Hope and Despair

Tracklist

• 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
  The Wheels of Love
  4:54
• 8
  The Beginning of the End
  3:57
• 9
  The Measure of the Man
  3:38
• 10
  Testing Time
  3:51
• 11
  Let Me Put My Arms Around You
  4:06
• 12
  The Wide Eyed Child in Me
  2:51
• 13
  Ghost of a Chance
  4:08
• 14
  Hope and Despair
  3:22

More by Edwyn Collins

Gorgeous George

Gorgeous George 1994

The Testimonial EP - Live at the Royal Festival Hall 2025

The Testimonial EP - Live at the Royal Festival Hall 2025 2026

Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation

Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation 2025

The Heart Is a Foolish Little Thing

The Heart Is a Foolish Little Thing 2025

Sometimes Always Never (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Sometimes Always Never (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2019

Badbea

Badbea 2019

Release credits

• Dennis Bovell
  background vocals [3-5, 7, 9, 11, 13]
• Phil Thornalley
  background vocals [2]
• Roddy Frame
  background vocals [3-5, 7, 9, 11, 13]

Issues

• 

  H
  Hope and Despair

  CD
  1989