End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story


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.
  1. "C'était pour la passion" - 4:59
  2. "Jazz Waltz No. 3 in B-Flat" - 5:35
  3. "This Is a Broadcast" - 3:21
  4. "Where the World Begins and Ends" - 6:19
  5. "Heartless Romantic" - 4:37
  6. "End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story" - 5:08
  7. "There Is No Such Thing as Love" - 10:06
  8. "Partir, par Terre" - 1:35