Alternate Endings

Alternate Endings is a compilation album by English post-hardcore band Fightstar, released 11 August 2008 on Gut Records. It features previously unreleased material, b-sides, covers and live radio recordings from the previous four years.[4]

Alternate Endings
Compilation album by Fightstar
Released	11 August 2008
Recorded	2004–2008
Genre	Post-hardcore[1][2] emo[3]
Length	55:18
Label	Gut
Fightstar chronology
One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours (2007) Alternate Endings (2008) Be Human (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC	favourable[1]

Overview

The track "Amethyst" is taken from the band's debut EP, They Liked You Better When You Were Dead, in which it was track five. There was a hidden track directly after it titled "Hazy Eyes". The version of "Amethyst" on this album is the version from the EP with "Hazy Eyes" also included end of the track. It is not known if this was an error or if this was in fact meant to be on the track listing. The songs "Shinji Ikari", "Fight for US" and "NERV/SEELE" are about the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. Also, Shinji Ikari is the name of the show's main protagonist while NERV and SEELE are the names of the two opposing factions from the series. The cover of "Breaking the Law" originally appeared on Higher Voltage!: Another Brief History of Rock.

The album also features an enhanced section with various videos featuring backstage footage, music video's and a video of the band answering questions asked by the fans.[5]

The digital download version of the album has a slightly different track order, where track 4 is replaced, instead of "Amethyst", "Flotation Therapy" appears which was a b-side to "Floods".[6]

The band's drummer Omar Abidi has since claimed that the release was a decision on the part of Gut Records, as a way of getting "every last drop of money out of us" before the band went independent; he argued that he felt that, after only two albums, it seemed arrogant for the band to be releasing such a collection.[7]

Track listing

The last 3 tracks on the album are printed in the wrong order on the inlay but are in the correct order here. All songs written and composed by Fightstar, except where noted.[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Floods" (Live Lounge performance)		Simon Asken	3:46
2.	"Where's the Money, Lebowski?"		Jason Wilson	3:26
3.	"Waitin' for a Superman" (Flaming Lips cover)	Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd	Simon Asken	3:29
4.	"Amethyst" (includes the hidden track "Hazy Eyes")		Mark Williams	7:19
5.	"99" (live)		Simon Asken	4:03
6.	"In Between Days" (The Cure cover)	Robert Smith	Christian Wyland	2:38
7.	"Shinji Ikari"		Jason Wilson	3:59
8.	"Dark Star"		Jason Wilson	3:43
9.	"Gracious"		Carl Brown	3:43
10.	"Fight for Us"		Matt Hyde	4:08
11.	"Hold Out Your Arms" (live acoustic)		Carl Brown	4:04
12.	"NERV/SEELE"		Jason Wilson	3:51
13.	"Zihuatanejo"		Jason Wilson	3:36
14.	"Breaking the Law" (Judas Priest cover)	Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton	Carl Brown	2:58
15.	"Minerva" (Deftones cover)	Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Chi Cheng, Frank Delgado, Abe Cunningham	Matt Hyde	2:51

Personnel

The following people contributed to Alternate Endings:[8]

Fightstar Charlie Simpson — lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keys, lyrics Alex Westaway — lead guitar, vocals, lyrics Dan Haigh – bass guitar, design Omar Abidi – drums, percussion

Production Simon Asken - producer (tracks 1, 3, 5) Nick Fountain — engineer (tracks 1, 3, 5) Jason Wilson at Stakeout Studios – producer, mixing (tracks 2, 7, 8, 12, 13) Mark Williams – producer, mixing (track 4) Christian Wyland – producer, mixing (track 6) Carl Bown – producer, mixing (tracks 9, 11, 14) Matt Hyde – producer, mixing (tracks 10, 15) Matt Colton — mastering Daniel Conway — artwork, layout Craig Jennings — A&R

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position [9]
UK Album Chart	85

References

1. Fox, Al. "Alternate Endings proves that Fightstar are far from transitory". BBC Music. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
2. "Fightstar - Alternate Endings (Gut)". Manchester Evening News. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
3. Spellman, Robert (7 August 2008). "FIGHTSTAR: ALTERNATE ENDINGS (Institute)". Daily Express. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
4. Spinelli, Tom. "Fightstar to release "Alternate Endings" album". Melodic.net. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
5. "Fightstar answering your questions". Youtube. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
6. "Alternate Endings by Fightstar". Amazon. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
7. "Fightstar Interview". Spoonfed. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
8. Alternate Endings (CD). Fightstar. Gut Records. 2008. INSRECCD06.CS1 maint: others (link)
9. "The Official Charts Company - Fightstar - Alternate Endings". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2008.