Track Listing

1. Love Letter Typewriter
2. Palisade
3. GJS
4. Unfinished
5. For Ivadell
6. Waking To Winter
7. A Letter
8. Sounds Like Sunday
9. Serenading
10. The Last Word Is Rejoice

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34699 in Music
• Released on: 1999-11-01
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Emo's Crowning Achievement
Before emo was associated with sad faces and bad haircuts, there existed the bands who carved out the "emo" genre by making music that was sincerely emotional. It was slow but beautiful; it would never catch the ear of mainstream audiences but for the fans sophisticated enough to appreciate it, it captured our hearts and ears.

Mineral's EndSerenading is, I would argue, the defining, most important album of original, genuine emo. The lyrics are heartfelt and written well, the musicianship is solid all around, and the melodies are some of the most beautiful ever written.

This album is the sort of achievement where everything simply comes together perfectly in a way not even the artists themselves could recreate. The Gloria Record, for example, had some amazing releases but still could never top EndSerenading.

The album starts off with the slow, soothing LoveLetterTypewriter before breaking into the beautiful Palisade. Then, GJS and Unfinished represent two of the albums lesser tracks (which are still good) before ForIvadell picks up the tempo slightly and blows your mind. The final four tracks - ALetter, SoundsLikeSunday, &Serenading, and TheLastWordIsRejoice - take the listener on an unforgettable ride. While the pace is slow and always beautiful, the music never lacks for intensity or brilliance.

If you've somehow managed to overlook this album all these years since its release, don't put it off any longer. You don't know what you're missing.

Still good 8 years later
This album is still good 8 years after it was released.

Isn't all music emotional?

This is where I make you buy this record....
There isn't really much to say about this record mostly because it will render you speechless. There is really no point in giving a breakdown of each song as they are all attached to eachother. The songs flow together.... you will look at your player and wont believe that you are at the end of the album, mostly because it's almost as if the album is one song.

Never have I heard an album who's lyrics are just as powerful as the music. Have you ever had a song speak to you? This whole album speaks to you in a way that leaves people breathless. Not only that but women have had orgasms listening to this album. How many bands can do that with every song on an album? Ok, maybe that was a little overboard but seriously, a must have for any music lover.