Customer Reviews
Send in the Clones - By: Nugent Dirt, 19 May 2008 
I see less of comparison with Joy Division than with the also-rans of the 80s big overcoat scene such as The Chameleons though without their originality. For a few minutes the debut album offered something to people who might be missing JD, early Bunnymen & The Sound but with the second they merely come across as lightweight carbon copies of.. Interpol. But I guess at least they dont sound like alll the rest of the current crop of tousle haired indie clones.
engrossing.... - By: Enoyts, 31 Jan 2008 
After 2005s the back room the editors only hinted at what they could genuinely achieve, an end has a start is the most wonderfully somber album that i have purchased for a good period of time. The albums melodies set the tone of bleakness while the lyrics - especiallly in the case of weight of the world which will no doubt be played at a spate of funerals in the future - create a bleak & stood-back-from-society vision which certainly speaks to you on a very persoanl level & ultimately makes you aware of your mortality. A brilliant album that fills the darker moments with wistful dignity.
Moving And Timeless - By: juliet R, 31 Jan 2008 I hesitated in buying this album,mainly because the theme of it is death & loss,and I have experienced a great deal of both in the last ten years or more. However when I heard the title track,I was encouraged, & after hearing Racing Rats late last year,decided to buy this album.I found it profound,honest,very beautiful & spiritual & well worth it.
My favourite track,Weight Of The World is quite spectacularly haunting &
Tom Smith's baritone has never sounded better.
This is an album of tracks you couldn't argue with.Admittedly,for some people,Editors are an acquired taste.However,the quality of these songs & the production on this album cannot be faulted.
A classy superior collection of songs for the Millennium.
This is a grower - By: A. R. Jones, 25 Jan 2008 
Not sure to start with but the album improves with every listening, impressive range of music & lyrics in the early tracks but tends to fizzle ouuuuut
musically and lyrically safe - By: N. Johnson, 17 Dec 2007 So..the best band around right now according to some reviewers! Thats not saying a lot in 2007!
Lyricallly weak. "if a plane were to falll from the sky, how big a hole would it leave?.." you cant deny, its powerful stuff! at least Joy Division's lyrics were thought provoking & intelligent, & Interpol's can be knowingly tongue-in-cheek & witty! This however is music for the masses drivel.
I enjoyed the first album. But putting this one into perspective, it just isnt very memorable. That is alll!
