Name: A Hundred Million Suns
Brand: Snow Patrol

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Catalogue number

1785259

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2008-10-27

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Supplier GB

Universal

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Standard:20

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Snow Patrol

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Polydor

Snow Patrol is a Northern Irish/Scottish alternative rock band formed in 1994. The group consists of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Jonny Quinn (drums), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), Paul Wilson (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Johnny McDaid (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals). Initially an indie rock band, their early releases were commercially unsuccessful. However, they rose to fame with their major label debut album "Final Straw" in 2003. Since then, Snow Patrol has sold over ten million albums worldwide and achieved international success.

Their breakthrough album "Final Straw" was certified 5× platinum in the UK and sold over 3 million copies globally. The follow-up album "Eyes Open" (2006) featured the hit single "Chasing Cars," which propelled them to even greater fame. It topped the UK Album Charts and became the best-selling British album of that year with over 6 million copies sold worldwide.

Throughout their career, Snow Patrol has won five Meteor Ireland Music Awards and received three BRIT Awards nominations. Their discography includes six studio albums as well as compilation albums. With their distinctive sound and memorable hits, Snow Patrol continues to captivate audiences around the world.

The grammy-nominated band's fifth studio album was recorded throughout the summer of 2008 in Hansa studios in Berlin (where Bowie recorded Low, Heroes and Lodger) and at Grouse Lodge deep in the irish countryside and produced by Garret 'Jacknife' Lee (Bloc Party, REM, U2). The album sees them exploring a somewhat rockier, although still decidedly radio-friendly, direction than on the introspective Eyes Open. As evinced by the single Take Back the City, the band's knack for writing catchy pop hooks remains intact.

A Hundred Million Suns

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