The Living End (The Living End album)

The Living End
Studio album by The Living End
Released	12 October 1999
Recorded	1997-1998
Genre	Punk rock, punkabilly
Length	47:05
Label	Modular/EMI
Producer	Lindsay Gravina
The Living End chronology
It's For Your Own Good (1996) The Living End (1999) Roll On (2000)

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The Living End is the self-titled debut studio album by Australian punk/rockabilly band The Living End. It was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Australia. The cover art, as described by frontman Chris Cheney, is taken from a photograph of the inside of a World War I all-female bomb factory.

The Living End achieved mainstream success with one of the singles "Prisoner of Society", and supported The Offspring on the Americana tour. ARIA publicised that The Living End had officially achieved 5x Platinum status in Australia in November 2007. It is still to date the band's most successful release. In October 2010, The Living End, was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.

The 6th track "Monday" is the band's epitaph to the 1996 Dunblane massacre.

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Cheney, except for where noted.

Australian Version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prisoner of Society"	3:52
2.	"Growing Up (Falling Down)"	3:56
3.	"Second Solution"	3:00
4.	"West End Riot"	3:54
5.	"Bloody Mary"	3:45
6.	"Monday"	3:32
7.	"All Torn Down"	4:09
8.	"Save the Day"	2:56
9.	"Trapped"	3:26
10.	"Have They Forgotten"	3:13
11.	"Fly Away"	2:53
12.	"I Want a Day" (Cheney, Scott Owen)	2:29
13.	"Sleep on It"	2:58
14.	"Closing In"	3:03

International version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prisoner of Society"	3:52
2.	"Growing Up (Falling Down)"	3:56
3.	"Second Solution"	3:00
4.	"West End Riot"	3:54
5.	"Bloody Mary"	3:45
6.	"Monday"	3:32
7.	"All Torn Down"	4:09
8.	"Save the Day"	2:56
9.	"Trapped"	3:26
10.	"Have They Forgotten"	3:13
11.	"Fly Away"	2:53
12.	"I Want a Day"	2:29
13.	"Strange"	4:23
14.	"Closing In"	3:03

Bonus track (Japanese edition)
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Mr Businessman"

Note: "Sleep on It" was omitted and changed to "Strange" for all versions released outside Australia. "Strange" had already appeared on previous releases in Australia and it was deemed unnecessary to repeat the track again for Australian fans.

Singles

• "Save the Day", 1998 single – #22 Australia, Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 #10
• "Prisoner of Society", 1998 single (UK), Triple J Hottest 100, 1997 #15. The song was also featured in the video game 'Guitar Hero: World Tour'

• "All Torn Down", 1999 single (with radio B-side cover "Tainted Love") – #12 Australia, Triple J Hottest 100, 1999 #41
• "Trapped", 1999 single (U.S.)
• "West End Riot", 1999 single, Triple J Hottest 100, 1999 #48
• "Second Solution", Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 #15
• "Tainted Love" (Gloria Jones/Soft Cell live cover), Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 #17

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1998	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1

Personnel

Band members

• Chris Cheney – vocals, guitar
• Scott Owen – double bass, vocals
• Trav Demsey – drums

Additional musicians

• Alistair Shepherd (from Area-7) – saxophone
• Tody Dargaville (from Area-7) – trumpet

References

Preceded by The Last Wave of Summer by Cold Chisel

Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 25 October - 8 November 1998

Succeeded by The Best of 1980-1990 by U2