End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story is the first album by the Dears. It was released in 2000 on Grenadine Records. "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." 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."
Track listing All songs written by Murray Lightburn. "C'était pour la passion" - 4:59 "Jazz Waltz No. 3 in B-Flat" - 5:35 "This Is a Broadcast" - 3:21 "Where the World Begins and Ends" - 6:19 "Heartless Romantic" - 4:37 "End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story" - 5:08 "There Is No Such Thing as Love" - 10:06 "Partir, par Terre" - 1:35
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