Hope and Despair

Hope and Despair
Studio album by Edwyn Collins
Released	29 May 1989
Recorded	February–April 1989; Whitehouse Studios, Cologne
Genre	Rock
Label	Setanta
Producer	Phil Thornalley, Tom Dokoupil
Edwyn Collins chronology
Hope and Despair (1989) Hellbent on Compromise (1990)

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Hope and Despair is an album by Scottish musician Edwyn Collins. 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
• Dennis Bovell – bass
• David Ruffy – drums
• Bernard Clarke – keyboards
• Roddy Frame- guitar
• Steven Skinner - guitar