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Generally favorable reviews- based on 91 Ratings
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Positive: 73 out of 91
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Mixed: 9 out of 91
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ThompsonJul 16, 2007The most powerful album of the year.
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MikePJul 7, 2007The best album of 07, plain and simple.
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MarkL.Jul 10, 2007An Amazing Follow to The Back Room. Could be the Cd of the year
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BrookeO.Jul 24, 2007
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CatJul 5, 2007Emotional and Uplifting. Great follow-up to there debut.
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ChanceyM.Jul 16, 2007I like Playlouder's review; I also shat my pants. I loved The Back Room... I like An End Has A Start better.
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SteveJul 19, 2007Terrific once again. A worthwhile investment.
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EdwardDJul 19, 2007A true musical gem! Wonderful album to listen to.
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ACJul 24, 2007
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KirbyJul 5, 2007This and Arcade Fire's Neon Bible are the two crowning jewels of 2007. A marvelous album from beginning to end, ignore all the stupid comparisons to other bands. With this album the Editors have found there own sound. Escape The Nest and When Anger Shows are bound to be Rock classics. "An End Has A Start" is truly a must buy.
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ShayJul 5, 2007A beautfiul, thrilling epic second album by the boys of Birmingham, England. They've really stepped up there game to whole another level. Each song is different from the other and they all sound incredible especially Bones and Weight of the World. This is no sophmore slump whatsoever. This is a great, great album.
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TravisJJul 5, 2007This album is so good that I haven't been this emotionally moved by an album since Springsteen's Born To Run came out in 75 and that's saying alot. This band has gone the ultimate distance with this wonderful follow-up to the Back Room and have left all there musical peers in the dust... amazed.
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LuckyJul 16, 2007Truly beautiful and spectacular in every possible way. Editors are one of the best bands I've listened to in the last 20 years and this album proves my point. "An End Has A Start" is what a sophmore album shoud be.
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TrekDJul 18, 2007Brilliant second album!
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DW.Sep 13, 2007This 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.
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SuaveF.Aug 11, 2007
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MattGOct 10, 2007
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DivagazioniN.Jul 17, 2007un album molto bello decisamente migliore del primo, che già era buono, e con un singolo che resterà per molto tempo nella testa
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SelJul 17, 2007This is a great album. A serious contender for the best of 2007.
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DaafJul 19, 2007Brilliant album.
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nickAJul 20, 2007I yearn for the day when those who critique albums will stop uselessly comparing them to other albums by other bands. This album is a departure from their previous, but still a fantastic work of art, full of 10 strong cuts; all of which should be judged on their own merit.
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Jurgend.Sep 18, 2007Best indie album of 2007.
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GarrettJul 17, 2007It's a tight album and one of the best I've heard so far this year. It's not my favorite album out of the UK this year (that would be the new Art Brut) but I certainly think this album is better than the debut.
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NojYJul 16, 2007I really love this album. It gets a little slow in the middle but nonetheless probably my favorite album of the year so far.
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LynnCAug 27, 2007Very Echo & B/Interpol sounding, but I like it. Kinda of surprised at the negative reviews.
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MycroftWJul 11, 2007All the best tracks sound like versions of Munich, which makes these guys a bit of a one-trick pony. Nevertheless it's a trick well executed and diversity is not necessarily a virtue either
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sandenosJul 21, 2007Excellent tunes. Rivals U2 for dishing up some champion stadium-filling anthems.Well done lads.
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DavidH.Nov 17, 2007
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Dec 6, 2011A 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.
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Occassionally, the songwriting does contain flashes of thoughtfulness.
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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.
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By producing a more polished, more accomplished sheen while The Killers have roughed themselves up and forgotten to shave, the two bands have moved towards a middle ground where they're virtually indistinguishable.