Released 23rd November 1986 Label Geffen Records | Recorded August-September 1986 Release date 23 November 1986 | |
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Hope in a Darkened Heart(1986) All Shall Be Well(1992) Alternative rock albums Dead Bees on a Cake, The Attraction to All Thin, Snow Borne Sorrow, Everything and Nothing, The First Day | ||
Hope in a Darkened Heart is a 1986 album by Virginia Astley, produced, primarily, by Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album is noted for featuring former Japan singer David Sylvian on the track "Some Small Hope" and for an alternate version of "A Summer Long Since Passed", which was originally included on Astley's From Gardens Where We Feel Secure album. An additional track, "Le Song (A Day, A Night)", along with lyrics and a biography is available on the Japanese issue.
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The tracks "Some Small Hope" and "Charm" were released as singles but were not commercially successful. Two further tracks, "Love's a Lonely Place to be" and "Darkness Has Reached its End", had been issued some years before the album's release but likewise had no impact on the singles chart.
Track listing
- "Some Small Hope"
- "A Father"
- "So Like Dorian"
- "I'm Sorry"
- "Tree Top Club"
- "Charm"
- "Love's a Lonely Place to be"
- "A Summer Long Since Passed"
- "Darkness Has Reached its End"
- "Le Song (A Day, A Night)" (Japanese Import)
Songs
1Some Small Hope4:10
2A Father3:51
3So Like Dorian4:33