Journey to the End of the Night (Mekons album)

Journey to the End of the Night is the 13th studio album by The Mekons. It was released on audio CD on 7 March 2000 by Quarterstick Records. The album was recorded in London at the MontiSound & Corina Studios and also in Chicago at the Stinkpole & Kingsize Sound Labs, it was then finally mixed and mastered by Kenny Sluiter in Kingside.

For other uses, see Journey to the End of the Night (disambiguation).

Journey to the End of the Night
Studio album by
The Mekons
Released7 March 2000
GenrePost-punk, Alternative country
Length43:16
LabelQuarterstick Records
The Mekons chronology
Me
(1998)		 Journey to the End of the Night
(2000)		 Oooh!
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Austin Chronicle[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Harvard CrimsonB–[4]
Pitchfork7.1/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin8/10[7]

Track listing
  1. "Myth" – 3:52
  2. "Out In The Night" – 3:31
  3. "Last Week Of The War" – 2:59
  4. "City Of London" – 4:02
  5. "Tina" – 3:56
  6. "The Flood" – 4:51
  7. "Cast No Shadow" – 3:03
  8. "Ordinary Night" – 3:19
  9. "Power And Horror" – 2:42
  10. "Neglect" – 4:02
  11. "Something To Be Scared Of" – 2:38
  12. "Last Night Of Earth" – 3:42
  13. "... And Heracles Smiled" – 0:42

Personnel

Guest Appearances:

  • Edith Frost, Kelly Hogan & Neko Case – Backing Vocals
  • John Rice – Electric Sitar on "Cast No Shadows"
  • Mitch Marlow – Rhythm guitar on "Last Night on Earth"
gollark: They get around the fact that common calculators can do a not insignificant amount of the maths-exam stuff automatically by having a non-calculator paper for further maths, requiring working, and having more complex multi-step questions.
gollark: Maths, physics, chemistry, biology (very occasionally, it's not that mathy).
gollark: A single board one with an ARM CPU, but it definitely beats the calculator.
gollark: I can literally get a *computer* (without peripherals) for that price.
gollark: I mean, for £25 you get... buttons, an underpowered CPU, a battery, and some sort of low-res LCD matrix.

References
  1. Bush, Nathan. "Journey to the End of the Night - The Mekons". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. Caligiuri, Jim (17 March 2000). "Mekons Journey to the End of the Night (Quarterstick)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  4. Garcia, Yvonne (3 March 2000). "Album Review: The Mekons, Journey to the End of the Night". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. Ott, Chris (2000). "The Mekons: Journey to the End of the Night Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 24 December 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. Chonin, Neva (14 May 2008). "The Mekons: Journey To The End Of The Night". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  7. Weisbard, Eric (June 2000). "The Mekons: Journey to the End of the Night". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 162. Retrieved 12 May 2018.


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