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Beautiful Despair

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). It was released in January 2018 under Fire Records.

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Beautiful Despair
Studio album by
Television Personalities
Released26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)
Recorded19901
StudioJowe Head's flat, Glading Terrace, Stoke Newington, London
Length47:46
LabelFire
ProducerJowe Head
Television Personalities chronology
A Memory Is Better Than Nothing
(2010) 		Beautiful Despair
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/1002
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar3

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).14 It was released in January 2018 under Fire Records.

Track listing

All words and music by Daniel Treacy

No.TitleLength
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

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

References

  1. Lanigan, Michael (14 November 2017). "Lost Television Personalities album to be released in January". Hotpress.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. Sendra, Tim. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. Kim, Michelle (14 November 2017). "Television Personalities' Lost Album Beautiful Despair Announced". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.