Eyes Open (Snow Patrol album)

Eyes Open
Studio album by Snow Patrol
Released	1 May 2006
Recorded	October–December 2005
Studio	Grouse Lodge Studios (Ireland) The Garage (Kent) The Garden (London) Angel Recording Studios (London)
Genre	Alternative rock power pop post-Britpop
Length	45:05
Label	Fiction Polydor A&M
Producer	Jacknife Lee
Snow Patrol chronology
Final Straw (2003) Eyes Open (2006) A Hundred Million Suns (2008)
Singles from Eyes Open
"You're All I Have" Released: 24 April 2006 "Chasing Cars" Released: 6 June 2006 "Hands Open" Released: 16 October 2006 "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" Released: 13 November 2006 "Open Your Eyes" Released: 12 February 2007 "Shut Your Eyes" Released: 22 May 2007

Eyes Open is the fourth studio album by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol. Produced by Jacknife Lee, it was released in the UK on 1 May 2006, and 9 May 2006 in the US. It is their first album without bassist Mark McClelland and their first to feature bassist Paul Wilson and keyboardist Tom Simpson. Recording for the album took place between October and December 2005 at Grouse Lodge Studios in Ireland, The Garage in Kent, and The Garden and Angel Recording Studios, both in London.

Six singles were released from the album, including top 10 hits "You're All I Have" and "Chasing Cars", the latter of which came to worldwide attention when it was featured during the season 2 finale of the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy.

Eyes Open was the best-selling album of 2006 in the UK, selling 1.5 million copies. It was also the 15th best-selling album of the 2000s,^[1] and is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history.^[2]