''World Without End'' is the second album by

The Mighty Lemon Drops The Mighty Lemon Drops were an English rock group active from 1985 to 1992. Biography Originally called the Sherbet Monsters, the quartet first formed in the spring of 1985 in Wolverhampton, in the Black Country. Paul Marsh, Dave Newton and ...

, released in 1988. It reached #34 on the UK Album Chart. The album contains their

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"Inside Out," which reached #74 on the UK Singles Chart.

Production

The album was produced and mixed by

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, and recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales and Utopia Studios in London.

Critical reception

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wrote that the album "is one of the finest British post-punk albums of the '80s. Its parts may be borrowed, but it runs like a well-oiled machine." ''

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'' called it "galloping power-pop, tuneful and fresh," yet also, like all of the band's previous albums, overly indebted to the work of The Teardrop Explodes. ''

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'' wrote that ''World Without End'' "is a more mature, sophisticated and individualized effort, but Paul Marsh still sings as if he’s trying to impress either Ian McCulloch or Jim Morrison." The ''

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'' called "Inside Out" "a perfect smart-pop single."

Track listing

All songs written by David Newton and Tony Linehan.

Side One

#Inside Out - 3:18 #One By One - 3:30 #In Everything You Do - 5:07 #Hear Me Call - 4:17 #No Bounds - 4:55

Side Two

#Fall Down (Like the Rain) - 3:52 #Crystal Clear - 4:36 #Hollow Inside - 4:10 #Closer to You - 4:54 #Breaking Down - 3:42 #Shine - 3:33

Personnel

;The Mighty Lemon Drops *Paul Marsh - vocals * David Newton - guitars *Tony Linehan - bass *Keith Rowley - percussion

References

{{Authority control 1988 albums Sire Records albums The Mighty Lemon Drops albums Albums produced by Tim Palmer