How It Ends (DeVotchKa album)

How It Ends is the fourth album from the band DeVotchKa, released by Cicero Recordings, Ltd. in 2004. The song "How It Ends" reached Number 101 in the UK Singles Charts.^[1]

1. "You Love Me" – 4:02
2. "The Enemy Guns" – 4:21
3. "No One Is Watching" – 0:25
4. "Twenty-Six Temptations" – 4:12
5. "How It Ends" – 6:59
6. "Charlotte Mittnacht (The Fabulous Destiny of...)" – 3:06
7. "We're Leaving" – 4:42
8. "Dearly Departed" – 5:12
9. "Such a Lovely Thing" – 4:40
10. "Too Tired" – 4:00
11. "Viens Avec Moi" – 5:01
12. "This Place Is Haunted" – 3:19
13. "Lunnaya Pogonka" – 5:18
14. "Reprise" – 1:45

The album's eponymous song has seen increased recognition from employment in theatrical trailers for the films Everything Is Illuminated (2005) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006), inclusion upon the soundtrack for Peter Mortimer's 2006 climbing film First Ascent, and as a fixture of the commercial trailer for the video game Gears of War 2. It also features in the Season 4 promotional advertisement for Living TV's Ghost Whisperer (2009). It was also featured in a montage of Vanessa Richardson's films when she was awarded a fellowship award at the 2010 BAFTAs.

The central instrumental melody in "Twenty-Six Temptations" references a theme from the Godfather films; one that first appears in "Michael Comes Home" from the Godfather II soundtrack.

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