Hope & Sorrow | ||||
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Released | 2 April 2007 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, electronic, downtempo | |||
Label | Lab'Oratoire, Le Plan, Blend Corp. | |||
Producer | Wax Tailor | |||
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Hope & Sorrow is a full-length album by French hip hop producer Wax Tailor. It was released in 2007 on Lab'Oratoire, and licensed for release in North America by Le Plan and in Australia by Blend Corp.
# | Title | Length | Vocals |
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1 | "Once upon a Past" | 4:47 | (Samples) |
2 | "The Way We Lived" | 3:41 | Sharon Jones |
3 | "The Games You Play" | 4:13 | Ursula Rucker |
4 | "The Tune" | 2:57 | (Samples) |
5 | "The Man with No Soul" | 3:34 | Charlotte Savary |
6 | "Radio Broadcast" | 0:54 | (Samples) |
7 | "Positively Inclined" | 3:39 | ASM (A State of Mind) |
8 | "Sometimes" | 3:40 | (Samples) |
9 | "House of Wax" | 2:57 | The Others |
10 | "Beyond Words" | 1:01 | (Samples) |
11 | "To Dry Up" | 4:07 | Charlotte Savary |
12 | "We Be" | 5:08 | Ursula Rucker |
13 | "That Case" | 0:30 | (Samples) |
14 | "There Is Danger" | 3:31 | (Samples) |
15 | "Alien in My Belly" | 3:44 | Charlotte Savary |
All tracks composed, sampled and programmed by JC Le Saout, mixed by JC Le Saout.
Additional musicians
Samples
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