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Released. 2002. Recorded. September–December 2001, Running Frog Music, Windsor, UK. Length. 59:10. Label. Irregular Records. "The Triumph of Hope Over Experience" is an album by Robb Johnson released in 2002.
- Irregular Records
- 2002
- 59:10
- Supporting Chumawamba
- London on Sea
- This Song Is A Rose
- Hope Street, Tomorrow Afternoon
- You & This City
- Sunlight & Snow
There’s all this empty space & me & this & acoustic guitar, What passes for an audience is deep in what passes for conversation at the bar, I think: subtle fingerpicking ain’t going to work at all, Supporting Chumbawamba at Whitehaven Civic Hall. I decide to go pro-active, & give them post-punk, thrash-metal acoustic guitar, What passes for audienc...
The sea waits at the end of each street, a grey dog to snap at your heels, The squares still talk of their better days, the gents & gentility, lamenting virginities lost On a dirty weekend, with Pinkie & Rose, back when life was a sin, But now everyone knows it’s a packet of three & you don’t feel a thing now In London On Sea. Up on the Downs with ...
Miranda & Tim are getting married, we arrive behind the bride before the rain, Miranda has her hair up, she looks lovely, & Tim won’t ever look this good again. Afterwards the kids run round the gravestones with all their crumbling promises of God, It’s a triumph of hope over experience, These promises we make each other against the odds. & the flo...
We signed the peace agreement, we danced between the lines, We found the cure for poverty, the governments all resigned, We found the guilty, guilty, we gave their suits the sack, Refused to fit their uniforms & sent their medals back, It was better late than never, it was not a day too soon, it was Hope Street, tomorrow afternoon. We lifted all th...
Heartbeat, liver, libido, biro – check. You’re all curves, shoulders, thighs, Curled up in last night’s heat, Black hair, black underwear, Half shell of white sheets. In this mediterranean light Sun coming up with – Outside, it’s all right angles, A regular ocean, rooftop, chimney pot, However many windows in however many walls With however many st...
A circle of friends, a circle of light, Guitars & champagne somewhere in the night, Who’d have believed that we’d all be here? Here’s to the snow & the next 50 years, & the years come & go like sunlight & snow. There’s a casualty list, names that we knew, Lips that we kissed that left scars & tattoos, But the winter sun’s touch makes everything shi...
The Triumph of Hope Over Experience; Gigs 2020; Interview with Mick Farren; Books; Shop; Contact
The Triumph of Hope Over Experience (2002) Clockwork Music (2003) Metro (2005) All That Way For This (2007) (Robb Johnson & The Irregulars) Love & Death & Politics (2008) (Robb Johnson & The Irregulars) The Liberty Tree (2009) (Leon Rosselson and Robb Johnson) The Ghost of Love (2009) (Robb Johnson & The Irregulars)
Barcode: 5036265000146. Matrix / Runout: IRR045 A2Z MUSIC 24944. Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD12. Mould SID Code: IFPI 5007. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2002 CD release of "The Triumph Of Hope Over Experience" on Discogs.
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The Triumph of Hope Over Experience; Gigs 2020; Interview with Mick Farren; Books; Shop; Contact
"The Triumph of Hope Over Experience" is an album by Robb Johnson released in 2002. Track listing. All tracks composed by Robb Johnson "Passport, Tickets and Guitar" – 5:03 "One Broadstairs Morning" – 4:10 "Life is Football" – 4:49 "When the Swing Began to Swing" – 3:42 "Soho Heart" – 6:20 "Happy Birthday, General" – 3:39
