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(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Studio album by Oasis
Released
2 October 1995 (1995-10-02)
Recorded
March 1995, May–June 1995
Studio
Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales
Genre
Britpop, rock
Length
50:06
Label
Creation
Producer
Owen Morris
Noel Gallagher
Oasis chronology
Definitely Maybe
(1994) (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
(1995) Be Here Now
(1997)
Singles from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
"Some Might Say"
Released: 24 April 1995
"Roll with It"
Released: 14 August 1995
"Morning Glory"
Released: 15 September 1995
"Wonderwall"
Released: 30 October 1995
"Don't Look Back in Anger"
Released: 19 February 1996
"Champagne Supernova"
Released: 13 May 1996
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by English rock band Oasis, released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records. It was produced by Owen Morris and the group's guitarist Noel Gallagher. The structure and arrangement style of the album were a significant departure from the group's previous record Definitely Maybe. Gallagher's compositions were more focused in balladry and placed more emphasis on huge choruses,[1] with the string arrangements and more varied instrumentation on the record contrasting with the rawness of the group's debut album. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? was the group's first album with drummer Alan White, who replaced Tony McCarroll.
The record propelled Oasis from being a crossover indie act to a worldwide rock phenomenon, and according to various critics, was a significant record in the timeline of British indie music.[2] The band's most commercially successful release, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? sold a record-breaking 347,000 copies in its first week on sale, spent 10 weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and reached number four in the US Billboard 200. Singles from the album were successful in Britain, America and Australia: "Some Might Say" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" reached number one in the UK; "Champagne Supernova" and "Wonderwall" reached number one on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, with "Wonderwall" also topping the Australian and New Zealand singles charts.[3]
Although a commercial smash, the record received initially lukewarm reviews from mainstream music critics; many contemporary reviewers deemed it inferior to Definitely Maybe, with the songwriting and production particular points of criticism. In the ensuing years, however, critical opinion towards the album reversed, and it is now generally considered a seminal record of both the Britpop era, and the 1990s in general. At the 1996 Brit Awards, the album won Best British Album. Over several months in 1995 and 1996, the band performed an extensive world tour in support of the album. Among the most notable of these concerts were back-to-back nights at Earls Court in London in November 1995, which were the biggest ever indoor gigs in Europe at the time. They also performed two 'homecoming' gigs at Maine Road in Manchester in April 1996. In August of that year, the band played to 80,000 people over two nights at Balloch Country Park at Loch Lomond in Scotland, before two performances a week later at Knebworth House to a combined crowd of 250,000 people.
At the 2010 Brit Awards, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? was named the greatest British album since 1980.[4] It is claimed to have sold over 22 million copies worldwide,[5] making it one of the best-selling albums of all time, and appears on several lists of the greatest albums in rock music. As of July 2018, it is the UK's fifth best-selling album of all time, having sold over 4.7 million copies,[6] and was also the biggest-selling album of the 1990s in the UK.
Contents
1 Background and recording
2 Composition
3 Cover
4 Promotion
5 Release
6 Tour
7 Reception
8 Legacy
9 Track listing
9.1 Original release
9.2 Vinyl version
9.3 Singles box set
9.4 2014 reissue
10 Personnel
11 Charts
11.1 Weekly charts
11.2 Year-end charts
11.3 Decade-end charts
12 Certifications
13 See also
14 References
Background and recording[edit]
In May 1995, in the wake of the critical and commercial success of their 1994 debut album, Definitely Maybe, Oasis began recording Morning Glory at Rockfield Studios in Wales, with Welshman Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher producing.[7] By the time they were finished in June 1995, Oasis were on the brink of becoming one of the most popular bands in the UK: the August 1995 Battle of Britpop incident in which Oasis and Blur had a chart battle over their singles "Roll with It", and "Country House", would propel them to mainstream awareness.[8][9]
The band recorded the album quickly: early on, averaging almost one song every twenty-four hours. However, tension arose between songwriter Noel Gallagher and his younger brother, lead singer Liam, when Noel wanted to sing lead vocals on either "Wonderwall" or "Don't Look Back in Anger". The younger Gallagher considered this tantamount to a temporary exile from his own group. The issue dissipated momentarily as Noel was pleased with Liam's vocal take of "Wonderwall". However, tension returned due to Liam's strained attempts to sing the high notes on "Champagne Supernova". When Noel subsequently took his turn to record his vocals for "Don't Look Back in Anger", Liam went to a local pub and came back accompanied by a crowd of people, including music journalist John Robb who was producing the band Cable in nearby studio Monnow Valley, Wales whilst recording was still underway. After an altercation with Cable that infuriated his brother, the siblings then began fighting viciously, the session was abandoned and recording was suspended.
When the Gallagher brothers were reconciled three weeks later, the group spent another two weeks working on the album, followed by post-production work in London. Despite the friction involved between the Gallagher brothers, Owen Morris reflected in 2010 that: "The sessions were the best, easiest, least fraught, most happily creative time I've ever had in a recording studio. I believe people can feel and hear when music is dishonest and motivated by the wrong reasons. Morning Glory, for all its imperfection and flaws, is dripping with love and happiness."[1] Paul Weller joined them in the studio and provided lead guitar and backing vocals for "Champagne Supernova",[10] and harmonica for the two untitled tracks known as "The Swamp Song".[11] Noel wrote the last song for the album, "Cast No Shadow", on the train as he returned to the studio.[7]
Morris claimed the album was recorded in 15 days, at a pace of one song a day.[12] "Some Might Say" proved problematic to record: the backing track was recorded in one take after Noel Gallagher and Morris drunkenly listened to the demo and decided the new version was played too fast, and Noel woke the rest of the band to re-record it. The backing track was faster than intended, with what Morris described as "a really bad speed up during the first three bars of the first chorus", but the take had to be used because those involved were impressed with Liam's vocals, and Morris had to mix the track three times, using delay and other processing to hide the mistakes.[12] When the album was finished, Morris said it would "wipe the field with any competition ... It's astonishing. It's the Bollocks for this decade."[13]
The brickwall mastering technique utilised during the recording of the album has led to some journalists claiming that it was responsible for initiating the loudness war, as its heavy use of compression, first widely used by Morris on Definitely Maybe, was leaps and bounds beyond what any other album up until then had attempted. Music journalist Nick Southall, who has written extensively on the loudness war, commented, "If there's a jump-the-shark moment as far as CD mastering goes then it's probably Oasis."[14] In Britpop and the English Music Tradition Andy Bennet and John Stratton noted that as a result of this technique "the songs were especially loud. [Liam] Gallagher's voice is foregrounded to the point that it appears to grow out of the mixes of the songs, exposing itself to execute a pseudo-live quality."[15]
Composition[edit]
John Harris commented in his music history Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock that much of the music on (What's the Story) Morning Glory? seemed to be "little more inspired than a string of musical hand-me-downs". Among the musical cues Harris noted on the album were Gary Glitter's "Hello, Hello I'm Back Again" ("Hello", Glitter was an influence on Britpop), the theme to the 1970s children's programme You and Me and The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" ("She's Electric"), and the influence of R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" on "Morning Glory". One song, "Step Out", bore such a close resemblance to the song "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" by Stevie Wonder that it was removed from the album shortly before release due to the threat of legal action.[16] In Britpop ..., Bennet and Stratton analysed Liam Gallagher's vocal style in significant detail, stressing its importance to the songs of the album; "[Liam's] Mancunian accent blends into a register and timbre that works the gestural contours of the melody and lyrics." Bennet and Stratton went on to conclude that Liam's 'over-personalized' style on songs such as "Wonderwall" resulted in "a beautiful sense of sentimentality that bespeaks the despondency of a generation. This occurs through the narrative structure of the song, vocal production, and the conventions of the singer's cultural context."[17]
Noel Gallagher summed up his own perspective on the album's aesthetic in an interview with Rolling Stone in 1995; "Whilst [Definitely Maybe] is about dreaming of being a pop star in a band, What's the Story is about actually being a pop star in a band."[18] The album has a notable anthemic theme to its songs, differing from the rawness and edged rock of Definitely Maybe. The use of string arrangements and more varied instrumentation in songs such as "Don't Look Back in Anger" and "Champagne Supernova" was a significant departure from the band's debut. This style had first been implemented by the band on their fifth single, "Whatever", released in December 1994. It was produced in conjunction with the London Symphony Orchestra, resulting in a much more pop-oriented and mellower sound; this would be the template that would come to define many of the songs on What's the Story.[19] In the BBC documentary Seven Ages of Rock, former NME chief editor Steve Sutherland noted that "with Morning Glory, [Noel] began to take seriously the notion of being the voice of a generation".[19]
Cover[edit]
The cover is a picture of two men passing each other on Berwick Street in London. The two men are London DJ Sean Rowley and album sleeve designer Brian Cannon (back to the camera). The album's producer Owen Morris can be seen in the background, on the left footpath, holding the album's master tape in front of his face.[20] The location was chosen because the street was a popular location for record shops at the time.[20] The cover cost £25,000 to produce.[21]
Promotion[edit]
Whilst "Some Might Say", a number one hit, had been released in April, the single chosen to directly precede the album's release was "Roll with It", planned for release on 14 August, six weeks before the album was due to hit the shelves. This was an unorthodox method for the time, contrasting the standard industry procedure of releasing the lead single three weeks before its parent album.[22] Blur's management had become worried that this would hinder the chances of the group's forthcoming "Country House" single reaching number one the following week. As a reaction, Food Records pushed the release of "Country House" back a week and thus started what became known as 'The Battle of Britpop'.
The event triggered an unprecedented amount of exposure for both bands in national newspapers and on television news bulletins, supposedly symbolising the battle between the middle class of the south and the working class of the north. In the midst of the battle a Guardian newspaper headline proclaimed "Working Class Heroes Lead Art School Trendies". In the event "Country House" outsold "Roll with It" by 54,000, and topped the singles chart for a fortnight. Overall singles sales that week were up by 41 percent.[23] In 2005, John Harris reflected on the importance of the event in popularising Britpop; "(as) Blur's "Country House" raced Oasis' "Roll with It" to the top of the charts, just about every voice in the media felt compelled to express an opinion on the freshly inaugurated age of Britpop."[8]
During a promotional interview in September, the month before the album was released, Noel spoke about the rivalry with Damon Albarn and Alex James from Blur, and was quoted in the 17 September edition of The Observer saying he hoped "the pair of them would catch AIDS and die because I fucking hate them two."[24] Although Noel recanted and said that AIDS is no laughing matter,[25] the quote caused a storm of controversy, with Noel having to write a letter of apology; he later confessed that "my whole world came crashing down in on me then".[24] However, in an interview with The Guardian in 2005, Blur's guitarist Graham Coxon explained that he bore no malice towards Oasis. "At least they were outright about it. They weren't pretending to like us and then slagging us off, which is what we'd been used to. In that way, I quite appreciated them."[8]
Release[edit]
What's the Story was released on 2 October 1995. The album sold quickly; the Daily Mirror reported the day after release that central London HMV stores were selling copies of the album at a rate of two per minute. At the end of the first week of sales, the album had sold a record-breaking 347,000 copies, making it (at the time) the second-fastest-selling album in British history, behind Michael Jackson's Bad. After initially entering the UK charts at number one, it hovered around the top three for the rest of the year before initiating a six-week stay at the top in mid January, followed by a further three weeks at number one in March. In total, the album didn't leave the top three for an astonishing seven months.[26]
After the fourth single from the album, "Wonderwall", hit the top ten in several countries, including stays at number one in Australia, New Zealand and Spain, and a peak at number eight in the US, the album began to enjoy prolonged international success. Eventually the album had a five-week run at the top of the Australian albums chart and an eight-week run at the top of the New Zealand albums chart before topping charts in Canada, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland. The album was also making significant waves in the US market as well, thanks in part to the success of the "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova" singles on American modern rock radio. Both songs reached number one on the Modern Rock Chart and stayed there for ten and five weeks respectively. By early 1996, What's the Story was selling 200,000 copies a week, eventually peaking at number four and being certified four times platinum by the end of the year for shipments of over four million units.[27]
Tour[edit]
Main article: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Tour
The band embarked on what would become a 103 show world tour in support of the album over a period of several months in 1995 and 1996. The tour started on 22 June 1995 with a pre-Glastonbury festival warm up gig at the 1,400 capacity Bath Pavilion,[28] which featured the debut of new drummer Alan White and several new songs off the album, and ended on 4 December 1996 at the 11,800 capacity Mayo Civic Centre in Rochester, Minnesota, USA,[29] and included concerts at Earls Court in November 1995 and Cardiff International Arena in March 1996.[30] The tour had many disruptions and cancellations due to Noel twice walking out of the group, and Liam pulling out of a US leg.[30]
In September 1995, bass player Paul McGuigan walked out on the group after a flurry of verbal abuse from Liam whilst doing interviews in Paris. 'Guigsy' cited nervous exhaustion as the reason for his departure.[31] Scott Mcleod of The Ya-Yas was brought in as his replacement; though, despite playing a string of gigs with the band and appearing in the video for the "Wonderwall" single, Mcleod was unable to adapt to the frenetic celebrity lifestyle, duly returning to Manchester halfway through an American promotional tour for the album.[31] The band played a few dates, including an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman, as a four piece, before McGuigan was convinced to return for the group's Earls Court shows in early November.[31] When the band broke up for a brief time in late 1996, several US tour dates and the entire Australia and New Zealand leg had to be cancelled.[32]
As the band began to reach the peak of their popularity, several large open-air concerts were organized in the UK during 1996, including two gigs at Manchester City football stadium Maine Road, two nights at Loch Lomond in Scotland, and two nights at Knebworth House in front of a record 125,000 people each night; an event that would come to be acknowledged as the height of the Britpop phenomenon, with one journalist commenting; "(Knebworth) could be seen as the last great Britpop performance; nothing after would match its scale."[33] At the time, the concerts were the biggest gigs ever held for a single band on UK soil, and to date remain the largest demand ever for a British concert; with reportedly over 2,500,000 applications for tickets.[34] The Earl's Court and Maine Road gigs were filmed and later released as the Oasis VHS/DVD ...There and Then.
Reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [35]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music [36]
Entertainment Weekly A−[37]
The Guardian [38]
Los Angeles Times [39]
NME 7/10[40]
Pitchfork 8.9/10[41]
Rolling Stone [42]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [43]
Select 4/5[44]
What's the Story was released to lukewarm reviews from the mainstream music press. Many contemporary reviewers expressed disappointment at the album's perceived inferiority to Definitely Maybe, taking aim at the 'banal lyrics' and the unoriginal nature of the compositions.[45][46] David Cavanagh of Q magazine said of the lyrics "They scan; they fill a hole; end of story. They [say] nothing much about anything."[47] Andy Gill of The Independent commented that "She's Electric" is "laddism of a tiresomely generic kind", while "Roll With It" is "drab and chummy".[46] Perhaps the most damning review came from David Stubbs of the now-defunct Melody Maker. Despite stating that "Some Might Say" was "the best single of the year", Stubbs went on to be critical of the album as a whole; "What's the Story [sounds] laboured and lazy. On this evidence, Oasis are a limited band ... they sound knackered."[45][47]
In a positive review, Rolling Stone's Jon Weiderhorn wrote that "What's the Story is more than a natural progression, it's a bold leap forward that displays significant musical and personal growth." Weiderhorn went on to note that the 'stormy' relationship between Liam and Noel proved to be one of the album's strengths; "tension and instability have been inherent traits of great rock teams ... for Oasis, the addition of shared genes gives their songs extra impact and dimension."[42] NME said that the album shows Oasis pursuing "an altogether different direction; away from the conscience-free overloaded hedonism towards an understanding of its consequences".[40] The album finished 10th in the voting for The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll.[48]
In his book Britpop!, John Harris concluded that the initial negative reviews of the time missed the album's universal strengths. "Those who fussed about the music's more artful aspects were missing the point. The fact that [Noel's] songs contained so many musical echoes seemed to couch the album in an air of homely reassurance." Harris believed that the "ordinary" nature of some of the album's songs "turned out to be part of its deeply populist appeal".[47] Rob Sheffield, writing in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), called the album "a triumph, full of bluster and bravado but also moments of surprising tenderness".[43] Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic in his retrospective review and gave it a two-star honorable mention,[49] indicating a "likable effort that consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy."[50] He cited "She's Electric" and "Roll with It" as highlights and quipped "give them credit for wanting it all—and (yet another Beatles connection!) playing guitars".[49]
Legacy[edit]
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is considered to be a seminal record of the Britpop era and as one of the best albums of the nineties,[51] and it appears in several charts as one of the greatest albums of all time.[52] In 2010, Rolling Stone commented that "the album is a triumph, full of bluster, bravado and surprising tenderness. Morning Glory capped a true golden age for Britpop."[53] The magazine ranked the album at 378 on its 2012 list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[54] The album's enduring popularity within the UK was reflected when it won the BRITs Album of 30 years at the 2010 BRIT Awards. The award was voted by the public to decide the greatest 'Best Album' winner in the history of the BRIT Awards.[55] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[56]
What's the Story went on to become the best-selling album of the decade in the UK.[57] With its fourteen platinum certifications from the British Phonographic Industry and four platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America. The fourteen platinum certifications in the UK were the highest ever awarded to a single record until Adele's 21, released in 2011.[58] The success of the album resulted in Oasis becoming one of the biggest bands in the world, with substantial and considerable press coverage in the mainstream music press and frequent comparisons to the Beatles in the media.[51] Liam and Noel Gallagher both featured prominently in gossip columns and daily tabloids throughout 1996–97.
What's the Story propelled Oasis from being a crossover indie act to a worldwide rock phenomenon after the momentum gained by the critically acclaimed Definitely Maybe. It has been pinpointed by music critics as a significant record in the timeline of British indie music, demonstrating just how far into the mainstream independent music had ventured.[2] In 2005, John Harris noted the significance of the album and "Wonderwall" in particular to Britpop's legacy. "When (Oasis) released Wonderwall, the rules of British music were decisively changed. From hereon in, the lighter-than-air ballad became obligatory, and the leather-trousers era of rock'n'roll was over."[8] The success of the album in Britain resulted in Oasis becoming a cultural ubiquity for a brief period, featuring in tabloid newspapers on an almost daily basis and breaking sales records for live concerts.[59]
On the other hand, while reviewing the most overrated albums of all time, where Morning Glory ranked number 16, writer Max Easton of FasterLouder wrote that the album is "full of anthems for the sake of anthems," and that "they're all variations on only a couple of good ideas." He concluded by saying, "What's the Story's lasting place in '90s folklore is less about the quality of the album, and more about the celebrity status and faux imagery attached to it."[60]
Track listing[edit]
Original release[edit]
All tracks written by Noel Gallagher, except where noted.
No.
Title
Length
1. "Hello" (writers: Noel Gallagher, Gary Glitter, Mike Leander) 3:21
2. "Roll with It" 3:59
3. "Wonderwall" 4:18
4. "Don't Look Back in Anger" 4:48
5. "Hey Now!" 5:41
6. Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 1") 0:44
7. "Some Might Say" 5:28
8. "Cast No Shadow" 4:51
9. "She's Electric" 3:40
10. "Morning Glory" 5:03
11. Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 2") 0:40
12. "Champagne Supernova" 7:27
Vinyl version[edit]
Side one
No.
Title
Length
1. "Hello" (Gallagher, Glitter, Leander) 3:21
2. "Roll with It" 3:59
3. "Wonderwall" 4:18
Side two
No.
Title
Length
1. "Don't Look Back in Anger" 4:48
2. "Hey Now!" 5:41
3. Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 1") 0:44
4. "Bonehead's Bank Holiday" 4:03
Side three
No.
Title
Length
1. "Some Might Say" 5:28
2. "Cast No Shadow" 4:51
3. "She's Electric" 3:40
Side four
No.
Title
Length
1. "Morning Glory" 5:03
2. Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 2") 0:40
3. "Champagne Supernova" 7:27
Singles box set[edit]
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Box set by Oasis
Released
4 November 1996
Recorded
1995
Genre
Rock, Britpop
Length
81:59
Label
Creation
Producer
Owen Morris, Noel Gallagher
Oasis box set chronology
Definitely Maybe
(1996) (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
(1996)
The (What's the Story) Morning Glory? box set was released on 4 November 1996, featuring four discs of singles, including B-sides, and one disc of interviews. The album charted at number 24 on the UK Albums Chart.[61]
All songs written by Noel Gallagher, except "Cum on Feel the Noize" by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea; "Step Out" co-written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy.
showDisc one
No.
Title
Length
1. "Interviews" 18:22
showDisc two
No.
Title
Length
1. "Some Might Say" 5:28
2. "Talk Tonight" 4:21
3. "Acquiesce" 4:24
4. "Headshrinker" 4:38
showDisc three
No.
Title
Length
1. "Roll with It" 4:00
2. "It's Better People" 3:59
3. "Rockin' Chair" 4:36
4. "Live Forever" (Live at Glastonbury Festival, 1995) 4:40
showDisc four
No.
Title
Length
1. "Wonderwall" 4:19
2. "Round Are Way" 5:42
3. "The Swamp Song" 4:15
4. "The Masterplan" 5:23
showDisc five
No.
Title
Length
1. "Don't Look Back in Anger" 4:47
2. "Step Out" 3:40
3. "Underneath the Sky" 3:20
4. "Cum on Feel the Noize" 5:09
2014 reissue[edit]
As part of a promotional campaign entitled Chasing the Sun, the album was re-released on 29 September 2014. The 3-disc deluxe edition includes remastered versions of the album and its associated b-sides from the four UK singles. Bonus content includes 5 demo tracks, and live choices taken from the band's iconic gigs at Earls Court, Knebworth Park and Maine Road.
All tracks written by Noel Gallagher, except where noted.
2014 reissue disc 1: (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
No.
Title
Length
1. "Hello" (Noel Gallagher, Gary Glitter, Mike Leander) 3:21
2. "Roll with It" 3:59
3. "Wonderwall" 4:18
4. "Don't Look Back in Anger" 4:48
5. "Hey Now!" 5:41
6. Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 1") 0:44
7. "Some Might Say" 5:29
8. "Cast No Shadow" 4:51
9. "She's Electric" 3:40
10. "Morning Glory" 5:03
11. Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 2") 0:40
12. "Champagne Supernova" 7:27
showJapanese bonus tracks (SICP-4152)
No.
Title
Length
13. "Hello" (Demo) 3:15
14. "Wonderwall" (Live at Knebworth Park) 4:07
show2014 reissue disc 2: B-Sides
No.
Title
Length
1. "Talk Tonight" 4:24
2. "Acquiesce" 4:29
3. "Headshrinker" 4:42
4. "It's Better People" 4:01
5. "Rockin' Chair" 4:40
6. "Step Out" (Henry Cosby, Noel Gallagher, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) 3:45
7. "Underneath the Sky" 3:25
8. "Cum on Feel the Noize" (Jim Lea, Noddy Holder) 5:13
9. "Round Are Way" 5:45
10. "The Swamp Song" 4:23
11. "The Masterplan" 5:26
12. "Bonehead's Bank Holiday" 4:03
13. "Champagne Supernova" (Brendan Lynch mix) 6:59
14. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (Lennon-McCartney) 2:18
show2014 reissue disc 3: Rare Tracks
No.
Title
Length
1. "Acquiesce" (live at Earls Court, London on 4 November 1995) 3:55
2. "Some Might Say" (demo. Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo, Japan on 14 September 1994.) 4:04
3. "Some Might Say" (live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995) 5:07
4. "She's Electric" (demo. Recorded at Mauldeth Road West Studio, Manchester.) 3:03
5. "Talk Tonight" (live at Bath Pavilion on 22 June 1995) 3:43
6. "Rockin' Chair" (demo. Recorded at Mauldeth Road West Studio, Manchester.) 4:05
7. "Hello" (live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995) 3:24
8. "Roll with It" (live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995) 4:08
9. "Morning Glory" (live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995) 4:48
10. "Hey Now!" (demo. Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo, Japan on 14 September 1994) 3:08
11. "Bonehead's Bank Holiday" (demo. Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo, Japan on 14 September 1994) 2:09
12. "Round Are Way" (MTV Unplugged. Royal Festival Hall, London on 23 August 1996) 4:52
13. "Cast No Shadow" (live at Maine Road, Manchester on 27 April 1996) 4:06
14. "The Masterplan" (live at Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire on 10 August 1996) 4:56
Personnel[edit]
Oasis
Liam Gallagher – lead vocals, tambourine
Noel Gallagher – lead and acoustic guitar, vocals (lead on "Don't Look Back in Anger", "Talk Tonight", "It's Better People", "Step Out", "The Masterplan", "Bonehead's Bank Holiday", and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"), bass guitar on "Wonderwall", piano, mellotron, e-bow, production
Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs – rhythm and acoustic guitar, piano, mellotron, melodica, drunk vocals on "Bonehead's Bank Holiday"
Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan – bass guitar (except on "Wonderwall")
Alan White – drums, percussion (except on "Some Might Say")
Tony McCarroll – drums on "Some Might Say"
Additional musician
Paul Weller – lead guitar and backing vocals on "Champagne Supernova" and harmonica on "Untitled" (excerpt 1 and 2).[10]
Additional personnel
Owen Morris – production
Neil Dorfsman – multichannel mixing (SACD version)
David Swope – assistant mixing (SACD version)
Barry Grint – original audio mastering at Abbey Road Studios (now at Alchemy Soho)
Vlado Meller – mastering (SACD version)
Michael Spencer Jones – photography
Brian Cannon – artwork, design
Mathew Sankey – assistant design
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1995–96)
Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[62]
1
Austrian Albums Chart[63]
3
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[64]
7
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[65]
3
Canadian Albums Chart[66]
1
Danish Albums Chart[67]
3
Dutch Albums Chart[68]
4
European Albums Chart[69]
1
Finnish Albums Chart[70]
8
French Albums Chart[71]
8
German Albums Chart[72]
3
Hungarian Albums Chart[73]
32
Icelandic Albums Chart[74]
1
Irish Albums Chart[75]
1
Italian Albums Chart[76]
5
Japanese Albums Chart[77]
8
New Zealand Albums Chart[78]
1
Norwegian Albums Chart[79]
5
Portuguese Albums Chart[80]
6
Spanish Albums Chart[81]
1
Swedish Albums Chart[82]
1
Swiss Albums Chart[83]
1
UK Albums Chart[84]
1
US Billboard 200[85]
4
Zimbabwean Albums Chart[86]
5
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1995)
Position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[87] 84
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[88] 63
UK Albums (OCC)[89] 2
Chart (1996)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[90] 4
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[91] 19
Canadian Albums (RPM)[92] 4
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[93] 29
French Albums (SNEP)[94] 18
German Albums Chart[95] 17
Italian Albums (Hit Parade)[96] 18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[97] 10
UK Albums (OCC)[98] 3
US Billboard 200[99] 13
Decade-end charts[edit]
Chart (1990–99)
Position
UK Albums (OCC)[89] 1
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[100]
Gold 30,000^
Australia (ARIA)[101]
8× Platinum 560,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[102]
Gold 25,000*
Belgium (BEA)[103]
Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[104]
8× Platinum 800,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[105]
Gold 25,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[106]
Gold 27,540[107]
France (SNEP)[108]
Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[109]
Gold 250,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[110]
Gold 10,000*
Ireland (IRMA)[110]
6× Platinum 90,000^
Italy (FIMI)[111]
Platinum 100,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[112]
Platinum 200,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[113]
Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[114]
Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[115]
Platinum 50,000*
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[116]
11,838[117][118][119][120][121]
[122]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[123]
2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[124]
Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[125]
Gold 25,000^
Thailand[110]
Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[126]
14× Platinum 4,700,000[6]
United States (RIAA)[127]
4× Platinum 4,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[128]
6× Platinum 6,000,000*
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
See also[edit]
List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
List of best-selling albums
Top best-selling albums by UK Chart
References[edit]
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The End of the F***ing World
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The End of the F***ing World
Title card from the premiere episode
Genre
Dark comedy
Comedy-drama
Based on
The End of the Fucking World
by Charles S. Forsman
Written by
Charlie Covell
Directed by
Jonathan Entwistle
Lucy Tcherniak
Starring
Alex Lawther
Jessica Barden
Gemma Whelan
Wunmi Mosaku
Steve Oram
Christine Bottomley
Navin Chowdhry
Barry Ward
Composer(s)
Graham Coxon
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of series
1
No. of episodes
8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Ed Macdonald
Murray Ferguson
Andy Baker
Petra Fried
Dominic Buchanan
Jonathan Entwistle
Producer(s)
Kate Ogborn
Cinematography
Justin Brown
Ben Fordesman
Running time
19–22 minutes
Production company(s)
Clerkenwell Films
Dominic Buchanan Productions
Release
Original network
Channel 4
All 4
Picture format
1080i (16:9 HDTV)
4K (Ultra HD)
Audio format
Stereo
5.1
Original release
24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)
External links
Website
The End of the F***ing World is a British dark romantic comedy-drama television programme, based on a graphic novel of the same name by Charles Forsman. The eight-part programme premiered its first episode on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2017, after which all eight episodes were released on All 4. It was a co-production with Netflix, who released it internationally on 5 January 2018. The programme follows James (Alex Lawther), a 17-year-old who believes himself to be a psychopath, and Alyssa (Jessica Barden), a rebellious classmate who sees in James a chance to escape from her tumultuous home life.
The show is based on Forsman's mini-comics The End of the Fucking World, which were collected into a book in 2013. Series creator Jonathan Entwistle contacted him about making a film, and a short was made in 2014. Instead, an eight-part serial was commissioned, with filming beginning in April 2017. It was written by Charlie Covell, and episodes were directed by Entwistle and Lucy Tcherniak. A second series has not been announced, though Entwistle, Covell and Lawther have all commented on the possibility of one.
The programme has been met with critical acclaim, and has been praised for its writing, execution and subject matter, as well as for Lawther and Barden's performances. It was nominated for the 2018 British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series.[1]
Contents
1 Premise
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Main
2.2 Guest
3 Episodes
4 Production
4.1 Development
4.2 Filming
4.3 Potential continuation
5 Release
6 Reception
6.1 Critical response
7 References
8 External links
Premise[edit]
James is a 17-year-old who believes he is a psychopath. He kills animals as a hobby, but grows bored of the practice. He decides he wants to try killing a human. He settles on Alyssa, a mouthy, rebellious 17-year-old classmate with issues of her own. She proposes they run away together, hoping for an adventure away from her turbulent home-life, and James agrees with the intention of finding an opportunity to kill her. They embark on a road trip across England, and begin to develop a relationship after a series of mishaps.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main[edit]
Alex Lawther as James, a 17-year-old who believes he is a psychopath; the disturbed love interest of Alyssa.[2] Jack Veal portrays a young James.
Jessica Barden as Alyssa, a rebellious teenage girl. Initially James' intended victim but later his love interest.[2] Holly Beechey portrays a young Alyssa.
Gemma Whelan as DC Eunice Noon, Darego's police partner.
Wunmi Mosaku as DC Teri Darego, Noon's stern police partner.
Steve Oram as Phil, James' caring father.
Christine Bottomley as Gwen, Alyssa's mother.
Navin Chowdhry as Tony, Alyssa's abusive stepfather.
Barry Ward as Leslie Foley, Alyssa's estranged drug-dealing father.
Guest[edit]
Kierston Wareing as Debbie, Leslie's ex-girlfriend with whom he has a child.
Geoff Bell as Martin, a family man and creep who gives Alyssa and James a ride.
Alex Sawyer as Topher, a young man Alyssa meets and attempts to engage in sexual activity with.
Jonathan Aris as Dr. Clive Koch, an author, professor, serial killer and James' first human victim.
Eileen Davies as Flora, Clive's mother.
Earl Cave as Frodo, a miserable petrol station employee.
Felicity Montagu as the manager of the petrol station.
Alex Beckett as Jonno, one of Leslie's buyers.
Leon Annor as Emil, an imposing store security guard whom Alyssa is caught by.
Matt King as DC Eddie Onslow.
Kelly Harrison as James' dead mother.
Zerina Imsirovic as Alyssa's baby sister.
Episodes[edit]
No.
Episode
Directed by
Written by
Original release date
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Episode 1 Jonathan Entwistle Charlie Covell 24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)[a]
James is a 17-year-old who believes he is a psychopath, having once intentionally burned his hand in a deep fryer in order to feel something, and has been killing animals since he was 8 years old. At school, he encounters Alyssa, a rebellious new schoolmate and decides that he will kill her next. He gets closer to her by feigning romantic interest and the two start dating. When Alyssa asks James to perform cunnilingus on her the next day, he begins preparing his knife and working out how he will kill her. However she arrives late as she was stuck at a party at her house where her stepfather tells her how it will be better if she just left. After this incident, she reaches James's home later than planned, and blurts out her desire to leave town with or without him and asks if he is in, wanting him to say yes. Resolving that he could kill her later, he accepts and steals his father Phil's car and punches him in the face, something he has always wanted to do.
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Episode 2 Jonathan Entwistle Charlie Covell 24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)
With their newfound freedom, Alyssa and James go play laser tag but end up having to dine and dash at a restaurant after realising they have spent all their money. After crashing their car, they hitchhike in the van of Martin, a middle-aged man who Alyssa does not take kindly to. While in the toilets of the restaurant they have stopped at for food, Martin follows James and asks about his burnt hand, before smelling it and putting it on his crotch; James is submissive, despite being disgusted by it. Alyssa sees this and blackmails Martin into giving her his wallet. After booking a hotel room, Alyssa goes to the bathroom and cries, while James waits with his knife by the door, hesitantly. He does not try to kill her. Alyssa calls home and her stepfather Tony answers. He denies her request to speak to her mother, Gwen, implying his dominance over her mother. Alyssa asks James whether he wants her or just goes along with her; he replies that he wants her. She decides to go see her biological father, Leslie, who she has not seen since she was 8 years old and James agrees to join her.
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Episode 3 Jonathan Entwistle Charlie Covell 24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)
After leaving the hotel, Alyssa argues against buying train tickets to her father's house, internally fearing that he will not recognise or welcome her. The duo break into the spacious and empty house of author Clive Koch. Later that day, Alyssa attempts to give James a blowjob but leaves, angrily, when a picture of Koch puts him off. During her walk, Alyssa meets Topher and brings him to the house, vindictively announcing to James that she will have sex with Topher. Distraught, he looks around the house and finds Polaroids and a camcorder with footage of victims, revealing Koch to be a serial rapist. Meanwhile, Alyssa becomes disinterested in Topher and stops before intercourse. Topher leaves angrily. While Alyssa is asleep, James tries to kill her, but he cannot because he knows he is falling in love with her. Koch returns home and suspecting a break-in, arms himself; James hides under the bed. When Koch questions Alyssa upon finding her in bed, she lies and says she is alone. Koch becomes malevolent, attempting to rape her. James stabs him in the neck with a knife, killing Koch, and saving Alyssa.
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Episode 4 Jonathan Entwistle Charlie Covell 24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)
After unsuccessfully trying to move Koch's body out of the bedroom, James and Alyssa meticulously clean the house to remove evidence of their stay. James shows Alyssa the Polaroids and footage proving that Koch might have hurt her, and they resolve to leave the evidence by his body. James hides the knife in the pool drain. When she questions him about the knife, he does not answer. Koch's mother, Flora, arrives at the house and discovers his body; she destroys the Polaroids but not the footage. The police, led by detective constables Eunice Noon and Teri Darego, investigate and later question Topher where he reveals Alyssa's and James's identity and presence at the house. They decide to put out a request for sightings or crimes "involving two teenagers" while putting Alyssa and James on the Missing Persons list. Despite James's attempts, Alyssa becomes distrustful of him and deserts him. He begins to realise the increasing influence of his emotions. Paying a group of teenagers to beat him up, he also realises his growing interest in her. James decides to report a murder to police, coming to the realization that he is not in fact a psychopath.
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Episode 5 Jonathan Entwistle & Lucy Tcherniak Charlie Covell 24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)
At the police station, James changes his mind about reporting Koch's murder and instead describes his mother's suicide as the "murder" he was referring to. In a flashback, his mother, Vanessa, killed herself in front of him eleven years before by driving her car into a pond. Thinking of Alyssa, James leaves the police station and returns to the cafe. Meanwhile, Phil is questioned by Noon and Darego about James, as well as informed about his car. He also confirms the inclusion of Alyssa. They also question Tony, who is rather nonchalant and self-absorbed, before moving to Gwen about Alyssa. Concurrently, Alyssa is caught by Emil, a security officer, while attempting to shoplift clean underwear, but is eventually let go. She returns to the cafe to find James waiting. Although without money, both reconcile and decide to go to Leslie. Meanwhile, investigators find James's knife at Koch's house.
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Episode 6 Lucy Tcherniak Charlie Covell 24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)
James hotwires a car and the duo begin making their way to Alyssa's father's house. They stop at a petrol station after running low on fuel. When Jocelyn, the petrol station manager, begins suspecting that they stole the car and have no money, James fakes carrying a gun to lock her in the toilet with the help of Jocelyn's co-worker, Frodo. However, when he wants to join, they wait until he is distracted to dash. Noon and Donaghue question Flora again about Clive, this time with years-old accusations of sexual assault against him. She rejects the allegations as lies and insists that the two leave. On their way to Leslie's, Alyssa calls Gwen and tells her that she will never return home. At the police station, Flora gives Noon the camcorder, having a change of heart. When Noon raises the possibility that the killing was in self-defence, Darego says that this would result in a count of manslaughter instead. After finding Leslie has moved out of his previous home, James and Alyssa eventually make it to his coastside mobile home.
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Episode 7 Lucy Tcherniak Charlie Covell 24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)
James gives Alyssa and Leslie space while they reconcile with each other. Leslie is revealed to be a drug dealer, as well as a non-conforming individual himself. Meanwhile, Tony, Gwen and Phil are emotionally shaken after being shown CCTV footage of the petrol station robbery. Both Darego and Noon plan for the police to stakeout Leslie's former residence, assuming that both have not arrived. On the drive to Leslie's former residence, it becomes clear that Darego's law-abiding morality and stubbornness are clashing against Noon's open-minded and sympathetic morals. As Alyssa and Leslie reconnect at a nearby bar, James begins feeling distant to Alyssa. At Leslie's former residence, Debbie denies seeing the duo or knowing Leslie's whereabouts to Noon and Darego. She goes to the bar to demand support for their illegitimate son, Milton. When questioned by Alyssa, Leslie takes off in his truck, running over a dog in the process. Although he has killed many animals before, James is unable to euthanise it with a rock; Alyssa does it instead. Bitter, Debbie reveals to Noon Leslie's location, later, and she drives there without Darego. Leslie sees a news report about Alyssa and James on the television.
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Episode 8 Lucy Tcherniak Charlie Covell 24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)
James and Alyssa bury the dog at the beach, then passionately and sincerely make out. At dawn, ruminating about their current situation, they decide to take the boat owned by Leslie and leave the country. When they ask Leslie for the boat keys, he reveals to them his knowledge of their crime then secretly calls 999 and tries to induce their confession. James deduces this and confesses while taking the blame upon himself. Noon, listening in, arrives at the scene and tries to convince both to be willingly arrested for manslaughter while Leslie tries to convince Alyssa to let James be arrested instead. Alyssa asks Noon if she were to go with her idea, would James and her still be together. When Noon tells that that would be unlikely, Alyssa knocks her out with Leslie's shotgun, takes his boat keys and runs to the boat with James, only to find that the tide had gone out. With the police armed response unit closing in, James knocks Alyssa down with the gun in an attempt to take all the blame and runs across the beach. In a voiceover, James claims that he has realized what people mean to each other. A gunshot is heard as the episode then fades to black.
Jump up ^ The first episode had a special premiere on Channel 4 alongside its release on All 4 with the rest of the programme.[3]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
The series was based on the work of the same name by Charles Forsman. Originally self-published as a series of mini-comics, the series was published as a graphic novel by Fantagraphics Books in 2013. It was republished in hardback in 2017, in anticipation of the television series.[4]
While Forsman was publishing the mini-comics, Jonathan Entwistle contacted him about adapting it to a visual format – the original idea was to make an American film, and later a web series was considered. A film was pitched to Film4, and Entwistle was given funding for a short.[5] Made in 2014,[6] it featured some cast and crew who continued their roles for the television series. Entwistle directed and Dominic Buchanan was producer;[7] Jessica Barden played Alyssa. However, instead of Alex Lawther, James was played by Craig Roberts.[8]
Though the short was well-received, no production companies wanted to invest in the idea as a full-length film.[5] Entwistle and Buchanan decided to make a television series with Clerkenwell Films, following which Channel 4 and then Netflix became involved. Forsman had no official role in the show's production, wanting to continue working on his comics, though Entwistle would regularly consult him and keep him updated.[9]
The programme's plot differs from that of Forsman's comics. In print, the children kill a satanist serial killer, whose wife was a police officer; instead the television series features police officers Eunice Noon and Teri Darego, and does not show the serial killer to be a satanist.[10] Another major difference is the ending of the graphic novel: the satanist police officer chases after James, and the two begin to attack each other, while police try to break up the fight. There is then a gunshot. In the final scene, Alyssa's mother talks about her daughter being safe from James, while Alyssa is seen carving the name "JAMES" into her arm. Some critics interpreted this to mean that James was dead,[10] but Forsman sees the ending as ambiguous.[9]
Filming[edit]
The first series began filming in April 2017 and concluded a few weeks before the show's release in October 2017. Though filmed in England, the programme has an American tone to it; Entwistle was inspired by Twin Peaks and Fargo. Episodes were filmed largely in suburban areas and across Surrey, with locations such as Woking, Bracknell and Longcross Studios.[5] Another filming location was Leysdown-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey.[11] Entwistle uses mostly close-up shots, particularly in early episodes where most frames feature only one character. He uses this for deadpan humour, by moving from face to face to get shots of characters' reactions.[5]
The series is set in the present day, but Entwistle aimed to make it feel like it could have been set "any time from 1988 to 2006". Additionally, diners have a 1970s-style design, and the soundtrack features songs from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, along with original music from Graham Coxon, the founding member of Blur. Entwistle describes Coxon's scores as "guitar-based suburban noir", and notes that more of his music is used in later episodes for the police officers.[5]
Potential continuation[edit]
The first series covered the entirety of the storyline in Forsman's original comics.[12] On 25 January 2018, Jonathan Entwistle spoke of the potential for a second series. He confirmed that "We're exploring and we're seeing what we can do to expand the world and see where we get to." Entwistle then went on to say that Netflix was enthusiastic about a second series of the show if one could be conceived.[13] Writer Charlie Covell said "I think there are a number of stories we could tell" and that she would "love to write more".[14] Actor Alex Lawther stated in an interview that he would be "very excited" for a second series, as it would give Covell "a chance to explore something from her imagination".[12]
Release[edit]
The eight-part programme premiered its first episode on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2017, after which all eight episodes were released on All 4.[3] The End of the F***ing World was a co-production with Netflix[3] who exclusively released it internationally on 5 January 2018.[15] On that weekend, sales of the graphic novel rose considerably, with Fantagraphics Books selling out of the current print run according to Forsman.[9]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
The End of the F***ing World' currently holds an approval rating of 98% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 8.21/10. The site's consensus states, "Misanthropy and humor blend perfectly in this romantically nihilistic show that proves that falling in love can feel like The End of the F***ing World."[16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 81 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[17][18]
Reviewer Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter lauded the programme's writing, characters, and soundtrack, as well as praising the performances of Alex Lawther and Jessica Barden, calling it a "pitch-black, eight-episode comedy gem of a U.K. import."[19] Kelly Lawler of USA Today called it "batty fun," also praising Lawther and Barden's performances while praising the programme's surreal concept and execution.[20]
References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b c "The End of the F***ing World press pack". Channel 4. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "The End of The F***ing World – Reprinted!". Fantagraphics Books. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Steven, Rachael (6 November 2017). "Making The End of the F***ing World" . Creative Review. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
Jump up ^ "It's the End Of The F***ing World for E4". Chortle. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
Jump up ^ Lockett, Dee (12 January 2018). "The End of the F***ing World Star Jessica Barden on Paying Homage to the Pulp Fiction Dance". Vulture. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
Jump up ^ McCreesh, Louise (8 January 2018). "Did you know that The End of the F***ing World on Netflix is based on a short film?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b c Riesman, Abraham (23 January 2018). "The End of the F***ing World's Charles Forsman on His Indie Comic Turning Into a Netflix Hit". Vulture. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b Sandwell, Ian (9 January 2018). "The End of the F***ing World had a darker alternate ending in the original comic". Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
Jump up ^ Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office The End of the F***ing World Article".
^ Jump up to: a b Houghton, Rianne (11 January 2018). "The End of the F***ing World season 2 IS possible, says star Alex Lawther". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
Jump up ^ Foutch, Haleigh (20 January 2018). "'The End of the F***ing World' Creator on Season 2 Conversations and Expanding the Story". Collider. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
Jump up ^ Miller, Julie (26 January 2018). "The End of the F***king World's Alyssa May Be the Best Teen Heroine of 2018". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
Jump up ^ Joest, Mick (2 January 2018). "The End Of The F***ing World Trailer: First Look At Netflix's New Dark Comedy". CinemaBlend. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "The End of the F**ing World: Series 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
Jump up ^ "The End of the F***ing World", Metacritic, retrieved 6 January 2018
Jump up ^ Lynch, John (9 January 2018). "Critics are in love with a new Netflix show that its CEO calls the 'most engaging addictive original' in a long time". Business Insider. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
Jump up ^ Fienberg, Daniel (5 January 2018). "'The End of the F***ing World' review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
Jump up ^ Lawler, Kelly (4 January 2018). "Review: Why Netflix's 'The End of the ... World' is batty fun". USA Today. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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