Hope and Despair
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Hope and Despair is an album by Scottish musician Edwyn Collins
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It was released in 1989
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Edwyn Collins
Edwyn Stephen Collins is an Ivor Novello Award winning Scottish musician, playing mostly electric guitar-driven pop. Collins formed the musical group Nu-Sonics in 1976, which later became Orange Juice...
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It was released in 1989
1989 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
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Track listing
All 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
- "Wheels of Love" – 4:54
- "Beginning of the End" – 3:57
- "Measure of a Man" (Dennis BovellDennis BovellDennis Bovell is a reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym 'Blackbeard'....
) – 3:38 - "Testing Time" – 3:51
- "Let Me Put My Arms Around You" – 4:06
- "Wide Eyed Child In Me" – 2:51
- "Ghost of a Chance" – 4:08
- "Hope and Despair" – 3:22
Personnel
- Edwyn Collins - guitar, vocals
- Dennis BovellDennis BovellDennis Bovell is a reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym 'Blackbeard'....
- bass - David Ruffy - drums
- Bernard Clarke - keyboards
- Roddy FrameRoddy FrameRoddy Frame is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician, who was the founder of the 1980s indie band, Aztec Camera, and more recently is a solo performer.-Career:...
- guitar