Regard the End
| Regard the End | ||||
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| Released | June 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Ljubljana, Slovenia | |||
| Genre | Americana Alt-Country | |||
| Length | 47:00 | |||
| Label | Loose Music Glitterhouse Records Kimchee Records | |||
| Producer | Simon Alpin, Robert Fisher | |||
| Willard Grant Conspiracy chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Austin Chronicle |  [3] |
| E! | B[4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
| Mojo | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 3.9/10[7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Uncut | 10/10[9] |
Regard the End is the sixth full album by alt-country band Willard Grant Conspiracy.
The song "Soft Hand" is used in the 2003 film Stuck on You.
Track listing
All music written by Robert Fisher.
- "River in the Pines" – 4:45
- "The Trials of Harrison Hayes" – 3:16
- "Beyond the Shore" – 3:13
- "The Ghost of the Girl in the Well" – 4:50
- "Twistification" – 5:23
- "Another Man Is Gone" – 3:22
- "Soft Hand" – 5:43
- "Rosalee" – 3:31
- "Fare Thee Well" – 4:09
- "Day Is Passed and Gone" – 1:46
- "The Suffering Song" – 7:51
Personnel
Eighteen musicians collaborated on the record including:
- Robert Fisher
- Simon Alpin
- Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts)
- Kristin Hersh
- Blake Hazard
- Jess Klein
- Pete Sutton
- Nathan Logus
- David Michael Curry
- Dennis Cronin
- Paul Austin (The Transmissionary Six)
References
- ^ "Reviews for Regard The End by Willard Grant Conspiracy". Metacritic. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
- ^ "Regard the End - Willard Grant Conspiracy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Caligiuri, Jim (March 19, 2004). "Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard the End". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
- ^ "Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard the End". E! Online. February 17, 2004. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
- ^ As always, it's historically rooted music fired by present-tense passion. [20 Feb 2004, p.67]
- ^ While their material lacks the instant hooks of attention-snaring contemporaries like The Handsome Family, [it] rings with a robust authenticity. [Jul 2003, p.112]
- ^ Robertson, Neil (March 8, 2004). "Regard the End - Willard Grant Conspiracy". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
- ^ Rollingstone
- ^ In ditching the band ethic, they've tapped into the finest folk gothic traditions of death, suffering, misery and hardship and fashioned a paradoxically uplifting, transformative record of extraordinary power. [Album of the Month, Jul 2003, p.110]