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Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl Re-Issue of The Love of Hopeless Causes (1993), with Song Lyrics on Inner Sleeve.
The Love of Hopeless Causes (1993).
By the early 1990s, almost by accident, we had begun to carve out a particular identity for ourselves, so The Love of Hopeless Causes was not what anyone was expecting. We felt that we were in danger of getting trapped in a folk-rock cul-de-sac, so, just as this ‘style’ became a fashionable and commercial sound in the UK, we made a deliberate move away from it and straight and into guitar-driven rock music. It is a full-on album, driven equally by personal traumas, including Justin's near-death electrocution on stage in Switzerland, and the massive changes going on in the World around us and it was produced at Amazon Studios in Liverpool with huge energy, joy and charisma by Niko Bolas and later beautifully mixed by Bob Clearmountain in Los Angeles.
"It's one of my favourite NMA albums... I have vivid memories of how Robert, Nel and myself were set-up in a circle, with stage monitors rather than headphones, and with Niko headbanging in the middle. Everything was about passion. That and the thrill of hearing for the first time how Bob had mixed 'War'... " JS
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Here Comes the War (Justin Sullivan, Robert Heaton, Nelson)
2. Fate (Sullivan)
3. Living in the Rose (Sullivan, Heaton)
4. White Light (Sullivan, Heaton)
5. Believe It (Sullivan, Heaton)
Believe It (Sullivan, Heaton)
Side B
6. Understand U (Sullivan, Heaton)
7. My People (Sullivan)
8. These Words (Sullivan)
9. Afternoon Song (Sullivan, Heaton)
10. Bad Old World (Sullivan)
