Hope and Despair is the debut solo album by Scottish musician Edwyn Collins.[4][5] It was released in 1989.
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Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded | February–April 1989 | |||
Studio | Whitehouse Studios, Köln; "Swamp" Priory Road, London | |||
Genre | Country rock[1] | |||
Length | 55:35 | |||
Label | Demon[2] | |||
Producer | Phil Thornalley, Tom Dokoupil | |||
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Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Edwyn Collins; except where indicated
- "Coffee Table Song" – 4:51
- "50 Shades of Blue" – 3:55
- "You're Better Than You Know" – 4:12
- "Pushing It to the Back of My Mind" – 3:47
- "If Ever You're Ready" – 4:21
- "Darling, They Want It All" – 3:42
- "The Wheels of Love" – 4:54
- "The Beginning of the End" – 3:57
- "The Measure of a Man" (Dennis Bovell) – 3:38
- "Testing Time" – 3:51
- "Let Me Put My Arms Around You" – 4:06
- "The Wide Eyed Child in Me" – 2:51
- "Ghost of a Chance" – 4:08
- "Hope and Despair" – 3:22
Personnel
edit- Edwyn Collins – guitar, vocals, backing vocals
- Dennis Bovell – bass
- David Ruffy – drums
- Bernie Clarke – Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
- Roddy Frame- guitar, backing vocals[6]
- Steven Skinner - guitar
- Bruce Dern - steel guitar on "Pushing It to the Back of My Mind" and "The Wide Eyed Child in Me"
- Alex Grey - Hammond organ on "50 Shades of Blue"
- Tom Dokoupil - synthesizer on "Pushing It to the Back of My Mind"; string arrangement on "You're Better Than You Know"
References
edit- ^ Nicholson, Tim (10 June 1989). "33 rpm" (PDF). Record Mirror.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ "Hope and Despair Edwyn Collins". AllMusic.
- ^ "Edwyn Collins". Trouser Press.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 219.
- ^ Maxwell, Grace (6 July 2010). Falling and Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins. Random House. ISBN 9781407028057.