Until the End of Time (Opshop album)

Until the End of Time
Studio album by Opshop
Released	2 August 2010
Genre	Rock
Length	51:35
Label	Rhythmethod
Producer	Greg Haver
Opshop chronology
Second Hand Planet (2007) Until the End of Time (2010)
Singles from Until the End of Time
"Pins and Needles" Released: 9 April 2010[1] "Madness & Other Allergies" Released: September 2010 "Love Will Always Win" Released: January 2011

Until the End of Time is the third studio album by New Zealand rock band, Opshop.

Background and release

Jason Kerrison, Opshop's lead singer, said of the title of Until the End of Time "it's more of a romantic notion than a cataclysmic one. Human society has found itself in a time where you've got an unprecedented number of cultures predicting an end time, and you know, is that a sheer fluke."^[2]

The album was released on the Rhythmethod label on 2 August 2010.^[3]

The videos for 'Pins and Needles' and 'Madness and Other Allergies' were filmed using blue-screen technologies. As part of the video for 'Madness and Other Allergies', the two finalists from New Zealand's Top Model featured alongside the band members.

Critical reception

Russell Baillie from The New Zealand Herald gave the album five-out-of-five stars, saying that "its sonic sheen and sincerity is just going to reinforce their status as the era's band of the people".^[4]

Chart performance

Until the End of Time debuted on the New Zealand Albums Chart on 9 August 2010 at number one.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Pins and Needles" – 4:33
2. "Love Will Always Win" – 4:00
3. "Through" – 5:26
4. "Paradox" – 3:33
5. "Madness & Other Allergies" – 3:55
6. "Monsters Under the Bed" – 4:25
7. "A Fine Mess We're In" – 4:35
8. "Sunday's Best Clothes" – 4:13
9. "Everything to Someone" – 4:09
10. "Nowhere Fast" – 4:08
11. "All for You" – 4:06
12. "Clarity" – 4:32
13. "Prophecy" - 3:04

Source: iTunes Store^[6]

Personnel

• Clint Harris – bass guitar, vocals
• Bobby Kennedy – drums
• Jason Kerrison – guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Matt Treacy – vocals, guitars

Source: Marbecks^[7]

References

1. "Pins & Needles – Single". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
2. Russell, Nicola (31 July 2010). "Opshop's album on their terms". Sunday News. Fairfax New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
3. "A day in the life of Opshop". The Nelson Mail. Fairfax New Zealand. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
4. Baillie, Russell (29 July 2010). "Opshop Until the End of Time". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
5. "Opshop – Until the End of Time". Hung Medien. charts.org.nz. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
6. "Until the End of Time". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
7. "Until the End of Time – Opshop". Marbecks. Retrieved 28 July 2010.

External links

• Kara, Scott (2 August 2010). "World not ending for Opshop". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 August 2010.