The Living End is the #1 self-titled debut album by Australianpunk/rockabilly band The Living End. It was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Australia. The cover art, as described by frontman Chris Cheney, is taken from a photograph of the inside of a World War I all-female bomb factory. ARIA publicised that The Living End album had officially achieved 5x Platinum status in Australia in November 2007. This was a great achievement as all of their other album releases were simultaneously awarded a higher accreditation. It is still to date the band's most successful release; though fans and critics alike praise the group's current work as being of exceptionally outstanding quality and more musically sound than their first efforts.
"Sleep on It" was omitted and changed to "Strange" for all versions released outside Australia. "Strange" had already appeared on previous releases in Australia and it wasn’t deemed necessary to repeat the track again for Australian fans.
