''The Love of Hopeless Causes'' is the sixth

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band

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, released in 1993. It was produced by

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, except "Afternoon Song", which was produced by Riku Mattila. It featured guest

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ist Adrian Portas and Clive Layton, who played the

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on "Fate". After the break from

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, ''The Love of Hopeless Causes'' was the band's only album to be released on Epic, prior to the formation of the band's own label, Attack Attack Records. The album saw the band abandoning the

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-oriented sound of their previous albums, '' Thunder and Consolation'' (1989) and ''

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'' (1990), going for a more classic straightforward rock sound. The album reached No. 22 on the

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in April 1993.

Singles and EPs

"Here Comes the War" (February 1993) was the only single released from the album and is their highest charting single in the UK, peaking at No. 25 on the

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. "Living in the Rose" was the title track of ''The Ballads EP'' (July 1993).

Versions

The album was released as a 10-track LP,

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and CD on 29 March 1993. There are no track differences between the formats.

Track listing

#"Here Comes the War" (

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, Nelson) – 4:29 #"Fate" (Sullivan) – 3:20 #"Living in the Rose" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 3:49 #"White Light" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:44 #"Believe It" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:02 #"Understand U" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 3:33 #"My People" (Sullivan) – 4:39 #"These Words" (Sullivan) – 3:36 #"Afternoon Song" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 2:35 #"Bad Old World" (Sullivan) – 3:33

Personnel

Production

*Niko Bolas – producer (all tracks except "Afternoon Song"), recorded by (all tracks except "Afternoon Song") *Riku Mattila – producer ("Afternoon Song"), recorded by ("Afternoon Song") *Tim Young – mastered by *Dave Buchannan –

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(all tracks except "Afternoon Song") *Andrea Wright – engineer (all tracks except "Afternoon Song") *Greg Goldman – assistant engineer *Randy Wine – assistant engineer *Fulton Dingles – engineer ("Afternoon Song") *

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– mixed by *Dani Griffiths – additional recorded by (all tracks except "Afternoon Song") *Peter Stewart – additional recorded by (all tracks except "Afternoon Song") *

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Musicians

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, guitars, backing vocals *Nelson – bass, guitars, backing vocals *Adrian Portas – guitar *Clive Layton –

("Fate")

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Love of Hopeless Causes, The New Model Army (band) albums 1993 albums albums produced by Niko Bolas Epic Records albums