Editors - An End Has A Start (2007)

Artist...............: Editors
Album................: An End Has A Start
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2007
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 340 Mb


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To put it plainly, An End Has a Start doesn't have the electricity of Editors' first effort. And let's face

it, The Back Room was a tough act to follow -- it was a damn near perfect debut, delivering a compelling

set of cathartic, nocturnal neo-post-punk songs. The problem is not simply that there isn't a track on this

release that comes close to the visceral, resonant power of "Bullets." The problem is that there isn't

really a memorable moment here, period. And it's a big deal, because it makes Editors, for all their

musical prowess, sound practically average. The lead single, "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors," charges

out of the gate with pounding, purposeful drums and surging guitars only to stumble into a muddy, oddly

forgettable hook, and "Bones," in spite of its needling momentum and affecting lyrics ("In the end, all you

can hope for/Is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through...Your face in my hands is

everything that I need"), somehow fails to come to a satisfying climax. Editors are reaching for something

here, but one gets the sense that they never quite grasp what they're aiming for. The inspiration and

exploratory spirit found on the first album are not here; most of the material, albeit well crafted, sounds

pretty safe. It's consistently moody, licked throughout with tame fire, at times not entirely unlike

(forgive the comparison) something Coldplay might put together in their edgier moments, especially in the

case of "Push Your Head Towards the Air" and "Well Worn Hand." Make no mistake: this is a decent album; it

bears a craftsman-like solidity and many fans will no doubt be satisfied (and, more than that, happy) with

it. But An End Has a Start is simply not the best album Editors are capable of putting together. Hopefully

it's just a sophomore slump and not, in fact, the beginning of the end. [The CD was also released with

bonus tracks.]



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Tracklist
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01. Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
02. An End Has A Start
03. The Weight of The World
04. Bones
05. When Anger Shows
06. The Racing Rats
07. Push Your Head Towards The Air
08. Escape The Nest
09. Spiders
10. Well Word Hand
11. A Thousand Pieces
12. Open Up