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An End Has a Start
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886971070323
Label: Fader Label
Manufacturer: Fader Label
MPN: 703
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Fader Label
Release Date: July 17, 2007
Studio: Fader Label
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Editorial Review:
Editors were not the only band suckling on Joy Division's bleak teat in 2005 when they released their debut The Back Room, and they never initially seemed the ones most likely to succeed either. They were like a pencil sketch of gothic depression, too tidy, too clean, too neatly attired to attain any lasting emotional credibility. But there was just one problem with that cursory diagnosis; the incendiary skinny-ribbed barrage of short, sharp, repetitive and achingly insistent singles, titled with an absolute maximum of two syllables as if to ram that point home. There was zero puppy fat on Editors' bones, but what they did carry was toned and worked to perfection. But even considering that discipline, the competent grandeur of its follow up, An End Has a Start, takes you aback. Awash with constellation-scraping omnipresence, opening track "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" seems all around you at once, building, lifting and frankly doing a better impression of late '80s U2-sized epic than Coldplay mustered on X&Y. The album rebounds between that sense of rounded, accessible awe and the more industrious pounding in the engine room that they perfected on their debut, the latter particularly demonstrable on the title track and a truly hammering "Escape the Nest". Tom Smith's rudimentary lyrics and forced baritone may lack some of the poetic depth that the music craves, but like their overall style he directs what he does possess with admirable precision. --James Berry
Following the debut release 'The Back Room', the English indie-rock band is back with their 2nd album. Their brand of sweeping indie rock is frequently compared to the sound of bands such as Interpol, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, Franz Ferdinand, Kitchens of Distinction, The Chameleons, Big Country and U2. 1st single: Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors. Sony/BMG. 2007.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - WOW
This album kicks serious a**! It is so electifying to listen to Bones, End has a Start and others. You will be shaking your hips, hair and everything else if you are into indie dance, post-punk
Rating: - Editors End Has A Start
I find this album to be a better album than their first one with a more focused sound, expanding on their craft and putting them in par with Joy Division and Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights therefore making a case for continuing their style and not changing a thing just because some might say that they are not unique but then I would say why does that matter if it is great.
Rating:  - Looking for descriptives
The Editor's "An End Has a Start" is one of those albums that sounds really grand, with an epic scope and a certain depressing grandeur. But it has little by way of memorable songs. After several weeks of listening, there's little that stays in my mind or draws me back for further listening.
There are a few songs that make for cool stylistic comparisons. "Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors" recalls Interpol and there are a few hints of Simple Minds or U2, especially in the Edge-like ... Read More
Rating: - Unexpected surprise
I bought this CD after viewing their video for An End Has A Start. Loved the song and hoped that at least some of the other songs would be as powerful. I was pleasantly surprised to find ALL the songs on this CD are great. There is a mixture of slow and fast songs which may put some people off. However, the slower songs have lyrics so great that it makes up for their lack of speed. I've had this CD in my car player since my purchase and play it nearly every day. That is rare for me. Highly ... Read More
Rating: - fantastic sohphomore release
While I am not quite sure if the cd is superior to their first release, this by no means is a disappointing sophomore attempt.
"An End Has a Start" has a little more variety. There are more slow, melodic ballad types on here, which they pull off nicely.
You'll hear a lot of people comparing this band to other bands, especially Joy Division. Now, I absolutely love Joy Division, but unless you're the band who invents a genre (like Joy Division did) you're more than likely ... Read More
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