The Triumph of Hope Over Experience

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The Triumph of Hope Over Experience

Studio album by Robb Johnson
Released	2002
Recorded	September-December 2001, Running Frog Music, Windsor, UK
Length	59:10
Label	Irregular Records

"The Triumph of Hope Over Experience" is an album by Robb Johnson released in 2002.

Not to be confused Oscar Wilde's original statement that while first marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence, second marriages are the triumph of hope over experience.".

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
- 2.1 Musicians
- 2.2 Other personnel
3 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Passport, Tickets and Guitar" (Robb Johnson) – 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
"[Track title?]" – 0:51

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

Robb Johnson - vocals, guitar
Barb Jungr - vocals (tracks 5, 10-11)
Mauricio Venegas-Astorga - vocals (track 6), guitar (track 11), flute (track 6), panpipes (track 6), percussion (track 3)
Miranda Sykes - vocals (tracks 2-3, 8-10), bass guitar (tracks 2-3, 9-11), double bass (tracks 1, 5, 8, 12)
Russell Churney - piano (tracks 2, 5, 8, 11)
John Sykes - vocals (track 2), melodeon (track 2)
Rachel Pantin - violin (track 8)
Saskia Tomkins - violin (tracks 1, 4, 9-10)
Paul Mullineaux - drums (tracks 1-2, 9-11)
The Evening Star - vocals (track 3)