An End Has a Start

{{Music ratings

|MC = 65/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/an-end-has-a-start/editors |title=Editors - An End Has A Start |access-date=29 June 2013 |work=Metacritic}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1078669|pure_url=yes}}|title=An End Has a Start – Editors| publisher=AllMusic |first=Margaret|last=Reges|access-date=15 August 2013}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2Score = B+{{cite web|last=Modell |first=Josh |url=http://www.avclub.com/content/music/editors |title=Editors: An End Has A Start | Music | Music Review |website=The A.V. Club |date=24 July 2007 |access-date=15 August 2013}}

| rev3 = Drowned in Sound

| rev3Score = 8/10{{cite web |url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/10535 |title=Reviews – Albums – Editors – An End Has A Start |first=Dom |last=Gourlay |website=Drowned in Sound |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906105132/http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/10535 |archive-date=6 September 2007 |access-date=15 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jun/22/popandrock.shopping|title=Editors, An End Has a Start|first=Betty|last=Clarke|work=The Guardian|date=22 June 2007|access-date=15 August 2013}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5Score = 6/10{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/editors/8706 |title=NME Album Reviews – Editors: An End Has A Start |first=Mark|last=Beaumont|work=NME |date=25 June 2007 |access-date=15 August 2013}}

| rev6 = The Observer

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,,2081074,00.html|title=The Editors, An End Has a Start |work=The Observer|first=Alex|last=Denney|date=20 May 2007|access-date=15 August 2013}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 4.9/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10352-an-end-has-a-start/|title=Editors: An End Has a Start|first=Adam|last=Moerder|website=Pitchfork|date=18 July 2007|access-date=15 August 2013}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/editors/albums/album/15055055/review/15085380/an_end_has_a_start |title=Editors: An End Has a Start : Music Reviews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016074903/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/editors/albums/album/15055055/review/15085380/an_end_has_a_start |archive-date=16 October 2007 |magazine=Rolling Stone |first=Rob |last=Sheffield |date=13 June 2008 |access-date=15 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}

| rev9 = The Times

| rev9Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article1967345.ece |title=Editors: An End Has a Start |first=Pete |last=Paphides |date=22 June 2007 |work=The Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517042028/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article1967345.ece |archive-date=17 May 2011 |access-date=15 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/editors/reviews/9888 |title=Editors -An End Has a Start – Review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518103251/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/editors/reviews/9888 |archive-date=18 May 2008 |work=Uncut |first=April |last=Long |access-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=live}}

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An End Has a Start was met with mostly positive reviews, reaching a Metacritic score of 65 based on 24 reviews. Drowned in Sound wrote: "An End Has a Start actually sounds like it was crafted as ten quite individual chapters of a long-running saga; surprisingly, though, it ultimately works better than its predecessor as a cohesive, flowing album", with a score 8 of 10. The Guardian wrote that "singer Tom Smith tempers his constant anxiety with flashes of optimism, his brittle nihilism with gooey sentiment" (8/10). NME opined that "An End Has a Start turns out to be a pupae album—its Editors stretching their sonic muscles, poking the first spindles of whatever new form they'll take out of their gloom-rock cocoon come album three", giving the album 6 of 10. Pitchfork felt that "It's a shame that premature commercial success has sullied Editors' creativity, because An End contains its share of bright spots", giving the album 4.9 of 10. Stylus Magazine said that it is "A record that's so deathly serious that each of its ten songs could be associated with its very own biblical plague."

All tracks written by Tom Smith, Chris Urbanowicz, Russell Leetch & Edward Lay.

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| title1 = Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors

| length1 = 4:57

| title2 = An End Has a Start

| length2 = 3:45

| title3 = The Weight of the World

| length3 = 4:18

| title4 = Bones

| length4 = 4:06

| title5 = When Anger Shows

| length5 = 5:45

| title6 = The Racing Rats

| length6 = 4:17

| title7 = Push Your Head Towards the Air

| length7 = 5:44

| title8 = Escape the Nest

| length8 = 4:43

| title9 = Spiders

| length9 = 4:00

| title10 = Well Worn Hand

| length10 = 2:54

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{{Track listing

| headline = iTunes additional track

| title11 = A Thousand Pieces

| length11 = 3:41

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{{Track listing

| headline = Japan edition bonus tracks

| title11 = A Thousand Pieces

| length11 = 3:41

| title12 = Open Up

| length12 = 3:40

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{{Track listing

| headline = US reissue bonus EP

| title1 = Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors

| note1 = demo

| length1 = 3:18

| title2 = Banging Heads

| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = A Thousand Pieces

| length3 = 3:41

| title4 = The Racing Rats

| note4 = live

| length4 = 4:20

| title5 = Open Up

| length5 = 3:40

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• German band In Extremo covered the track "An End Has a Start" on their 2008 album Sängerkrieg.

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Editors

• Tom Smith – lead vocals, guitar, piano
• Russell Leetch – bass guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
• Ed Lay – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Chris Urbanowicz – lead guitar, synthesizer

Additional musicians

• Edith Bowman – performer
• Robert Whitaker – performer
• James Banbury – cello, string arrangements
• Alison Dodds – violin
• Fiona McCapra – violin
• Anne Struther – choir, chorus
• Garret Lee – choir, chorus, performer

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Technical personnel

• Jacknife Lee – programming, production, engineering, mixing
• Sam Bell – programming, engineering, performer
• Dani Castelar – performer, assistant engineer
• Jon Gray – engineering, performer
• Tom McFall – choir, chorus, engineering
• Neil Comber – mixing assistant
• Pete Hofmann – engineering
• Cenzo Townshend – mixing
• Idris Khan – images, cover art

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