Guilty (Hugh Cornwell album)

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Guilty
Guilty Album.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 May 1997 [1]
Recorded1996
Studio
Genre
Length49:51(UK)
55:12(US)
Label Madfish
Producer Laurie Latham
Hugh Cornwell chronology
Wired
(1993)
Guilty
(1997)
Mayday
(1999)
Black Hair, Black Eyes, Black Suit
Black Hair Black Eyes Black Suit Album.jpg
U.S. release, Velvel 1999

Guilty is the third solo studio album by Hugh Cornwell, released in 1997 on the Madfish label.

Contents

The album was released in the US on 23 February 1999 on Velvel Records as Black Hair, Black Eyes, Black Suit with different artwork and two additional tracks: "Jesus Will Weep" and "Not Hungry Enough," and without "Five Miles High".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic's Jack Rabid wrote that the album is "focused, well-conceived, and finely written as the Stranglers' better post- Black and White LPs." He added that Cornwell "has proven himself a minor master of mannered pop with purpose before, and he's done it again here." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hugh Cornwell.

No.TitleLength
1."One Burning Desire"4:40
2."Snapper"5:58
3."Nerves of Steel"4:21
4."Black Hair Black Eyes Black Suit"4:35
5."Hot Head"4:39
6."Endless Day Endless Night"4:19
7."Five Miles High" (not included on US issue)4:01
8."Sravandrabellagola"1:18
9."Long Dead Train"5:10
10."Torture Garden"5:00
11."House of Sorrow"5:50
Total length:49:51
Black Hair, Black Eyes, Black Suit
No.TitleLength
1."One Burning Desire"4:40
2."Snapper"5:58
3."Nerves of Steel"4:21
4."Jesus Will Weep" (US issue bonus track)4:12
5."Black Hair Black Eyes Black Suit"4:35
6."Hot Head"4:39
7."Endless Day Endless Night"4:19
8."Not Hungry Enough" (US issue bonus track)4:05
9."Sravandrabellagola"1:18
10."Long Dead Train"5:10
11."Torture Garden"5:00
12."House of Sorrow"5:50
Total length:55:12

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) released 27 May 1997
  2. 1 2 Rabid, Jack. "Black Hair, Black Eyes, Black Suit review". AllMusic . Retrieved 5 February 2022.