The album eventually sold 1.6 million copies in the UK and won the Ivor Novello Album Award.

' Run' became their breakthrough single in the United Kingdom, charting in the top 5 on the singles chart. Their third studio album, Final Straw, was released the same year, and was a commercial success. Guitarist Nathan Connolly joined in 2002 and Snow Patrol was signed to Fiction and Interscope record labels in 2003. Subsequently, the band was dropped by the label. The band's first two studio albums: Songs for Polarbears and When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up were released in 19 respectively, but failed to do well commercially.

They then underwent their final name change to Snow Patrol. Drummer Jonny Quinn joined in 1997 and the band signed to Jeepster Records the same year. Under this name they released their other EP, Starfighter Pilot, on the Electric Honey label. Morrison left in 1995, and the band changed their name to Polarbear. They released an extended play (EP) titled The Yogurt vs. Snow Patrol was formed in 1994 by Gary Lightbody, Michael Morrison and Mark McClelland under the name Shrug. The discography of Snow Patrol, an alternative rock band from Northern Ireland and based in Dundee, Scotland, consists of seven studio albums, thirty-one singles, eight extended plays, three compilation albums and one live DVD. Snow Patrol performing live at Rock am Ring in 2018