Hope and Despair

Hope and Despair
Studio album by Edwyn Collins
Released 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. "Wheels of Love" – 4:54
  8. "Beginning of the End" – 3:57
  9. "Measure of a Man" (Dennis Bovell) – 3:38
  10. "Testing Time" – 3:51
  11. "Let Me Put My Arms Around You" – 4:06
  12. "Wide Eyed Child In Me" – 2:51
  13. "Ghost of a Chance" – 4:08
  14. "Hope and Despair" – 3:22

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