When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up [Bonus Tracks]

• Artist: Snow Patrol
• Rating:
• Release Date: May 30, 2006
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
• Genre: Rock

Review

On its second album, Snow Patrol takes a significant leap forward in terms of artistry and vision. It was perhaps too easy to write the trio off as a sub-Belle & Sebastian combo after its debut, what with the aural similarities to that band and the fact that they were both on Jeepster. And the music here still has characteristically lush and gentle moments -- and still intermittently echoes their better-known labelmates ("Batten Down the Hatch," "On/Off") -- sometimes barely rising above a whisper, while the subject matter is dour and brittle as ever. Snow Patrol again dwells on bad dreams and heartbreak, regrets and one-night stands, tempering even the few rays of sunlight with wounded or downbeat thoughts. And on songs like the nightmarishly paced dirge "If I'd Found the Right Words to Say," the mood befits the content. But When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up breaks dramatically and sensationally with the cult of twee. It is not a subdued or stilted album, either musically or emotionally, which not only makes the band's melancholia palatable but also renders it substantial and genuine rather than affected. The music is still extremely tuneful, but songs such as "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again," "Last Ever Lone Gunman," and "One Night Is Not Enough" are truly guitar-driven things (occasionally with subtle electronics) that underscore a determinedness and passionate vitality often lacking in similar inclined approaches (including, sometimes, Belle & Sebastian). When "Black and Blue" abruptly transitions from barely there falsetto crooning to a grinding, overdriven guitar assault, it sounds like a call to arms. Rather than small and insular, the album is open, grand, and beautiful. [This edition includes four bonus tracks and a video for "Ask Me How I Am."] ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Never Gonna Fall in Love Again		Snow Patrol	(2:10)
Ask Me How I Am		Snow Patrol	(2:34)
Making Enemies		Snow Patrol	(4:19)
Black and Blue		Snow Patrol	(3:39)
Last Ever Lone Gunman		Snow Patrol	(2:42)
If I'd Found the Right Words to Say		Snow Patrol	(4:47)
Batten Down the Hatch		Snow Patrol	(3:29)
One Night Is Not Enough		Snow Patrol	(3:22)
Chased by...I Don't Know What		Snow Patrol	(2:40)
On/Off		Snow Patrol	(2:39)
An Olive Grove Facing the Sea		Snow Patrol	(5:18)
When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up		Snow Patrol	(3:17)
Make Love to Me Forever		Snow Patrol	(2:55)
Firelight		Snow Patrol	(3:52)
In Command of Cars [*]		Snow Patrol	(4:01)
Talk to the Trees [*]		Snow Patrol	(1:59)
Monkey Mobe [*]		Snow Patrol	(1:18)
Workwear Shop [*]		Snow Patrol	(4:57)
Ask Me How I Am [*][Multimedia Track]		Snow Patrol

Credits

Robert Dillam (Guitar (Acoustic)), Robert Dillam (Guitar), Peter Harvey (Cello), Jamie Watson (Engineer), Frank Arkwright (Mastering), John Todd (Trumpet), Tony Doogan (Engineer), Stuart Murdoch (Piano), Richard Colburn (Percussion), Gary Lightbody (Organ), Gary Lightbody (Guitar), Gary Lightbody (Piano), Gary Lightbody (Organ (Hammond)), Gary Lightbody (Piano (Electric)), Gary Lightbody (Vocals), Gary Lightbody (Moog Synthesizer), Gary Lightbody (Engineer), Gary Lightbody (Mellotron), Gary Lightbody (Omnichord), Gary Lightbody (Fender Rhodes), Gary Lightbody (Juno), Gary Lightbody (Korg M1), Gary Lightbody (Genbri), Gary Lightbody (Group Member), Mark McClelland (Organ), Mark McClelland (Bass), Mark McClelland (Piano), Mark McClelland (Organ (Hammond)), Mark McClelland (Piano (Electric)), Mark McClelland (Moog Synthesizer), Mark McClelland (Producer), Mark McClelland (Mellotron), Mark McClelland (Omnichord), Mark McClelland (Fender Rhodes), Mark McClelland (Juno), Mark McClelland (Korg M1), Mark McClelland (Genbri), Mark McClelland (Group Member), Jonny Quinn (Drums), Liam Saunders (Fender Rhodes), Justin Richards (Engineer)