Hellbent on Compromise

Hellbent on Compromise
Studio album by Edwyn Collins
Released	January 1990
Studio	Power Plant Studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	50:44
Label	Diablo
Producer	Edwyn Collins, Dave Anderson
Edwyn Collins chronology
Hope and Despair (1989) Hellbent on Compromise (1990) Gorgeous George (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

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

• 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

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.