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This Is Hope
Type:	Album
Artist:	Mull Historical Society
Cover:	This is Hope - MHS.jpg
Released:	19 July 2004 (UK)
Recorded:	London
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	48:00
Label:	B-Unique Records
Producer:	Colin MacIntyre
Prev Title:	Us
Prev Year:	2003

This is Hope (2004) is the third album from Scottish indie band Mull Historical Society.

This Is Hope was inspired by a two-month visit to the United States, ending in New Orleans. One of its songs is about the death of David Kelly^[1] and the album also includes a recording of his grandmother.^[2]

It also contains the single "How 'Bout I Love You More" which reached no. 37 in the UK charts.^[3]

Track listing

1. "I Am Hope"
2. "Peculiar"
3. "How 'bout I Love You More"
4. "Treescavengers"
5. "This is the Hebridies"
6. "Tobermory Zoo"
7. "Death of a Scientist (A Vision of Man Over Machine 2004)"
8. "Your Love, My Gain"
9. "Casanova at the Weekend"
10. "My Friend the Addict"
11. "Len"
12. "In the Next Life (A Requiem)"

Notes and References

1. News: Fair islander. 30 July 2004. The Guardian. 5 February 2014.
2. News: Time to Mull things over - The Scotsman. 5 June 2004. The Scotsman. 5 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307224637/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/time-to-mull-things-over-1-1394682. 2016-03-07.
3. Web site: Official Charts. Official Charts Company. 5 February 2014.