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Hellbent on Compromise

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Hellbent on Compromise
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1990
StudioPower Plant Studios, London
GenreRock
Length50:44
LabelDiablo
ProducerEdwyn Collins, Dave Anderson
Edwyn Collins chronology
Hope and Despair
(1989)
Hellbent on Compromise
(1990)
Gorgeous George
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Hellbent on Compromise is an album by Scottish musician Edwyn Collins, released in 1990.[3][4][5]

Critical reception

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The Rough Guide to Rock wrote that the album "lacked its predecessor's tight, dense production, and its atmospherics too often gave way to an unsatisfactory sparseness."[6]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Edwyn Collins; except where indicated

  1. "Means to an End" (Collins, Paul Quinn) - 5:12
  2. "You Poor Deluded Fool" - 4:54
  3. "It Might as Well Be You" - 3:25
  4. "Take Care of Yourself" - 6:43
  5. "Graciously" - 3:44
  6. "Someone Else Besides" - 4:35
  7. "My Girl Has Gone" (Marv Tarplin, Ronald White, William Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore) - 3:44
  8. "Now That It's Love" - 3:27
  9. "Everything and More" - 4:58
  10. "What's the Big Idea?" - 4:57
  11. "Time of the Preacher/Long Time Gone" (Collins/Willie Nelson) - 5:05

Personnel

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  • Edwyn Collins – guitar, vocals
  • John "Segs" Jennings – bass
  • Chris Taylor – drums, percussion
  • David Anderson – keyboards, guitar
  • Colin MacKenzie – bass
  • Trevor McCarty – bass
  • Chucho Merchán – double bass
  • Martin Drover – trumpet
  • Zop Cormorant - drums
  • Jock Loveband - backing vocals on "What's the Big Idea?"
  • Tyrone Berkeley - backing vocals on "Time of the Preacher/Long Time Gone"
  • Simeon Jones - harmonica on "Time of the Preacher/Long Time Gone"
  • David Robinson - cello on "Time of the Preacher/Long Time Gone"
  • Alan Titherington, Kirsten Morrison - violin on "Time of the Preacher/Long Time Gone"

References

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  1. ^ "Hellbent on Compromise - Edwyn Collins | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Edwyn Collins".
  4. ^ "Edwyn Collins". All Tomorrow's Parties.
  5. ^ "How Collins forged solo pop path". 24 February 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ Guides (Firm), Rough (12 June 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.