The End of the Beginning | ||||
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Released | 2002 | |||
Genre | Post-rock | |||
Length | 48:55 | |||
Label | Revive Records | |||
Producer | God Is an Astronaut | |||
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Singles from The End of the Beginning | ||||
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The End of the Beginning is the first studio album by Irish post-rock band God Is an Astronaut.
Its name is most likely from a famous quote by British war-leader and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in a speech about the Second Battle of El Alamein: "Now this is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
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The album was digitally remastered and re-released in 2011. [1]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The End of the Beginning" | Torsten Kinsella, Niels Kinsella | 4:15 |
2. | "From Dust to the Beyond" | T. Kinsella, N. Kinsella, Noel Healy | 5:17 |
3. | "Ascend to Oblivion" | T. Kinsella, N. Kinsella, Thomas Kinsella | 5:00 |
4. | "Coda" | T. Kinsella, N. Kinsella, N. Healy | 5:04 |
5. | "Remembrance" | T. Kinsella, N. Kinsella, Thomas Kinsella | 4:20 |
6. | "Point Pleasant" | T. Kinsella, N. Kinsella | 5:03 |
7. | "Fall from the Stars" | T. Kinsella, N. Kinsella, Thomas Kinsella | 4:27 |
8. | "Twilight" | T. Kinsella, N. Kinsella | 5:03 |
9. | "Coma" | T. Kinsella, N. Kinsella | 1:16 |
10. | "Route 666" | T. Kinsella, N. Kinsella | 4:34 |
11. | "Lost Symphony" | T. Kinsella, N. Kinsella | 5:16 |
Total length: | 48:55 |
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