When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up

When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up is the second album by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released on 24 April 2001 in the UK and 5 March in the US.^[1]

When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
Studio album by Snow Patrol
Released	5 March 2001
Recorded	2000
Studio	Substation, CaVa, The Stables, Rage
Genre	Indie rock alternative rock
Length	47:44
Label	Jeepster
Producer	Snow Patrol Michael Brennan
Snow Patrol chronology
Songs for Polarbears (1998) When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001) Final Straw (2003)
Singles from When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
"Ask Me How I Am" Released: 20 November 2000 "One Night Is Not Enough" Released: 5 March 2001

The album charted at number 129 in the UK and failed to sell well upon its initial release, but its re-release saw it eventually go gold in the UK.

Background

The album was to be titled Santa Maria, and by June 2000, newer material like "Chased By... I Don't Know What", "Black and Blue" and "One Night Is Not Enough" was making its way into live performances.^[2] However, the album's release was held over for six months. Gary Lightbody used this time to write more songs. "Run", "Chocolate" and "Spitting Games" were written during this period, and later appeared on the next album Final Straw. On the tour following the release in March 2001, the band introduced "Run" to their audience, who received it very positively. In Lightbody's words: "I remember people's jaws dropping, and the applause going on for longer than any of our other songs."^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment.ie	[4]
Hot Press	11/12[5]
NME	5/10[6]
PopMatters	[7]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[8]
RTÉ	[9]
The Trades	A[10]
Yahoo! Music	[11]

Hot Press' Fiona Reid's review of the album was extremely favourable, who found the album had plenty of "magical moments". She felt that the album "reaches a quiet place within the chaos", and declared it was a "classic". She rated the album 11 out of 12.^[5] It was ranked #50 in CMJ New Music Top 75 in August 2001.^[12] Scott Juba of the website The Trades also praised the album, describing it along with its predecessor Songs for Polarbears as "wonderful", giving special acclaim to the track "An Olive Grove Facing the Sea".^[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"	2:10
2.	"Ask Me How I Am"	2:34
3.	"Making Enemies"	4:18
4.	"Black and Blue"	3:40
5.	"Last Ever Lone Gunman"	2:43
6.	"If I'd Found the Right Words to Say"	4:47
7.	"Batten Down the Hatch"	3:29
8.	"One Night Is Not Enough"	3:23
9.	"Chased by... I Don't Know What"	2:41
10.	"On/Off"	2:40
11.	"An Olive Grove Facing the Sea"	5:18
12.	"When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up"	3:17
13.	"Make Love to Me Forever"	2:55
14.	"Firelight"	3:43

All lyrics are written by Gary Lightbody; all music is composed by Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn

2006 re-release bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
15.	"In Command of Cars"	3.59
16.	"Talk to the Trees"	1:57
17.	"Monkey Mobe"	1:16
18.	"Workwear Shop"	2:25
19.	"Ask Me How I Am" (video)	2:44

• All bonus tracks originally appeared as B-sides to the singles released from When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up.^[14]

2019 remaster bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Hollow as I Am"	2:35
16.	"And Then I'm Gonna"	2:59

Personnel

Snow Patrol

• Gary Lightbody – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals
• Mark McClelland – bass guitar, piano, keyboards, extra vocals on track 7
• Jonny Quinn – drums, extra vocals on track 7

Other personnel

• Liam Saunders – electric piano on track 3
• Mick Cooke – flugelhorn, trumpet on track 3
• Stuart Murdoch – piano on tracks 6, 14
• Kevin Lynch – extra vocals on track 7
• Rob Dillam – feedback guitar on track 8; acoustic guitar on track 11
• Richard Colburn – percussion on track 9
• Fly by Heart – choir on track 11
• John Todd – trumpet on track 11
• Peter Harvey – cello on track 12
• David Burke – viola on track 12
• Caroline Evans – violin on track 12
• Michael Brennan, Jr. – producer

Charts

Chart performance for When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums Chart[15]	129

Certifications

Certifications for When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up

Organization	Level	Date[16]
BPI (UK)	Silver	3 February 2006
BPI (UK)	Gold	15 June 2007

References

1. Stanton Swihart (24 April 2001). "When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up - Snow Patrol | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
2. Carberry, Colin (8 June 2000). "There's no business like snow business". Hot Press. Retrieved 4 January 2010. Appears as: "The new material that has been gradually seeping into the live show now puts the older chestnuts firmly in the shade. If Black And Blue, Chased By I Don't Know What, and future single One Night is Not Enough are typical of the gear the second record is driving in, then Santa Maria will be a triumph."
3. Earls, John. "Snow Patrol on their future". Planet Sound. Teletext. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
4. "Music Review | Snow Patrol - When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up". entertainment.ie. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
5. Reid, Fiona (15 February 2001). "Snow Patrol - When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (Jeepster)". Hot Press. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2009.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Note: Archived page, can be found here .
6. "NME Album Reviews - Snow Patrol : When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up". NME. 1 March 2001. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
7. Bergstrom, John. "Snow Patrol: Songs for Polarbears". PopMatters. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
8. Archived 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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12. Orlov, Piotr (August 2001). "Top 75". CMJ New Music (95). CMJ Network, Inc.: 96. ISSN 1074-6978. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
13. Archived 13 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
14. "Snow Patrol album reissues". Jeepster. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
15. "Chart Log UK: DJ S - The System of Life". Zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
16. "Certified Awards Search". BPI. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2009. Note: Need to manually search for 'Snow Patrol'.