Hope & Ruin

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Hope & Ruin
Trews Hope & Ruin.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 12, 2011
Genre Hard rock, alternative rock
Length44:41
Label Bumstead Records
Universal
Producer Gord Sinclair
John-Angus MacDonald
The Trews chronology
Friends & Total Strangers
(2009)
Hope & Ruin
(2011)
The Trews
(2014)
Singles from Hope & Ruin
  1. "Hope & Ruin"
    Released: February 15, 2011
  2. "The World, I Know"
    Released: 2011
  3. "Misery Loves Company"
    Released: 2012
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Hope & Ruin is the fourth full-length studio album by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was released in Canada on April 12, 2011, [3] and it peaked at #9 on the Canadian Albums Chart.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by The Trews (Colin MacDonald, John-Angus MacDonald, Jack Syperek and Sean Dalton) and Gord Sinclair, unless otherwise noted. [4]

  1. "Misery Loves Company" - 2:59
  2. "One By One" - 3:42
  3. "People of the Deer" - 4:03
  4. "Stay With Me" - 3:45
  5. "Hope & Ruin" - 4:01
  6. "If You Wanna Start Again" - 4:37
  7. "The World, I Know" (The Trews, Gord Sinclair, Dave Rave) - 2:42
  8. "Dreaming Man" - 3:53
  9. "I'll Find Someone Who Will" (The Trews, Gord Sinclair, Ron Hynes) - 3:42
  10. "Love Is The Real Thing" - 3:06
  11. "Burned" - 5:09
  12. "You Gotta Let Me In" - 3:02

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. CHARTattack review
  3. Ricci, Benjamin. "The Trews cover story". Performer Magazine. Retrieved 2011-04-04.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. Hope & Ruin booklet