chocolate - Single