An End Has A Start - Editors
  • Band Name: Editors
  • Record Label: Fader
  • Release Date: Jul 17, 2007
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65 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 72 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Birmingham, England group tries to escape the sophmore slump and comparisons to other bands with their second album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. Playlouder
    100
    This album is fucking brilliant – it made me want to cut my hair, paint the ceiling, fuck the postman and burn the disco down. So I did. Then I curled up in a corner, cried, and shat myself.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    80
    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.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    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.
  4. Stylus Magazine
    16
    A record that's so deathly serious that each of it's ten songs could be associated with its very own biblical plague.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 45
  3. Negative: 6 out of 45
  1. DW.
    10
    This is a great album and flows much better than The Back Room. The band is certainly maturing and writing better songs. An excellent live act as well. Love this new stuff.… Expand
  2. Ricko
    8
    A very decent follow up to their debut, this has a bigger, grander sound but lacks the hooks and riffs that were ever present throughout The Back Room. It's a progression in the sense that this record aims for a higher return and wider audience while at the same time trying to stay true to their original style.… Expand
  3. RichJ
    7
    While Editors' sound has definetly changed from their debut, An End Has a Start is still a solid and well-rounded album. Catchy danceable tracks like the title track and "Bones" are complimented by slower, sentimental tracks, "Well Worn Hands", "Push Your Head Towards the Air". The band, as in the debut, still sounds strongest during their faster and more uplifting tracks, but the album still sounds good as a whole and its easy to listen through without wanting to skip over anything.… Expand
  4. TLW
    4
    The allusions to Joy Division are way overblown. For all it's furrow-browed posturing this is just more music to compliment expensive furniture for the more pretentious middle-class consumer. It tries to be sincere, but the billowing, one-eye-on-U2 sound comes over as more than a little calculated. Doubtless it ticks all the right boxes for its intended audience though.… Expand

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