Journey to the End of the Night (Mekons album)

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Journey to the End of the Night
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Studio album by
Released7 March 2000
Genre Post-punk, Alternative country
Length43:16
Label Quarterstick Records
The Mekons chronology
Me
(1998)
Journey to the End of the Night
(2000)
OOOH! (Out of Our Heads)
(2002)
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Pitchfork 7.1/10 [4]
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Spin 8/10 [6]

Journey to the End of the Night is the 13th studio album by the Mekons. It was released on audio CD on 7 March 2000 by Quarterstick Records. The album was recorded in London at the MontiSound & Corina Studios and also in Chicago at the Stinkpole & Kingsize Sound Labs, it was then finally mixed and mastered by Kenny Sluiter in Kingside.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Myth" – 3:52
  2. "Out in the Night" – 3:31
  3. "Last Week of the War" – 2:59
  4. "City of London" – 4:02
  5. "Tina" – 3:56
  6. "The Flood" – 4:51
  7. "Cast No Shadow" – 3:03
  8. "Ordinary Night" – 3:19
  9. "Power and Horror" – 2:42
  10. "Neglect" – 4:02
  11. "Something To Be Scared Of" – 2:38
  12. "Last Night of Earth" – 3:42
  13. "... And Heracles Smiled" – 0:42

Personnel

Guest Appearances:

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