| Despite Yourself | ||||
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| Studio album by Headswim | ||||
| Released | 2 September 1997 (US) 18 May 1998 (UK & Europe) |
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| Recorded | May 1996–January 1997 at Wool Hall Studios, Bath, England | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 49:23 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Steve Osborne | |||
| Headswim chronology | ||||
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| US album cover | ||||
| Singles from Despite Yourself | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
| The Independent | [2] |
Despite Yourself is the second and final studio album released by the English rock band Headswim. The album was issued by Epic Records on 2 September 1997 in the US and on 18 May 1998 in the UK and the rest of Europe, and spawned two singles for the band, "Tourniquet" and "Better Made". The album's musical style showed a marked change from the hard rock/grunge of the band's earlier work towards a more personal, alternative rock sound (partly influenced by the death of the Glendinings' brother Matthew from leukaemia in 1994), which drew comparisons to Radiohead.[1][2]
Although the album reached No. 24 in the UK Albums Chart,[3] it did not sell as well as hoped and Epic dropped the band soon after its release.
Contents |
All songs written and composed by Headswim, except where noted.
| Despite Yourself | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Tourniquet" | 4:16 | |||||||
| 2. | "Hype" | 3:54 | |||||||
| 3. | "Years on Me" (D. Glendining) | 2:54 | |||||||
| 4. | "Clinging to the Wreckage" | 4:37 | |||||||
| 5. | "Better Made" | 4:55 | |||||||
| 6. | "Wishing I Was Naïve" | 4:35 | |||||||
| 7. | "Old Angel Midnight" | 3:50 | |||||||
| 8. | "Holy Ghost" (C. Taylor) | 3:11 | |||||||
| 9. | "Burnt Out Shell of Bliss" | 4:02 | |||||||
| 10. | "Devil in My Palm" | 4:17 | |||||||
| 11. | "Moving On" | 4:17 | |||||||
| 12. | "Brother" | 4:36 | |||||||
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Total length:
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49:23 | ||||||||