Beautiful Despair

Beautiful Despair
Studio album by
Television Personalities
Released26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)
Recorded1990[1]
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
Metacritic83/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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

  1. ^ a b 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.
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