The Living End (The Living End album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Living End
Type = Album
Artist = The Living End


Released = October 12, 1998
Recorded = 1997-1998
Genre = Punk, Punkabilly
Length = 47:05
Label = Modular/EMI
Producer = Lindsay Gravina
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://wc04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dnftxqrjldae link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/320664/review/5941425?utm_source=Rhapsody&utm_medium=CDreview link]
Last album = "It's For Your Own Good" (1996)
This album = "The Living End" (1999)
Next album = "Roll On" (2000)

"The Living End" is the #1 self-titled debut album by Australian punk/rockabilly band The Living End. It was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Australia. The cover art, as described by frontman Chris Cheney, is taken from a photograph of the inside of a World War I all-female bomb factory.

ARIA publicised that "The Living End" had officially achieved 5x Platinum status in Australia in November 2007. This was a great achievement as all of their other album releases were simultaneously awarded a higher accreditation. It is still to date the band's most successful release.

Track listing

tracklist
headline = Australian Version
title1 = Prisoner of Society
length1 = 3:52
title2 = Growing Up (Falling Down)
length2 = 3:56
title3 = Second Solution
length3 = 3:00
title4 = West End Riot
length4 = 3:54
title5 = Bloody Mary
length5 = 3:45
title6 = Monday
length6 = 3:32
title7 = All Torn Down
length7 = 4:09
title8 = Save the Day
length8 = 2:56
title9 = Trapped
length9 = 3:26
title10 = Have They Forgotten
length10 = 3:13
title11 = Fly Away
length11 = 2:53
title12 = I Want a Day
length12 = 2:29
title13 = Sleep on It
length13 = 2:58
title14 = Closing In
length14 = 3:03tracklist
collapsed = yes
headline = International version
title1 = Prisoner of Society
length1 = 3:52
title2 = Growing Up (Falling Down)
length2 = 3:56
title3 = Second Solution
length3 = 3:00
title4 = West End Riot
length4 = 3:54
title5 = Bloody Mary
length5 = 3:45
title6 = Monday
length6 = 3:32
title7 = All Torn Down
length7 = 4:09
title8 = Save the Day
length8 = 2:56
title9 = Trapped
length9 = 3:26
title10 = Have They Forgotten
length10 = 3:13
title11 = Fly Away
length11 = 2:53
title12 = I Want a Day
length12 = 2:29
title13 = Strange
length13 = 4:23
title14 = Closing In
length14 = 3:03tracklist
collapsed = yes
headline = Bonus track (Japanese edition)
title15 = Mr Businessman

Note: "Sleep on It" was omitted and changed to "Strange" for all versions released outside Australia. "Strange" had already appeared on previous releases in Australia and it was deemed unnecessary to repeat the track again for Australian fans.

ingles

*"Save the Day", 1998 single – #22 Australia, Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 #10
*"Prisoner of Society", 1998 single (UK), Triple J Hottest 100, 1997 #15
*"All Torn Down", 1999 single (with radio B-side cover "Tainted Love") – #12 Australia, Triple J Hottest 100, 1999 #41
*"Trapped", 1999 single (U.S.)
*"West End Riot", 1999 single, Triple J Hottest 100, 1999 #48
*"Second Solution", Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 #15
*"Tainted Love" (Gloria Jones/Soft Cell live cover), Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 #17

Chart positions

Personnel

Band members

*Chris Cheney – vocals, guitar
*Scott Owen – double bass, vocals
*Trav Demsey – drums

Additional musicians

*Alistair Shepherd (from Area-7) – saxophone
*Tody Dargaville (from Area-7) – trumpet

succession box
before = "The Last Wave of Summer" by Cold Chisel
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = October 25 - November 8, 1998
after = "The Best of 1980-1990" by U2