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Songs for Polarbears
Studio album by
Snow Patrol
Released31 August 1998
Recorded1996–1997
StudioChamber Studios, Edinburgh
Genre
  • Indie rock
  • noise pop
Length49:49
Label
  • Jeepster (UK)
  • Never (US)[1]
ProducerJamie Watson
Snow Patrol chronology
Songs for Polarbears
(1998)
When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
(2001)
Singles from Songs for Polarbears
  1. "Little Hide"
    Released: 16 February 1998
  2. "One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed"
    Released: 11 May 1998
  3. "Velocity Girl / Absolute Gravity"
    Released: 9 November 1998
  4. "Starfighter Pilot"
    Released: 28 June 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicSongs for PolarbearsSongs for PolarbearsSongs for PolarbearsSongs for PolarbearsSongs for Polarbears[2]
NME8/10[3]
Pitchfork Media8.1/10[5]
PopMatters7/10[4]
Rolling StoneSongs for PolarbearsSongs for PolarbearsSongs for PolarbearsSongs for PolarbearsSongs for Polarbears[6]

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.[7]

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.

  1. ^ "Snow Patrol - Songs for Polarbears (US Version)". Interscope. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Beaumont, Mark (1 September 1998). "Snow Patrol - Songs For Polarbears". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. ^ Bergstrom, John (23 June 2006). "Snow Patrol: Songs for Polarbears". PopMatters. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  6. ^ Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ "Songs for Polarbears". Snow Patrol. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

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