| Try To Be Hopeful | ||||
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| Released | 9 October 2015 | |||
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| Length | 33:41 | |||
| Label | Fortuna Pop! | |||
| Producer | Matthew 'MJ' Johnson | |||
| The Spook School chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Clash | 8/10 [5] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 [6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10.0 [7] |
| MusicOMH | [8] |
Try To Be Hopeful is the second studio album by Scottish band The Spook School. It was released in October 2015 by Fortuna Pop!.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Burn Masculinity" | 2:02 |
| 2. | "Richard and Judy" | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Friday Night" | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Speak When You're Spoken To" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "August 17th" | 2:38 |
| 6. | "Everybody Needs to Be in Love" | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Vicious Machine" | 2:59 |
| 8. | "I Want to Kiss You" | 2:51 |
| 9. | "Books and Hooks and Movements" | 1:49 |
| 10. | "Binary" | 3:15 |
| 11. | "Try to Be Hopeful" | 4:46 |
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