The Go-Betweens - 1978-1990 (1990)

1978-1990 is a compilation album by Australian band The Go-Betweens that draws together music spanning the band's career from their beginnings in Brisbane to their 1989 breakup, including singles, B-sides, songs recorded for broadcast and previously unreleased material.







1978-1990
THE GO-BETWEENS
1990
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Track listing
(All songs by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster)

1."Hammer the Hammer" (1982) – 2:50 | Recorded January 1982, Melbourne. Originally released as a single
2."Cattle and Cane" (1983) – 4:02 | Recorded October 1982, Eastbourne. Originally released on Before Hollywood
3."Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea" (1983) – 3:26 | Recorded August 1983, Sussex. Originally released as a single
4."Bachelor Kisses" (1984) – 3:29 | Recorded July 1984, London. Originally released on Spring Hill Fair
5."Draining the Pool For You" (1984) – 4:16 | Recorded May 1984, France. Originally released on Spring Hill Fair
6."Spring Rain" (1986) – 3:06 | Recorded November 1985, London. Originally released on Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
7."The Clarke Sisters" (1987) – 3:17 | Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah
8."Right Here" (1987) – 3:52 | Recorded December 1986, London. Originally released on Tallulah
9."Bye Bye Pride" (1987) – 4:03 | Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah
10."The House That Jack Kerouac Built" (1987) – 4:41 | Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah
11."Streets of Your Town" (1988) – 3:34 | Recorded May 1988, Sydney. Originally released on 16 Lovers Lane
12."Love is a Sign" (1988) – 4:13 | Recorded May 1988, Sydney. Originally released on 16 Lovers Lane
13."I Need Two Heads" (1980) – 2:33 | Recorded April 1980, Scotland. Originally released as a single
14."When People Are Dead" (1987) – 4:29 | Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released as a single B side
15."People Say" (1979) - 2:40 | Recorded unknown. Originally released as a single
16."World Weary (1981) – 1:41 | Recorded April 1981, Sydney. Originally released as a single B side
17."Rock and Roll Friend" (1988) – 3:34 | Recorded August 1988, London. Originally released as a single B side
18."Dusty In Here" (1983) – 4:10 | Recorded August 1983, Eastbourne. Originally released on Before Hollywood
19."Second-Hand Furniture" (1984) – 4:13 | Recorded October 1984, London, for John Peel Show
20."This Girl, Black Girl" (1983) – 2:31 | Recorded August 1983, Sussex. Originally released as a single B side
21."Don't Call Me Gone" (1987) – 2:17 | Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released as a single B side
22."You Won't Find It Again" (1988) – 3:21 | Recorded January 1988, Sydney. Previously unreleased

WIKI

The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Australia in 1977 by singer-songwriters and guitarists, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan. They were later joined by Lindy Morrison on drums, Robert Vickers on bass guitar and Amanda Brown on violin, oboe, guitar, and backing vocals, before disbanding in late 1989. Forster and McLennan reformed the band in 2000 with a new line-up, McLennan died on 6 May 2006 of a heart attack and The Go-Betweens disbanded again.

In 1988, "Streets of Your Town", the first single from 16 Lovers Lane, became the band's biggest chart hit in both Australia and the United Kingdom (UK). The follow-up single "Was There Anything I Could Do?" was a No. 16 hit on the Billboard's Modern Rock Chart in the United States. In May 2001 "Cattle and Cane", from 1983's Before Hollywood was selected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time. In 2008, 16 Lovers Lane was highlighted on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) TV's The Great Australian Albums series as a classic example of 1980s rock music.