- Songs for Polarbears
Infobox Album |
Name = Songs for Polarbears
Type =Album
Artist =Snow Patrol
Released =August 31 1998 (UK)September 23 1999 (U.S.)
Recorded = 1997 atChamber Studios ,Edinburgh
Genre =Indie rock ,Shoegazing
Length = 49:49 (UK)
65:16 (U.S.)
77:22 (2006 re-release)
Label =Jeepster Records (UK)Never Records (U.S.)
Producer = Jamie Watson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dfxvad7ku8w3~T00 link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21850-songs-for-polarbears link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/snowpatrol/albums/album/174134/review/5940313/songs_for_polar_bears link]
Last album = "Starfighter Pilot " (1997)
This album = "Songs for Polarbears"
(1998)
Next album = "When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up "
(2001)
Misc = Singles
Name = Songs For Polar Bears
Type = Studio album
single 1 =Little Hide
single 1 date = 1998
single 2 =One Hundred Things You Should Have Done In Bed
single 2 date = 1998
single 3 =Velocity Girl/Absolute Gravitiy
single 3 date = 1998
single 4 =Starfighter Pilot
single 4 date = 1999"Songs for Polarbears" is the debut album by the
alternative rock groupSnow Patrol , released onAugust 31 1998 . All lyrics were written byGary Lightbody , and all music composed byGary Lightbody ,Mark McClelland andJonny Quinn . The album title is a reference to the band's original name, "Polar Bear", which was changed early on to "Snow Patrol", due to an American band also named Polar Bear, who took exception. Part of a recorded voice message about this can be heard at the beginning of the song, "Little Hide".Track listing
Original release
#"Downhill From Here" – 3:23
#"Starfighter Pilot" – 3:19
#"The Last Shot Ringing in My Ears" – 4:26
#"Absolute Gravity" – 2:45
#"Get Balsamic Vinegar... Quick You Fool" – 3:27
#"Mahogany" – 2:46
#"NYC" – 4:27
#"Little Hide" – 2:41
#"Make Up" – 2:12
#"Velocity Girl" – 4:37
#"Days Without Paracetamol" – 3:32
#"Fifteen Minutes Old" – 3:08
#"Favourite Friend" – 2:46
#"One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed/ Marketplace" - 6:142006 re-release
#"Downhill From Here" – 3:23
#"Starfighter Pilot" – 3:19
#"The Last Shot Ringing In My Ears" – 4:26
#"Absolute Gravity" – 2:45
#"Get Balsamic Vinegar... Quick You Fool" – 3:27
#"Mahogany" – 2:46
#"NYC" – 4:27
#"Little Hide" – 2:41
#"Make Up" – 2:12
#"Velocity Girl" – 4:37
#"Days Without Paracetamol" – 3:32
#"Fifteen Minutes Old" – 3:08
#"Favourite Friend" – 2:46
#"One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed/ Marketplace" – 6:14
#"Sticky Teenage Twin" – 2:08
#"Limited Edition" – 2:33
#"Jj" – 1:47
#"My Last Girlfriend" – 2:59
#"T.M.T." – 2:51
#"I Could Stay Away Forever" – 4:28
#"When You're Right, You're Right (Darth Vader Bringing In His Washing Mix)" – 3:31
#"Raze The City" – 4:20
#"Riot Please" – 2:52
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