Hellbent on Compromise


Hellbent on Compromise is an album by Scottish musician Edwyn Collins, released in 1990.

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."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Edwyn Collins; except where indicated
  1. "Means to an End" - 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" - 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" - 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"