1978–1990 (Go-Betweens album)

This article is about The Go-Betweens compilation album. For Hits 1978–1990, see Sly and Robbie. For Red Box 1978–1990, see ARB (band). For Kate Bush compilation, see This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990.

1978–1990
Compilation album by
The Go-Betweens
Released1990
Recorded1978–1990
GenreAlternative rock
LabelBeggars Banquet Records
ProducerJohn Davies, The Go-Betweens, Tony Cohen, John Brand, Richard Preston, Graig Leon, Mark Wallis, Alex Fergusson, Dale Griffin
The Go-Betweens chronology
The Able Label Singles
(1986) 		1978–1990
(1990) 		Bellavista Terrace: Best of The Go-Betweens
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Robert ChristgauA [2]

1978–1990 (sometimes The Go-Betweens 1978–1990) is a 1990 compilation album by Australian band The Go-Betweens.[3][4][5] The album 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.

Reception

Melody Maker said, "I find myself holding a package containing some of the most shockingly accurate songs about life and love I've ever heard. The fact the Go-Betweens never became massive is a disgusting injustice - but here's an opportunity to discover their dazzling brilliance."[6] Robert Christgau said, "Half best-of, half collectorama, this gets you coming and going: you had no idea the album highlights would mesh into perfect pop, and you had no idea the 45-rpm obscurities would coalesce into imperfect pop."[2]

NME noted the album, "spans their age, from the curiously unhinged art-pop of two Brisbane beatniks with a Phil Ochs/Patti Smith/Lee Remick obsession, to the smooth, accomplished craft of their last album."[7]

Track listing

(All songs by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster)

  1. "Karen" (1978) – 4:03 (Included on vinyl edition of album only)
    • Recorded May 1978, Brisbane. Originally released as a single
  2. "Hammer the Hammer" (1982) – 2:50
    • Recorded January 1982, Melbourne. Originally released as a single
  3. "Cattle and Cane" (1983) – 4:02
  4. "Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea" (1983) – 3:26
    • Recorded August 1983, Sussex. Originally released as a single
  5. "Bachelor Kisses" (1984) – 3:29
  6. "Draining the Pool For You" (1984) – 4:16
  7. "Spring Rain" (1986) – 3:06
  8. "The Clarke Sisters" (1987) – 3:17
    • Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah
  9. "Right Here" (1987) – 3:52
    • Recorded December 1986, London. Originally released on Tallulah
  10. "Bye Bye Pride" (1987) – 4:03
    • Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah
  11. "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" (1987) – 4:41
    • Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah
  12. "Streets of Your Town" (1988) – 3:34
  13. "Love is a Sign" (1988) – 4:13
  14. "8 Pictures" (1981) – 4:49
    • Recorded July 1981, Melbourne. Originally released on Send Me A Lullaby;– 4:49 (Included on vinyl edition of album only)
  15. "I Need Two Heads" (1980) – 2:33
    • Recorded April 1980, Scotland. Originally released as a single
  16. "When People Are Dead" (1987) – 4:29
    • Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released as a single B side
  17. "The Sound Of Rain" (1978) – 3:05 (Included on vinyl edition of album only)
    • Recorded November 1978, Brisbane. Previously unreleased.
  18. "People Say" (1979) – 2:40
    • Recorded May 1978, Brisbane. Originally released as a single
  19. "World Weary (1981) – 1:41
    • Recorded April 1981, Sydney. Originally released as a single B side
  20. "Rock and Roll Friend" (1988) – 3:34
    • Recorded August 1988, London. Originally released as a single B side
  21. "Dusty In Here" (1983) – 4:10
  22. "A King In Mirrors" (1984) – 2:58 (Included on vinyl edition of album only)
  23. "Second-Hand Furniture" (1984) – 4:13
    • Recorded October 1984, London, for John Peel Show
  24. "This Girl, Black Girl" (1983) – 2:31
    • Recorded August 1983, Sussex. Originally released as a single B side
  25. "Don't Call Me Gone" (1987) – 2:17
    • Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released as a single B side
  26. "Mexican Postcard" (1987) – 2:12 (Included on vinyl edition of album only)
    • Recorded August 1988, London. Originally released as a single B side
  27. "You Won't Find It Again" (1988) – 3:21
    • Recorded January 1988, Sydney. Previously unreleased

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r8305
  2. ^ a b "CG: The Go-Betweens". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  3. ^ David Nichols The Go-Betweens p.217 "July 1990 saw the release of The Go-Betweens 1978-1990 on double LP, 217 218 CD, and cassette (each with a slightly different track listing) in a number of key territories. This collection marked the first album release of several tracks which Forster and MacLennan clearly thought of as important to their story including "The Sound of Rain" which they had recorded for Beserkley twelve years earlier"
  4. ^ The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition p.530 "Further listening: Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express (1986); Tallulah (1987); Go-Betweens 1978–1990 (1990); Robert Forster – Danger In The Past (1990)."
  5. ^ Colin Larkin The Virgin encyclopedia of eighties music 1997 Page 210 "Compilations: Very Quick On The Eye (1985), Metal And Shells (PVC 1985)***, Go-Betweens 1978-1990 (Beggars Banquet 1990)****. •VIDEOS: That Way (1993). "
  6. ^ Dave Jennings (24 March 1990). "Between Times". Melody Maker. p. 29.
  7. ^ David Swift (31 March 1990). "1978-89". NME.