Alternate Endings
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Alternate Endings
| type = compilation
| artist = Fightstar
| cover = Fightstar_alternate_endings.jpg
| alt =
| released = 11 August 2008
| recorded = 2004–2008
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{flat list|
- Post-hardcore{{cite news|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/fightstar---alternate-endings-gut-963120|title=Fightstar - Alternate Endings (Gut)|date=19 April 2010|accessdate=14 June 2017}}
- emo{{cite news|newspaper=Daily Express|last=Spellman|first=Robert|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/55895/FIGHTSTAR-ALTERNATE-ENDINGS-Institute|title=FIGHTSTAR: ALTERNATE ENDINGS (Institute)|date=7 August 2008|accessdate=14 June 2017}}
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| length = 55:18
| label = Gut
| producer =
| prev_title = One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Be Human
| next_year = 2009
}}
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Alternate Endings is a compilation album by English post-hardcore band Fightstar, released 11 August 2008 on Gut Records. It features previously unreleased material, b-sides, covers and live radio recordings from the previous four years.{{cite web|url=http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=10253|title=Fightstar to release "Alternate Endings" album|author=Spinelli, Tom|publisher=Melodic.net|accessdate=5 March 2008}}
Overview
The track "Amethyst" is taken from the band's debut EP, They Liked You Better When You Were Dead, in which it was track five. There was a hidden track directly after it titled "Hazy Eyes". The version of "Amethyst" on this album is the version from the EP with "Hazy Eyes" also included end of the track. It is not known if this was an error or if this was in fact meant to be on the track listing. The songs "Shinji Ikari", "Fight for US" and "NERV/SEELE" are about the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. Also, Shinji Ikari is the name of the show's main protagonist while NERV and SEELE are the names of the two opposing factions from the series. The cover of "Breaking the Law" originally appeared on Higher Voltage!: Another Brief History of Rock.
The album also features an enhanced section with various videos featuring backstage footage, music video's and a video of the band answering questions asked by the fans.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIS9gUL171Y|title=Fightstar answering your questions|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=12 March 2009}}
The digital download version of the album has a slightly different track order, where track 4 is replaced, instead of "Amethyst", "Flotation Therapy" appears which was a b-side to "Floods".{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001HI04L4|title=Alternate Endings by Fightstar|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=27 November 2008}}
The band's drummer Omar Abidi has since claimed that the release was a decision on the part of Gut Records, as a way of getting "every last drop of money out of us" before the band went independent; he argued that he felt that, after only two albums, it seemed arrogant for the band to be releasing such a collection.{{cite web|publisher=Spoonfed |url=http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/simon827-4248/fightstar-interview-1117/ |title=Fightstar Interview |accessdate=August 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312083947/http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/simon827-4248/fightstar-interview-1117/ |archivedate=12 March 2012 }}
Track listing
The last 3 tracks on the album are printed in the wrong order on the inlay but are in the correct order here.
All songs written and composed by Fightstar, except where noted.{{cite AV media notes|title = Alternate Endings|others = Fightstar|year = 2008|type = CD|publisher = Gut Records|id = INSRECCD06}}
{{tracklist
| extra_column = Producer
| title1 = Floods
| note1 = Live Lounge performance
| extra1 = Simon Askew
| length1 = 3:46
| title2 = Where's the Money, Lebowski?
| extra2 = Jason Wilcock
| length2 = 3:26
| title3 = Waitin' for a Superman
| note3 = Flaming Lips cover
| extra3 = Simon Askew
| writer3 = Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd
| length3 = 3:29
| title4 = Amethyst
| note4 = includes the hidden track "Hazy Eyes"
| extra4 = Mark Williams
| length4 = 7:19
| title5 = 99
| note5 = live
| extra5 = Simon Askew
| length5 = 4:03
| title6 = In Between Days
| note6 = The Cure cover
| writer6 = Robert Smith
| extra6 = Christian Wieland
| length6 = 2:38
| title7 = Shinji Ikari
| extra7 = Jason Wilcock
| length7 = 3:59
| title8 = Dark Star
| extra8 = Jason Wilcock
| length8 = 3:43
| title9 = Gracious
| extra9 = Carl Bown
| length9 = 3:43
| title10 = Fight for Us
| extra10 = Matt Hyde
| length10 = 4:08
| title11 = Hold Out Your Arms
| note11 = live acoustic
| extra11 = Carl Bown
| length11 = 4:04
| title12 = NERV/SEELE
| extra12 = Jason Wilcock
| length12 = 3:51
| title13 = Zihuatanejo
| extra13 = Jason Wilcock
| length13 = 3:36
| title14 = Breaking the Law
| note14 = Judas Priest cover
| writer14 = Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton
| extra14 = Carl Bown
| length14 = 2:58
| title15 = Minerva
| note15 = Deftones cover
| writer15 = Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Chi Cheng, Frank Delgado, Abe Cunningham
| extra15 = Matt Hyde
| length15 = 2:51
}}
Personnel
= Fightstar =
- Charlie Simpson — lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keys, lyrics
- Alex Westaway — lead guitar, vocals, lyrics
- Dan Haigh – bass guitar, design
- Omar Abidi – drums, percussion
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= Production =
- Simon Askew - producer (tracks 1, 3, 5)
- Nick Fountain — engineer (tracks 1, 3, 5)
- Jason Wilcock at Stakeout Studios – producer, mixing (tracks 2, 7, 8, 12, 13)
- Mark Williams – producer, mixing (track 4)
- Christian Wieland – producer, mixing (track 6)
- Carl Bown – producer, mixing (tracks 9, 11, 14)
- Matt Hyde – producer, mixing (tracks 10, 15)
- Matt Colton — mastering
- Daniel Conway — artwork, layout
- Craig Jennings — A&R
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