The Triumph of Hope Over Experience
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Track listing
- "Passport, Tickets and Guitar" (Robb JohnsonRobb JohnsonRobb Jenner Johnson is a British musician and songwriter, who has been called "one of the last genuinely political songwriters", and is known for his mix of political satire and wit...
) – 5:03 - "One Broadstairs Morning" (Johnson) – 4:10
- "Life is Football" (Johnson) – 4:49
- "When the Swing Began to Swing" (Johnson) – 3:42
- "Soho Heart" (Johnson) – 6:20
- "Happy Birthday, General" (Johnson) – 3:39
- "Supporting Chumbawamba" (Johnson) – 5:22
- "London on Sea" (Johnson) – 5:01
- "This Song is a Rose" (Johnson) – 5:34
- "Hope Street, Tomorrow Afternoon" (Johnson) – 4:29
- "You and This City" (Johnson) – 4:58
- "Sunlight and Snow" (Johnson) – 5:04
- bonus track – 1:51
Musicians
- Robb JohnsonRobb JohnsonRobb Jenner Johnson is a British musician and songwriter, who has been called "one of the last genuinely political songwriters", and is known for his mix of political satire and wit...
- vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Barb JungrBarb JungrBarb Jungr is an English singer-songwriter, composer and writer, of Czech and German parentage. She is perhaps best known as a chansonnière, or singer of chansons—in the sense of classic, lyric-driven French songs; in the broader sense of European songs in the cabaret style; and in the even...
- vocals (tracks 5, 10-11) - Mauricio Venegas-Astorga - vocals (track 6), guitar (track 11), fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
(track 6), panpipes (track 6), percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
(track 3) - Miranda Sykes - vocals (tracks 2-3, 8-10), bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(tracks 2-3, 9-11), double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
(tracks 1, 5, 8, 12) - Russell ChurneyRussell ChurneyRussell Churney was an English composer, pianist, arranger and musical director. He was also a member of the legendary comedy/cabaret group, Fascinating Aïda...
- pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(tracks 2, 5, 8, 11) - John Sykes - vocals (track 2), melodeonMelodeon (organ)A melodeon is a type of 19th century reed organ with a foot-operated vacuum bellows, and a piano keyboard. It differs from the related harmonium, which uses a pressure bellows. Melodeons were manufactured in the United States sometime after 1812 until the Civil War era...
(track 2) - Rachel Pantin - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
(track 8) - Saskia Tomkins - violin (tracks 1, 4, 9-10)
- Paul Mullineaux - drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s (tracks 1-2, 9-11) - "The Evening Star" - vocals (track 3)
Other personnel
- Robb JohnsonRobb JohnsonRobb Jenner Johnson is a British musician and songwriter, who has been called "one of the last genuinely political songwriters", and is known for his mix of political satire and wit...
- design, photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film... - Meeta Johnson - photography
- Tony Warren - design