Hope and Despair is the debut solo album by Scottish musician Edwyn Collins. It was released in 1989.
Track listing All tracks composed by Edwyn Collins; except where indicated "Coffee Table Song" – 4:51 "50 Shades of Blue" – 3:55 "You're Better Than You Know" – 4:12 "Pushing It to the Back of My Mind" – 3:47 "If Ever You're Ready" – 4:21 "Darling, They Want It All" – 3:42 "The Wheels of Love" – 4:54 "The Beginning of the End" – 3:57 "The Measure of a Man" (Dennis Bovell) – 3:38 "Testing Time" – 3:51 "Let Me Put My Arms Around You" – 4:06 "The Wide Eyed Child in Me" – 2:51 "Ghost of a Chance" – 4:08 "Hope and Despair" – 3:22
Personnel Edwyn Collins – guitar, vocals, backing vocals Dennis Bovell – bass David Ruffy – drums Bernie Clarke – Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer Roddy Frame- guitar, backing vocals Steven Skinner - guitar Bruce Dern - steel guitar on "Pushing It to the Back of My Mind" and "The Wide Eyed Child in Me" Alex Grey - Hammond organ on "50 Shades of Blue" Tom Dokoupil - synthesizer on "Pushing It to the Back of My Mind"; string arrangement on "You're Better Than You Know"
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