The Beginning of the End of the World

{{Infobox album

| name = The Beginning of the End of the World

| type = compilation

| artist = Mercenárias

| cover = Mercenarias_The_Beginning_of_the_End_of_the_World.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2005

| recorded = 1986–1988

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Post-punk, punk rock, art punk

| length =

| label = Soul Jazz Records

| producer =

| prev_title = Trashland

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Demo 1983

| next_year = 2015

}}

The Beginning of the End of the World is a compilation album by Brazilian post-punk band Mercenárias, released in 2005 by British record label Soul Jazz Records. It features a selection of tracks of their two studio albums, Cadê as Armas? (1986) and Trashland (1988).

The album's name alludes to the Brazilian music festival O Começo do Fim do Mundo, that happened in 1982 and promoted many underground punk bands such as Ratos de Porão, Inocentes and Cólera, among others.

{{track listing

| extra_column = Originally from

| title1 = Me Perco Nesse Tempo

| extra1 = Cadê as Armas?

| length1 = 1:18

| title2 = Polícia

| extra2 = Cadê as Armas?

| length2 = 0:59

| title3 = Imagem

| extra3 = Cadê as Armas?

| length3 = 1:48

| title4 = Inimigo

| extra4 = Cadê as Armas?

| length4 = 1:27

| title5 = Pânico

| extra5 = Cadê as Armas?

| length5 = 1:53

| title6 = Amor Inimigo

| extra6 = Cadê as Armas?

| length6 = 1:56

| title7 = Loucos Sentimentos

| extra7 = Cadê as Armas?

| length7 = 1:30

| title8 = Labirintos

| extra8 = Cadê as Armas?

| length8 = 2:15

| title9 = Além Acima

| extra9 = Cadê as Armas?

| length9 = 2:33

| title10 = Santa Igreja

| extra10 = Cadê as Armas?

| length10 = 2:02

| title11 = Lembranças

| extra11 = Trashland

| length11 = 3:06

| title12 = Há Dez Anos Passados

| extra12 = Trashland

| length12 = 1:57

| title13 = Somos Milhões

| extra13 = Trashland

| length13 = 2:27

| title14 = Ação na Cidade

| extra14 = Trashland

| length14 = 1:39

| title15 = Kyrie

| extra15 = Trashland

| length15 = 2:30

| title16 = Trashland

| extra16 = Trashland

| length16 = 2:17

}}