Learning to Cope with Cowardice

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Learning to Cope With Cowardice is the debut album of vocalist Mark Stewart, released in 1983 through On-U Sound Records.

Accolades

The information regarding accolades attributed to Learning to Cope With Cowardice is taken from Acclaimed Music.

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1998	The Wire	United Kingdom	"100 (+30) Records That Set the World on Fire"	*
2005	Blow Up	Italy	"600 Essential Albums"	*
2005	WOEBOT	United States	"The 100 Greatest Records Ever"	88
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Stewart, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Learning to Cope With Cowardice"	6:10
2.	"Liberty City"	5:37
3.	"Blessed Are Those Who Struggle"	5:13
4.	"None Dare Call It Conspiracy"	5:24

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't You Ever Lay Down Your Arms"	Wes Brooks	5:11
2.	"The Paranoia of Power"		5:38
3.	"To Have the Vision"		3:33
4.	"Jerusalem"	William Blake	3:44

CD Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"The Wrong Name and the Wrong Number" (DJ Battle)	12:00
10.	"High Ideals and Crazy Dreams"	3:08

2006 CD "Director's Cut" Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"High Ideals" (live)	4:21
12.	"Live Paranoia"	6:46

Personnel

Musicians

• The Maffia
  • Desmond 'Fatfingers' Coke – keyboards
  • Eskimo Fox – drums
  • Evar Wellington – bass guitar
• Mark Stewart – vocals, production, art direction

Additional musicians and production

• Anna Hurl – art direction
• George Oban – bass guitar on "Liberty City" and "Jerusalem"
• Nick Plytas – keyboards on "Liberty City" and "None Dare Call It Conspiracy"
• Dan Sheals – drums on "Blessed Are Those Who Struggle"
• Adrian Sherwood – production
• Crucial Tony – bass guitar on "Blessed Are Those Who Struggle"

External links

• Learning To Cope With Cowardice at Discogs (list of releases)