Discover Snow Patrol’s Complete Album Journey: Every Release Ranked!

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For approximately three decades, Snow Patrol has been a musical group, leaving behind an impressive body of work that continues to resonate strongly.

Hailing from Northern Ireland but established in Scotland, this band was made for grand arenas, with their repertoire spanning from soulful ballads such as “Chasing Cars” and “Run,” to energetic hits like “Chocolate” and “Open Your Eyes.

Over time, the band has experienced various line-up adjustments. Currently, their lead vocalist Gary Lightbody is the sole original member. He’s joined on stage by Nathan Connolly (who plays guitar and provides backing vocals) and Johnny McDaid (skilled in piano, guitar, and keyboards).

As they kick off their European tour, we look back at their career so far.

Here’s what you need to know about the band’s extensive releases to date.

Snow Patrol’s albums in release date order

To date, Snow Patrol have released eight studio albums. These are:

  • Songs for Polarbears (1998)
  • When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001)
  • Final Straw (2003)
  • Eyes Open (2006)
  • A Hundred Million Suns (2008)
  • Fallen Empires (2011)
  • Wildness (2018)
  • The Forest Is the Path (2024)

They’ve also released the following EPs (Extended Plays) throughout their run:

  • The Yogurt vs Yogurt Debate (1995)
  • Starfighter Pilot (1997)
  • Sessions@AOL (2004)
  • Live and Acoustic at Park Ave (2005)
  • Sessions@AOL (2006)
  • iTunes Live from London (2009)
  • iTunes Live: London Festival (2009)
  • Reworked – EP1 (2019)
  • Reworked – EP2 (2019)
  • The Fireside Sessions (2020)
  • The Forest Is The Path: Onwards To The Endless (2025)

And finally, they’ve released three compilations/Greatest Hits releases as well:

  • Up to Now (2009)
  • Greatest Hits (2013)
  • Reworked (2019)

Snow Patrol’s albums: Tracklists, hit singles and successes

Songs for Polarbears (1998)

Tracklist:

  1. Downhill from Here
  2. Starfighter Pilot
  3. The Last Shot Ringing in My Ears
  4. Absolute Gravity
  5. Get Balsamic Vinegar…Quick You Fool
  6. Mahogany
  7. NYC
  8. Little Hide
  9. Make Up
  10. Velocity Girl
  11. Days Without Paracetamol
  12. Fifteen Minutes Old
  13. Favourite Friend
  14. One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed

Status: Platinum

When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001)

Tracklist:

  1. Never Gonna Fall in Love Again
  2. Ask Me How I Am
  3. Making Enemies
  4. Black and Blue
  5. Last Ever Lone Gunman
  6. If I’d Found the Right Words to Say
  7. Batten Down the Hatch
  8. One Night Is Not Enough
  9. Chased by… I Don’t Know What
  10. On/Off
  11. An Olive Grove Facing the Sea
  12. When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
  13. Make Love to Me Forever
  14. Firelight

Status: Gold

Final Straw (2003)

Tracklist:

  1. How to Be Dead
  2. Wow
  3. Gleaming Auction
  4. Whatever’s Left
  5. Spitting Games
  6. Chocolate
  7. Run
  8. Grazed Knees
  9. Ways & Means
  10. Tiny Little Fractures
  11. Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking
  12. Same

Status: 6x Platinum

Eyes Open (2006)

Tracklist:

  1. You’re All I Have
  2. Hands Open
  3. Chasing Cars
  4. Shut Your Eyes
  5. It’s Beginning to Get to Me
  6. You Could Be Happy
  7. Make This Go on Forever
  8. Set the Fire to the Third Bar
  9. Headlights on Dark Roads
  10. Open Your Eyes
  11. The Finish Line

Status: 8x Platinum

A Hundred Million Suns (2008)

Tracklist:

  1. If There’s a Rocket Tie Me to It
  2. Crack the Shutters
  3. Take Back the City
  4. Lifeboats
  5. The Golden Floor
  6. Please Just Take These Photos from My Hands
  7. Set Down Your Glass
  8. The Planets Bend Between Us
  9. Engines
  10. Disaster Button
  11. The Lightning Strike
    I.What If This Storm Ends?
    II. The Sunlight Through the Flags
    III. Daybreak

Status: Gold

Fallen Empires (2011)

Tracklist:

  1. I’ll Never Let Go
  2. Called Out in the Dark
  3. The Weight of Love
  4. This Isn’t Everything You Are
  5. The Garden Rules
  6. Fallen Empires
  7. Berlin
  8. Lifening
  9. New York
  10. In the End
  11. Those Distant Bells
  12. The Symphony
  13. The President
  14. Broken Bottles Form a Star (Prelude)

Status: Platinum

Wildness (2018)

Tracklist:

  1. Life on Earth
  2. Don’t Give In
  3. Heal Me
  4. Empress
  5. A Dark Switch
  6. What If This Is All the Love You Ever Get?
  7. A Youth Written in Fire
  8. Soon
  9. Wild Horses
  10. Life and Death

Status: Gold

The Forest Is the Path (2024)

  1. All
  2. The Beginning
  3. Everything’s Here and Nothing’s Lost
  4. Your Heart Home
  5. This Is the Sound of Your Voice
  6. Hold Me in the Fire
  7. Years That Fall
  8. Never Really Tire
  9. These Lies
  10. What If Nothing Breaks?
  11. Talking About Hope
  12. The Forest Is the Path

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2025-06-29 10:34