World Without End (album)

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World Without End
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Studio album by
the Mighty Lemon Drops
ReleasedFebruary 1988
Genre Alternative rock
Length46:13
Label Sire [1]
Producer Tim Palmer [2]
The Mighty Lemon Drops chronology
Out of Hand
(1987)		World Without End
(1988)		 Laughter
(1989)

World Without End is the second album by the Mighty Lemon Drops, released in 1988. [3] It reached No. 34 on the UK Album Chart. The album contains the single, "Inside Out", which reached No. 74 on the UK Singles Chart. [4]

Contents

Production

The album was produced and mixed by Tim Palmer, and recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales and Utopia Studios in London.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
New Musical Express 5/10 [7]

AllMusic wrote that the album "is one of the finest British post-punk albums of the '80s. Its parts may be borrowed, but it runs like a well-oiled machine." [5] The Washington Post called it "galloping power-pop, tuneful and fresh," yet also, like all of the band's previous albums, overly indebted to the work of The Teardrop Explodes. [8] Trouser Press wrote that World Without End "is a more mature, sophisticated and individualized effort, but Paul Marsh still sings as if he’s trying to impress either Ian McCulloch or Jim Morrison." [2]

The Los Angeles Times called "Inside Out" "a perfect smart-pop single." [9]

Track listing

All songs written by David Newton and Tony Linehan.

Side one

  1. "Inside Out" – 3:18
  2. "One by One" – 3:30
  3. "In Everything You Do" – 5:07
  4. "Hear Me Call" – 4:17
  5. "No Bounds" – 4:55

Side two

  1. "Fall Down (Like the Rain)" – 3:52
  2. "Crystal Clear" – 4:36
  3. "Hollow Inside" – 4:10
  4. "Closer to You" – 4:54
  5. "Breaking Down" – 3:42
  6. "Shine" – 3:33

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 756.
  2. 1 2 "Mighty Lemon Drops". Trouser Press. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Mighty Lemon Drops Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ "Mighty Lemon Drops Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  5. 1 2 "World Without End The Mighty Lemon Drops Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 746.
  7. ↑ Barron, Jack (13 February 1988). "The Mighty Lemon Drops: World Without End". New Musical Express . p. 32.
  8. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (17 June 1988). "Lemon Drops Not Cope-ing Too Well". The Washington Post.
  9. ↑ "Mighty Lemon Drops in a Bland Mood". Los Angeles Times. 26 May 1988.
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