Snow Patrol are one of the biggest selling UK bands this decade and A Hundred Million Suns follows up the 2006 No. 1, seven-times platinum phenomenon Eyes Open, which sold an incredible 2.1 million copies in the UK and over 1 million in the USA. The band's fifth studio album was recorded through summer 2008 in Hansa Studios in Berlin (where Bowie recorded "Low," "Heroes" and "Lodger") and at Grouse Lodge deep in the Irish countryside. The album was produced by longtime producer Jacknife Lee (Bloc Party, REM, U2).