An End Has a Start

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An End Has a Start
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Studio album by
Editors
Released25 June 2007
Recorded2006–2007
Studio
Genre Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length44:40
Label Kitchenware
Producer Jacknife Lee
Editors chronology
The Back Room
(2005)		An End Has a Start
(2007)		 In This Light and on This Evening
(2009)
Singles from An End Has a Start
  1. "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors"
    Released: 18 June 2007
  2. "An End Has a Start"
    Released: 3 September 2007
  3. "The Racing Rats"
    Released: 26 November 2007
  4. "Push Your Head Towards the Air"
    Released: 3 March 2008
  5. "Bones"
    Released: 2 June 2008

An End Has a Start is the second album by British indie rock band Editors. It was released on 25 June 2007 in the UK and on 17 July 2007 in the US. The album was certified Platinum in the UK on the same day it was released. [1] An End Has a Start was the 69th best-selling album in the UK end of year album chart in 2007.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 65/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B+ [4]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 6/10 [7]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 4.9/10 [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

An End Has a Start was met with mostly positive reviews, reaching a Metacritic score of 65 based on 24 reviews. [2] Drowned in Sound wrote: "An End Has a Start actually sounds like it was crafted as ten quite individual chapters of a long-running saga; surprisingly, though, it ultimately works better than its predecessor as a cohesive, flowing album", with a score 8 of 10. The Guardian wrote that "singer Tom Smith tempers his constant anxiety with flashes of optimism, his brittle nihilism with gooey sentiment" (8/10). NME opined that "An End Has a Start turns out to be a pupae album—its Editors stretching their sonic muscles, poking the first spindles of whatever new form they'll take out of their gloom-rock cocoon come album three", giving the album 6 of 10. Pitchfork felt that "It's a shame that premature commercial success has sullied Editors' creativity, because An End contains its share of bright spots", giving the album 4.9 of 10. Stylus Magazine said that it is "A record that's so deathly serious that each of its ten songs could be associated with its very own biblical plague."

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Smith, Chris Urbanowicz, Russell Leetch & Edward Lay.

No.TitleLength
1."Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors"4:57
2."An End Has a Start"3:45
3."The Weight of the World"4:18
4."Bones"4:06
5."When Anger Shows"5:45
6."The Racing Rats"4:17
7."Push Your Head Towards the Air"5:44
8."Escape the Nest"4:43
9."Spiders"4:00
10."Well Worn Hand"2:54
iTunes additional track
No.TitleLength
11."A Thousand Pieces"3:41
Japan edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."A Thousand Pieces"3:41
12."Open Up"3:40

B-Sides and Rarities

US reissue bonus EP
No.TitleLength
1."Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" (demo)3:18
2."Banging Heads"3:42
3."A Thousand Pieces"3:41
4."The Racing Rats" (live)4:20
5."Open Up"3:40

Trivia

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [32] Gold15,000*
Ireland (IRMA) [33] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [34] Platinum335,000 [35]
United States—48,000 [35]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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