Songs for Polarbears explained

Songs for Polarbears
Type:studio
Artist:Snow Patrol
Cover:Snowpatrolsongsforpolarbearsalbumcover.jpg
Border:yes
Released:31 August 1998
Recorded:1996–1997
Studio:Chamber Studios, Edinburgh
Length:49:49
Label:
Producer:Jamie Watson
Next Title:When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
Next Year:2001

Songs for Polarbears is the debut studio album by the Scottish-Northern Irish indie rock group Snow Patrol, released on 31 August 1998 in the UK and 12 October in the US.[2]

The album charted at #143 in the UK and did not sell well upon its initial release. However, its re-release eventually went Gold in the UK.

Background

The band was listening to a diverse range of music at the time, with majority of it being American rock like Pixies, Soundgarden and Dinosaur Jr. Other acts included My Bloody Valentine and Super Furry Animals' first album Fuzzy Logic.[3] All these influences resulted in a musically diverse album that incorporated styles like hip hop, drone and Pavement-style indie rock.[4] The album title is a reference to the band's previous name Polarbear.[5]

Track listing

Personnel

Snow Patrol

Other personnel

Charts

Chart (1998–2006)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Irish Albums Chart[8] 90
UK Albums Chart[9] 143

Certifications

Organization!align="left"
LevelDate[10]
BPI (UK)Silver3 February 2006
BPI (UK)Gold15 June 2007

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Snow Patrol - Songs for Polarbears (US Version). Interscope.com. 2009-10-18.
  2. Web site: Songs for Polarbears. Snow Patrol. 30 June 2009. 1 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140301152849/http://www.snowpatrol.com/discography/default.aspx?pid=5. dead.
  3. Web site: Snow Patrol . Zimmerman . Kevin . 9 March 2005 . . 2009-10-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101102114704/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234372 . November 2, 2010 .
  4. Web site: Join this Snow patrol. Syairi Ramly. Adly. 9 July 2004. AccessMyLibrary. The Malay Mail. 2009-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020172414/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21595843_ITM. 2012-10-20. dead. Appears as: "The musical diversity that ranges from hip hop beats to guitar drone to Pavement-esque indie rock that can be heard on the album is strong enough of a reason to make them a cult favourite."
  5. Licensed to chill. Bailie. Stuart. 3 February 1999. Hot Press. 4 January 2010. Appears as: "Once they were called Shrug, and more recently, Polarbear, which was changed when another, similarly titled act started getting a bit frosty. Hence the title of the album."
  6. Web site: Snow Patrol album reissues. Jeepster. 15 June 2009. 6 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606084600/http://www.jeepster.co.uk/site/jeeep.php?pg=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeepster.co.uk%2Fsite%2Fnewsarchive.php%3Fid%3D125&currentsection=snowpatrol. dead.
  7. Web site: Snow Patrol : Songs for Polarbears. Discogs.com.
  8. Web site: Snow Patrol - Albums. Irish-charts.com. 3 August 2009.
  9. Web site: Chart Log UK: DJ S - The System Of Life. Zobbel.de.
  10. Web site: Certified Awards Search. BPI. 26 August 2009. 6 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171006162141/https://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. dead. Note: Need to manually search for 'Snow Patrol'

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