Beautiful Despair
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2018 studio album by Television Personalities
| Beautiful Despair | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 26 January 2018 (2018年01月26日) |
| Recorded | 1990[1] |
| Studio | Jowe Head's flat, Glading Terrace, Stoke Newington, London |
| Length | 47:46 |
| Label | Fire |
| Producer | Jowe Head |
| Television Personalities chronology | |
|
A Memory Is Better Than Nothing (2010) Beautiful Despair (2018) | |
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [3] |
Beautiful Despair is the twelfth studio album by English band Television Personalities. The album was originally recorded in 1990 on a 4-track, between their albums Privilege (1990) and Closer to God (1992).[1] [4] It was released in January 2018 under Fire Records.
Track listing
[edit ]All words and music by Daniel Treacy
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hard Luck Story Number 39" | 3:02 |
| 2. | "Razor Blades & Lemonade" | 3:03 |
| 3. | "How Does It Feel to Be Loved ?" | 2:39 |
| 4. | "Beautiful Despair" | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Love Is a Four Letter Word" | 3:17 |
| 6. | "If You Fly Too High" | 2:39 |
| 7. | "I Get Frightened Too" | 3:49 |
| 8. | "Goodnight Mr Spaceman" | 2:43 |
| 9. | "Honey for the Bears" | 3:53 |
| 10. | "I Don't Want to Live This Life" | 3:01 |
| 11. | "I Like That in a Girl" | 1:46 |
| 12. | "My Very First Nervous Breakdown" | 4:03 |
| 13. | "I Suppose You Think It's Funny" | 2:31 |
| 14. | "Have a Nice Day" | 3:16 |
| 15. | "This Heart's Not Made of Stone" | 4:52 |
Personnel
[edit ]- Television Personalities
- Daniel Treacy - lead vocals, 6- and 12-string electric guitars
- Jowe Head - bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitar, analogue synthesizer, autoharp, bowed psaltery, drum machine programming, percussion, backing vocals
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Lanigan, Michael (14 November 2017). "Lost Television Personalities album to be released in January". Hotpress.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Sendra, Tim. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Kim, Michelle (14 November 2017). "Television Personalities' Lost Album Beautiful Despair Announced". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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