artwork Parched Art
bass, keyboards Simon Gallup
drums Boris Williams
engineer [assistant at outside] Richard Sullivan
engineer [assistant at rak] Roy Spong
guitar Porl Thompson
instruments [other] Laurence Tolhurst
keyboards Roger O'Donnell
music by Boris Williams
music by Laurence Tolhurst
music by Porl Thompson
music by Robert Smith
music by Roger O'Donnell
music by Simon Gallup
producer, engineer David M. Allen
producer, engineer Robert Smith
words by, voice, guitar, keyboards Robert Smith
Marketed By Polydor Ltd.
Distributed By Polydor Ltd.
Manufactured By Polydor Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Fiction Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Fiction Records Ltd.
Recorded At Outside Studios
Mixed At Rak Studio Three
Copyright (c) Fiction Songs Ltd.
Published By Fiction Songs Ltd.
Pressed By EMI Records
[Inner sleeve, credits side; Back cover; Record labels]
© 1989 Fiction Records Ltd
℗ 1989 Fiction Records Ltd

[Inner Sleeve, lyrics side]
© 1989 Fiction Songs Ltd
© 1989 Fiction Records Ltd
℗ 1989 Fiction Records Ltd

Recorded at Outside Studios, Berkshire
Mixed at Rak Studio Three, London
Marketed and manufactured in the UK by Polydor Ltd.
THIS MUSIC HAS BEEN MIXED TO BE PLAYED LOUD SO TURN IT UP

Includes a lyric inner sleeve.
Some copies with a black round sticker on front sleeve:
Contains the Hit Singles [m=31913] and [m=31887] 839 353-1

The runouts are stamped, 'How the end & Always is are hand-etched
Barcode: 0 42283 93531 0 (Text)
Barcode: 042283935310 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 6444
Price Code: POL 281
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 A -1 U-1-2 HOW THE END (Variant 1, runout A side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 B -1-1-1 ALWAYS IS (Variant 1, runout B side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 A-1U-1-3 HOW THE END (Variant 2, runout A side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 B-1-1-1 ALWAYS IS (Variant 2, runout B side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 A-1U-1-4 HOW THE END (Variant 3, runout A side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 B-1-1-1 ALWAYS IS (Variant 3, runout B side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 A-1U-1-3 HOW THE END (Variant 4, runout A side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 B-1-1-4 ALWAYS IS (Variant 4, runout B side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 A-1U-1-1 HOW THE END (Variant 5, runout A side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 B-1-1-4 ALWAYS IS (Variant 5, runout B side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 A-1U-1-3 HOW THE END (Variant 6 runout A side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 B-1-1-3 ALWAYS IS (Variant 6 runout B side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 A-1U-1-1 HOW THE END (Variant 7 runout A side)
Matrix / Runout: 8393531 B-1-1-1 ALWAYS IS (Variant 7 runout B side)
Matrix / Runout: 839431 A-1U-1-2 (Variant 8 runout A side)
Matrix / Runout: 839531 B-1-1-4 (Variant 8 runout B side)