Hope in a Darkened Heart

Infobox Album
Name = Hope in A Darkened Heart
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Virginia Astley


Released = 1986
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Alternative/Dreampop
Length =
Label = Warner Music Group (WEA)
Producer = Ryuichi Sakamoto/Virginia Astley/Jon Astley
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Last album = "Promise Nothing" (1983)
This album = "Hope in a Darkened Heart" (1986
Next album = ""'All Shall Be Well (1992)

"Hope in a Darkened Heart" is an 1986 album by Virginia Astley produced, primarily, by Japanese musician and composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album is noted for featuring former Japan singer, David Sylvian, on the track "Some Small Hope" and for an alternate version of "A Summer Long Since Passed", which was originally included on Astley's "From Gardens Where We Feel Secure" album. An additional track, "Le Song (A Day, A Night)", along with lyrics and a biography is available on the Japanese issue.

The tracks, "Some Small Hope" and "Charm" were released as singles but were not commercially successful. Two further tracks, "Love's a Lonely Place to be" and "Darkness Has Reached it's End" had been issued some years before the album's release but likewise had no impact on the single's chart.

Track listing

# "Some Small Hope"
# "A Father"
# "So Like Dorian"
# "I'm Sorry"
# "Tree Top Club"
# "Charm"
# "Love's a Lonely Place to be"
# "A Summer Long Since Passed"
# "Darkness Has Reached it's End"
# "Le Song (A Day, A Night)" (Japanese Import)