The E.N.D.

Untitled

The E.N.D (an abbreviation for Energy Never Dies) is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas. It was released on June 3, 2009, as is scheduled for release worldwide on June 9, 2009. The album's lead single, "Boom Boom Pow", has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks, and is also the group's first chart-topper on any U.S. chart. The second official single from The E.N.D, "I Gotta Feeling", premiered at noonday, May 21 on KIIS FM.

Prior to the release of the album, three promotional singles will be made available for download through the iTunes Store. These are "Imma Be", which was released on May 19; "Alive", which was released on May 23; and "Meet Me Halfway", which premiered on May 28, 2009 and is pending a June 2 release. While "Imma Be" has reached #10 on the iTunes store thus far, will.i.am has confirmed that these three songs should not be regarded as true singles from the album.

Concept

In an interview with Billboard.com, will.i.am stated that "The E.N.D" stands for "The Energy Never Dies", which describes his model for a project that will be living and frequently updated throughout its designated cycle. "It's a diary [...] of music that at any given time, depending on the inspiration, you can add to it," the artist/producer/songwriter explains."I'm trying to break away from the concept of an album. What is an album when you put 12 songs on iTunes and people can pick at it like scabs? That's not an album. There is no album anymore." He described the music as "a lot of dance stuff, real melodic, electronic, soulful. We call it, like, electric static funk, something like that."

The album name was thought about since 2006, around the time Fergie released The Dutchess. Originally, they were going to call it Evolution but that was also the name for Ciara's then-upcoming second studio album. The album title was then tentatively changed to From Roots to Fruits, before the group decided this title may be better suited for a future compilation album. The name was changed again to The Energy Never Dies, before being shortened to The E.N.D. The name was confirmed around the time will.i.am released his third studio album, Songs About Girls.

Track listing

1. "Boom Boom Pow" – 5:08

• Contains "Welcome to the E.N.D" introduction

2. "Rock That Body" – 4:28
3. "Meet Me Halfway" – 4:44
4. "Imma Be" – 4:16
5. "I Gotta Feeling" – 4:49
6. "Alive" – 5:03
7. "Missing You" – 4:34
8. "Ring-a-Ling" – 4:32
9. "Party All the Time" – 4:43
10. "Out of My Head" – 3:51
11. "Electric City" – 4:08
12. "Showdown" – 4:27
13. "Now Generation" – 4:05
14. "One Tribe" – 4:40
15. "Rockin to the Beat" – 3:45

• Tracking engineer: Padraic Kerin. Mix engineer: Dylan "3-D" Dresdow. Mastering engineer: Chris Bellman.

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

The following songs appear on the bonus disc featured on the deluxe edition of The E.N.D.

1. "Where Ya Wanna Go" – 5:08
2. "Simple Little Melody" – 3:11 (Japanese bonus track on standard edition)
3. "Mare" – 2:55 (track 16 on the standard edition)
4. "Don't Bring Me Down" – 3:12
5. "Pump It Harder" – 3:52 ("Pump It" remix)
6. "Let's Get Re-started" – 2:57 ("Let's Get Retarded" remix)
7. "Shut the Phunk Up" – 4:20 (censored Knee Deep remix of "Shut Up")
8. "That's the Joint" – 3:48 ("Joints & Jams" remix)
9. "Another Weekend" – 4:11 ("Weekends" remix)
10. "Don't Phunk Around" – 3:47 ("Don't Phunk with My Heart" Chicago House Remix)

• Tracking engineer: Padraic Kerin. Mix engineer: Dylan "3-D" Dresdow. Mastering engineer: Chris Bellman.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	June 3, 2009	Standard	Universal Japan
Australia	June 5, 2009		Universal Australia
Germany			Interscope
Ireland			A&M
Italy			Interscope
Switzerland	Interscope
France			June 8, 2009
United Kingdom	A&M
Brazil	June 9, 2009		Universal Brazil
Mexico			Interscope
United States
Netherlands
Argentina	June 16, 2009		Universal Argentina

Chart Performance

Chart	Peak
Japan oricon Albums Chart (Daily)	2

External links

• Official United Kingdom website