Beautiful Despair

Beautiful Despair is the twelfth studio album by English band Television Personalities. The album was originally recorded in 1990 on a 4-track, between their albums Privilege (1990) and Closer to God (1992). It was released in January 2018 under Fire Records.

Beautiful Despair
Studio album by Television Personalities
Released	26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)
Recorded	1990
Studio	Jowe Head's flat, Glading Terrace, Stoke Newington, London
Length	47:46
Label	Fire
Producer	Jowe Head
Television Personalities chronology
A Memory Is Better Than Nothing (2010) Beautiful Despair (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

All words and music by Daniel Treacy

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hard Luck Story Number 39"	3:02
2.	"Razor Blades & Lemonade"	3:03
3.	"How Does It Feel to Be Loved ?"	2:39
4.	"Beautiful Despair"	3:12
5.	"Love Is a Four Letter Word"	3:17
6.	"If You Fly Too High"	2:39
7.	"I Get Frightened Too"	3:49
8.	"Goodnight Mr Spaceman"	2:43
9.	"Honey for the Bears"	3:53
10.	"I Don't Want to Live This Life"	3:01
11.	"I Like That in a Girl"	1:46
12.	"My Very First Nervous Breakdown"	4:03
13.	"I Suppose You Think It's Funny"	2:31
14.	"Have a Nice Day"	3:16
15.	"This Heart's Not Made of Stone"	4:52

Personnel

Television Personalities

• Daniel Treacy - lead vocals, 6- and 12-string electric guitars
• Jowe Head - bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitar, analogue synthesizer, autoharp, bowed psaltery, drum machine programming, percussion, backing vocals