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)

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AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

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" (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"