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End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story

2000 studio album by the Dears

End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story is the first album by the Dears.[1][2] It was released in 2000 on Grenadine Records.[3] "This is a Broadcast", "Heartless Romantic" and the title track were notable singles from the album.

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Critical reception

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The Gazette said: "Raunchy guitars, haunted house organs and lead man Murray Lightburn's timeless Brit-boy vocals combine for dreamy delight."[6] Trouser Press wrote that the album "suffers from overly earnest and often puerile songwriting craftiness; the album is quirky, unpredictable, but also jejune and fragmented."[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Murray Lightburn.

  1. "C'était pour la passion" - 4:59
  2. "Jazz Waltz No. 3 in B-Flat" - 5:35
  3. "This Is a Broadcast" - 3:21
  4. "Where the World Begins and Ends" - 6:19
  5. "Heartless Romantic" - 4:37
  6. "End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story" - 5:08
  7. "There Is No Such Thing as Love" - 10:06
  8. "Partir, par Terre" - 1:35

References

  1. [1]
    "The Dears | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. [2]
    "The Dears: Comforting and Groundbreaking". NPR.org.
  3. [3]
    "The Dears End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story". exclaim.ca.
  4. [4]
    "End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story - The Dears | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  5. [5]
    Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 810.
  6. [6]
    Dunlevy, T'Cha (1 June 2000). "The Dears End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story". The Gazette. p. C13.
  7. [7]
    "Dears". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 June 2021.


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