Hope Against Hope

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Hope Against Hope
Studio album by Band of Susans
Released 1988
Recorded May-June 1987
New York
Genre Noise rock
Alternative rock
Length 49:36 (CD)
40:42 (vinyl)
Label Blast First
Producer Robert Poss
Professional reviews
Band of Susans chronology
Hope Against Hope
(1988)
Love Agenda
(1989)

Hope Against Hope is the 1988 debut album by Band of Susans, released in 1988 on Blast First. The CD version includes their debut EP Blessing and Curse, which contains "Sometimes" and "Where Have All The Flowers Gone".

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Robert Poss

  1. Not Even Close - 4:58
  2. Learning To Sin - 3:04
  3. Throne Of Blood - 3:15
  4. Elliott Abrams In Hell (instrumental) - 2:21
  5. All The Wrong Reasons - 5:25
  6. I The Jury - 4:26
  7. No God (instrumental) - 4:59
  8. You Were An Optimist - 3:19
  9. Ready To Bend - 3:51
  10. Hope Against Hope - 4:59
  11. Sometimes - 3:53
  12. Where Have All The Flowers Gone (instrumental) - 5:01

[edit] Personnel

  • Robert Poss: lead vocals, guitar
  • Susan Stenger: bass, backing vocals
  • Susan Lyall: guitar, backing vocals
  • Susan Tallman: guitar
  • Ron Spitzer: drums
  • Alva Rogers: backing vocals
  • Jim Klein: engineer
  • John Herman: assistant engineer
  • Chris Gehringer: mastering