Hope & Ruin

Hope & Ruin is the fourth full-length studio album by Canadian rock band the Trews. It was released in Canada on April 12, 2011, and it peaked at number nine on the Canadian Albums Chart.

Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

The Trews
 * Colin MacDonald – lead vocals, guitar, keys
 * John-Angus MacDonald – guitars, backing vocals
 * Jack Syperek – bass, backing vocals
 * Sean Dalton – drums and percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians
 * Jeff Heisholt – keys
 * Gord Sinclair – harmonica ("Love Is The Real Thing"), bass ("The World, I Know") , acoustic guitar ("Dreaming Man")
 * Erika Nielson – cello ("If You Wanna Start Again" and "You Gotta Let Me In")
 * Kate MacDonald and Peggy Dalton – backing vocals ("You Gotta Let Me In")

Production
 * Aaron Holmberg – engineer
 * Nyles Spencer – assistant engineer
 * Mike Fraser – mixing (The Warehouse Studio)

Artwork
 * Ryan Hryciuk – packaging design
 * Kayla Rocca – "Hope" photo
 * David Bastedo – band photo