End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story

2000 studio album by the Dears

Studio album by

the Dears

Released

2000

Recorded

1999

Genre

Indie rock

Length

41:40

Label

Grenadine

The Dears chronology

End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story
(2000)

Orchestral Pop Noir Romantique
(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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]

The Gazette said: "Raunchy guitars, haunted house organs and lead man Murray Lightburn's timeless Brit-boy vocals combine for dreamy delight."^[6] 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."^[7]

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

References

^ "The Dears | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ "The Dears: Comforting and Groundbreaking". NPR.org.
^ "The Dears End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story". exclaim.ca.
^ "End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story - The Dears | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 810.
^ Dunlevy, T'Cha (1 June 2000). "The Dears End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story". The Gazette. p. C13.
^ "Dears". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 June 2021.