End of Home

"End of Home" is the fourth track on The Residents' Commercial Album, released by Ralph Records in October 1980. The song was recorded between 1979 and 1980, and, alike all other songs from the Commercial Album, is exactly 60 seconds in length. The song was first previewed on Ralph Records' Buy or Die 1980½ sampler, along with "Easter Woman" and "Amber".

The song has so far never been performed live. Despite this, in 2020, The Cryptic Corporation asked The Residents to curate a list of their favorite songs from their back catalog for a Spotify playlist titled "Residents' Personal Favorites"; "End of Home" was one of 40 to be selected.

History

The song has been covered on Alieno de Bootes' fan project Unconventional Residents II, released on Klanggalerie via Hardy Fox's TOOK label.

An RDX mix of the song, heard on the pREServed LP edition of Commercial Album, emphasizes a saxophone part only briefly heard in the original mix. A very early piano sketch of the song is heard on the track "Commercial Composition" from the Cherry Red release Leftovers (1970-1988).

Music videos

An animated short film was produced by French video artist Stéphane Ricard for the Commercial DVD in 2004.

The Residents also produced a new video, one of ten, for the same project.

Lyrics

Darkness fell upon the garden
As I sadly sat alone Dreaming
of the end of summer 
And again the end of home
Our love was like a flowing river 
Deeper still than what it seemed 
It consumed my waking hours 
Creeping deep into my dreams

Trivia

• "End of Home" was sampled in 2006 by hip-hop producer Madlib on his track "The Forest (Greens)".

List of releases

• Buy or Die 1980½ EP (1980)
• Commercial Album (1980)
• The Census Taker (1984)
• Commercial DVD (2004)
• Commercial Album pREServed (2019) ^{(2023 LP only)}
• Commercial Book bonus disc (2024)
• Leftovers (1970-1988) (2025)

External links and references

• Commercial Album at The Residents Historical
• Commercial Album at RZWeb (archived via archive.org
• Commercial Album on Discogs

Commercial Album (1980) Side A: "Easter Woman" · "Perfect Love" · "Picnic Boy" · "End of Home" · "Amber" · "Japanese Watercolor" · "Secrets" "Die in Terror" · "Red Rider" · "My Second Wife" · "Floyd " · "Suburban Bathers" · "Dimples and Toes" · "The Nameless Souls" "Love Leaks Out" · "Act of Being Polite" · "Medicine Man" · "Tragic Bells" · "Loss of Innocence" · "The Simple Song" Side B: "Ups and Downs" · "Possessions" · "Give It to Someone Else" · "Phantom" · "Less Not More" · "My Work Is So Behind" · "Birds in the Trees" "Handful of Desire" · "Moisture" · "Love Is..." · "Troubled Man" · "La La" · "Loneliness" · "Nice Old Man" "The Talk of Creatures" · "Fingertips" · "In Between Dreams" · "Margaret Freeman" · "The Coming of the Crow" · "When We Were Young" Personnel The Residents · Fred Frith · Snakefinger · Don Jackovich · Chris Cutler Sandy Sandwich · Mud's Sis · Nessie Lessons · Lene Lovich · David Byrne · Brian Eno Related works "Electronic Elaborate Waste" · "Kraftwerk" · "Cosmetics For Reality" · "Rosco's Righteous Rodent" · "Pretty Baby" · "Tuxedos" "No Longer Unused" · "Instant Hostility" · "Elevator Lady" · "One Minute Movies" · Commercial Single ("Shut Up Shut Up" / "And I Was Alone") · "Boy In Love" · Minatures ("We're A Happy Family") · "Talkin' in the Town" · "Womb To Worm" · Greener Postures · "Theme For An American TV Show" · Ralph Radio Special · "Commercial Suite" · Commercial DVD · Commercial Album by The 180 Gs · The Commercial Single Commercials (In Mono) · Commercial Book (Commercial Album Radio Ads) Related articles Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Grove St. studio · Poor No Graphics · Buy Or Die 1980½ · Diskomo/Goosebump‏‏‎