No Treasure but Hope

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No Treasure but Hope
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Studio album by
Tindersticks
Released15 November 2019
Recorded29 April – 3 May 2019, 9 & 10 May 2019
Studio
  • Midilive, Paris
  • RAK Studios, London
  • Eastcote Studio, London
Length46:08
Label Lucky Dog Recordings/City Slang
Producer Stuart A. Staples
Tindersticks chronology
The Waiting Room
(2016)		No Treasure but Hope
(2019)		 Distractions
(2021)
Singles from No Treasure but Hope
  1. "The Amputees"
    Released: 10 September 2019
  2. "See My Girls"
    Released: 23 January 2020
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10 [1]
Metacritic 79/100 [2]
Review scores
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Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
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The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

No Treasure but Hope is the twelfth studio album by English alternative rock band Tindersticks, released on 15 November 2019 on Lucky Dog Recordings/City Slang. Although the album failed to chart in the UK, it achieved modest chart placings in other European countries.

Contents

Background

Tindersticks announced the album via a press release on 10 September 2019. The band also shared the album's track listing, artwork and its first single, "The Amputees", along with the single's video, featuring animation from singer Stuart Staples' wife Suzanne Osborne and directed by Staples. [13]

On 23 January 2020, the band released the four-track See My Girls EP, featuring a radio edit and an instrumental version of the album track "See My Girls" as well as two new songs. The video produced for "See My Girls" was a collaboration between Staples and his daughter Sydonie Osborne Staples. [14]

Track listing

All songs are written by Stuart Staples except where noted.

  1. "For the Beauty" (Dan McKinna, Staples) – 4:46
  2. "The Amputees" (McKinna, Staples) – 3:27
  3. "Trees Fall" – 5:04
  4. "Pinky in the Daylight" – 5:22
  5. "Carousel" – 4:39
  6. "Take Care in Your Dreams" (McKinna, David Boulter, Neil Fraser, Staples) – 3:57
  7. "See My Girls" – 5:28
  8. "The Old Mans Gait" (Boulter, Staples) – 4:43
  9. "Tough Love" (Boulter, Staples) – 4:57
  10. "No Treasure but Hope" – 3:51

Personnel

Tindersticks

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 92
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] 99
French Albums (SNEP) [19] 64
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 29
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [21] 10
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [22] 66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 53

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