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Hope and Despair

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{{Infobox album

| name = Hope and Despair

| type = Album

| artist = Edwyn Collins

| cover = Hope and Despair.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1989

| recorded = February–April 1989

| venue =

| studio = Whitehouse Studios, Köln; "Swamp" Priory Road, London

| genre = Country rock{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-06-10.pdf|title=33 rpm|last=Nicholson|first=Tim|magazine=Record Mirror|date=10 June 1989}}

| length = 55:35

| label = Demon{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=hope+and+despair+edwyn+collins&pg=PA257|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958}}

| producer = Phil Thornalley, Tom Dokoupil

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Hellbent on Compromise

| next_year = 1990

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Hope and Despair

| type = studio

| single1 = Coffee Table Song

| single1date = 1989

| single2 = 50 Shades of Blue

| single2date = 1989

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hope-and-despair-mw0000201138|title=Hope and Despair Edwyn Collins|website=AllMusic}}

}}

Hope and Despair is the debut solo album by Scottish musician Edwyn Collins.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=edwyn_collins|title=Edwyn Collins|website=Trouser Press}}{{cite book |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |page=219 |edition=3rd}} It was released in 1989.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Edwyn Collins; except where indicated

  1. "Coffee Table Song" – 4:51
  2. "50 Shades of Blue" – 3:55
  3. "You're Better Than You Know" – 4:12
  4. "Pushing It to the Back of My Mind" – 3:47
  5. "If Ever You're Ready" – 4:21
  6. "Darling, They Want It All" – 3:42
  7. "The Wheels of Love" – 4:54
  8. "The Beginning of the End" – 3:57
  9. "The Measure of a Man" (Dennis Bovell) – 3:38
  10. "Testing Time" – 3:51
  11. "Let Me Put My Arms Around You" – 4:06
  12. "The Wide Eyed Child in Me" – 2:51
  13. "Ghost of a Chance" – 4:08
  14. "Hope and Despair" – 3:22

Personnel

  • Edwyn Collins – guitar, vocals, backing vocals
  • Dennis Bovell – bass
  • David Ruffy – drums
  • Bernie Clarke – Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
  • Roddy Frame- guitar, backing vocals{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vhT81mAgjb8C&q=hope+and+despair+edwyn+collins&pg=PA294|title=Falling and Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins|first=Grace|last=Maxwell|date=July 6, 2010|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781407028057}}
  • 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

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Category:Edwyn Collins albums

Category:Setanta Records albums

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