End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story explained

End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story
Type:	Album
Artist:	the Dears
Cover:	Ehbs.jpg
Released:	2000
Recorded:	1999
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	41:40
Label:	Grenadine
Next Title:	Orchestral Pop Noir Romantique
Next Year:	2001

End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story is the first album by the Dears.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 2000 on Grenadine Records.^[3] "This is a Broadcast", "Heartless Romantic" and the title track were notable singles from the album.

Critical reception

The Gazette said: "Raunchy guitars, haunted house organs and lead man Murray Lightburn's timeless Brit-boy vocals combine for dreamy delight."^[4] Trouser Press wrote that the album "suffers from overly earnest and often puerile songwriting craftiness; the album is quirky, unpredictable, but also jejune and fragmented."^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Murray Lightburn.

1. "C'était pour la passion" - 4:59
2. "Jazz Waltz No. 3 in B-Flat" - 5:35
3. "This Is a Broadcast" - 3:21
4. "Where the World Begins and Ends" - 6:19
5. "Heartless Romantic" - 4:37
6. "End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story" - 5:08
7. "There Is No Such Thing as Love" - 10:06
8. "Partir, par Terre" - 1:35

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Dears | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: The Dears: Comforting and Groundbreaking. NPR.org.
3. Web site: The Dears End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story. exclaim.ca.
4. News: Dunlevy . T'Cha . The Dears End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story . The Gazette . 1 June 2000 . C13.
5. Web site: Dears . Trouser Press . 3 June 2021.