The Back Room

The Back Room
Studio album by Editors
Released	25 July 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	43:48
Label	Kitchenware, FADER Label (US)
Producer	Jim Abbiss, Jacknife Lee
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Drowned In Sound (9/10) link NME (8/10) link Pitchfork (6.0/10) 8/5/05 Q August 2005 Robert Christgau (C+) link Rolling Stone 3/9/06 The Sunday Times 7/16/05
Editors chronology
The Back Room (2005) An End Has A Start (2007)

The Back Room is the debut album by British Post-punk revival band Editors, released July 25, 2005. It was nominated for the 2006 Mercury Prize and as of June 2007, has sold 402,000 copies in United Kingdom and over 500,000 worldwide.

Track listing

All tracks by Lay, Leetch, Smith, Urbanowicz.

1. "Lights" – 2:32
2. "Munich" – 3:46
3. "Blood" – 3:29
4. "Fall" – 5:06
5. "All Sparks" – 3:33
6. "Camera" – 5:02
7. "Fingers in the Factories" – 4:14
8. "Bullets" – 3:09
9. "Someone Says" – 3:13
10. "Open Your Arms" – 6:00
11. "Distance" – 3:38

UK bonus disc

A special two disc edition of The Back Room was released in the UK, the second disc comprising unused tracks from the album recording sessions and B-sides:

1. "Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home" – 4:48
2. "You Are Fading" – 4:30
3. "Crawl Down the Wall" – 3:34
4. "Colours" – 3:51
5. "Release" – 5:44
6. "Forest Fire" – 3:00

Singles

• "Bullets", released 24 January 2005 and charted at #54 in the UK Singles Chart
• "Munich", released 18 April 2005 and charted at #22 in the UK Singles Chart
• "Blood", released 11 July 2005 and charted at #18 in the UK Singles Chart
• "Bullets (Re-issue)", released 26 September 2005 and charted at #27 in the UK Singles Chart
• "Munich (Re-release)", released 2 January 2006 and charted at #10 in the UK Singles Chart
• "All Sparks", released 27 March 2006 and charted at #21 in the UK Singles Chart
• "Blood (Re-issue)", limited re-release 19 June 2006 and charted at #39 in the UK Singles Chart