| The Living End | ||||
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| Released | 12 October 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997–1998 Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, psychobilly | |||
| Length | 47:05 | |||
| Label | Modular, EMI | |||
| Producer | Lindsay Gravina | |||
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The Living End is the debut studio album of Australian punk rock band the Living End, released on 12 October 1998. It was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne with Lindsay Gravina producing for Modular Recordings. The cover art, as described by front man Chris Cheney, is based on a photograph of a World War I all-female bomb factory. The album reached No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for 63 weeks.
The band had achieved mainstream success with their EP, Second Solution / Prisoner of Society, released in September 1997. It peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In early 1998, the related single "Prisoner of Society" was released in the United Kingdom and, the following year, in the United States. Other charting Australian singles were "Save the Day" and "All Torn Down". The sixth album track, "Monday", is The Living End's epitaph to the 1996 Dunblane massacre.
In December 1999 the album was certified 4× platinum by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 280,000 units. In October 2010 it was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. As of July 2012, it is the band's most successful album.