| An End Has a Start | ||||
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| Studio album by Editors | ||||
| Released | June 25, 2007 (UK) July 17, 2007 (US) |
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| Recorded | 2006—2007 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock Post-punk revival |
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| Length | 44:40 | |||
| Label | Kitchenware Records (UK) FADER Label (US) PIAS (Europe) |
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| Producer | Jacknife Lee | |||
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| Singles from An End Has a Start | ||||
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An End Has a Start is the second album by British indie rock band Editors. It was released on June 25, 2007 in the UK and on July 17, 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 reached #69 in the UK end of year album chart in 2007. By the end of 2007 it had sold over 600,000 copies worldwide.
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| AV Club | (B+) [3] |
| Drowned In Sound | (8/10) [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| NME | (6/10) [6] |
| The Observer | [7] |
| Pitchfork Media | (4.9/10) [8] |
| Playlouder | [9] |
| Rolling Stone | [10] |
| The Times | [11] |
| Uncut | [12] |
An End Has A Start was met with generally positive reviews, reaching metacritic score of 65 based on 24 reviews. Drowned In Sound has written "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 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 wrote that "An End Has a Start turns out to be a pupae album--it's 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 album 6 of 10. Pitchfork wrote that "It's a shame that premature commercial success has sullied Editors' creativity, because An End contains its share of bright spots", giving album 4.9 of 10. And Stylus magazine wrote that it's "A record that's so deathly serious that each of it's ten songs could be associated with its very own biblical plague".
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 |
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| 11. | "A Thousand Pieces" | 3:41 | |||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 11. | "A Thousand Pieces" | 3:41 | |||||||
| 12. | "Open Up" | 3:40 | |||||||
| US Reissue Bonus EP | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Album Chart | Peak position |
Certification | Sales |
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| UK | 1 | Platinum | 300,000+ |
| Netherlands | 2 | — | — |
| Belgium | 5 | Gold | 15,000+ |
| Ireland | 7 | Gold | 7,500+ |
| Portugal | 21 | — | — |
| Germany | 24 | — | — |
| Finland | 24 | — | — |
| Australia | 37 | — | — |
| New Zealand | 37 | — | — |
| Italy | 47 | — | — |
| France | 56 | — | — |
| US The Billboard 200 | 117 | — | 6,336* |
| US Top Heatseekers | 1 | — | — |
| US Independent Albums | 14 | — | — |
| Europe | 9 | — | — |
| World | 21 | — | 600,000+ |
Notes
| Preceded by Icky Thump by The White Stripes |
UK Albums Chart number one album July 1, 2007 – July 7, 2007 |
Succeeded by We Are the Night by The Chemical Brothers |
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