The first official album from the Go-Betweens, after a slew of earlier recordings and initial singles, was described by Forster and McLennan in later years as sounding like...
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While they never achieved more than mini-cult status in the U.S. during their decade-plus (1978-'89) recording career, the Go-Betweens rank remarkably high on the all-time...
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The 1960s always provided major stimulus for Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, permeating a large portion of their catalog. The lineage of that influence is tracked to its...
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If there's any justice in the world of rock (a rhetorical question...), the reissue of these early Go-Betweens LPs (both include a bonus disc of assorted singles, demos,...
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With Robert Vickers and his more straightforward style of bass introduced to the band, McLennan switched fully over to guitar and the quartet entered the studio with...
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Some 10 years after their demise, in an era witness to the slow degeneration of the pure pop style they crafted so well, perennial Aussie losers the Go-Betweens return with...
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Twelve years after disbanding the Go-Betweens, Melbourne-based singer/songwriters Robert Forster and Grant McLennan reformed the band they began in 1978 for their seventh...
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Arguably Australia's greatest pop group ever, The Go-Betweens seemed to save the best for last when they split in 1989. (They reunited in 1999, and have issued two more...
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A summation of the Go-Betweens' rewarding body of work. Frustratingly, several of their best numbers were left off in favor of some so-so ones. Even so, this collection is...
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If there's any justice in the world of rock (a rhetorical question...), the reissue of these early Go-Betweens LPs (both include a bonus disc of assorted singles, demos,...
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Passion, heart and melodies both huge and simple have inspired many to call Before Hollywood the Go-Betweens' masterpiece. The aching haunt of "Cattle And Cane" is but ...
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The Go-Betweens were already a good band well before they made Before Hollywood, but this second album is what proved for many listeners that they were great. For good...
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Robert Forster's endearingly fey persona, equal parts Bryan Ferry and gangly bookstore clerk, reaches full flower on the Go-Betweens' fourth album, which tempers the...
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New member Amanda Brown's soaring violin and oboe add flowing melodies to the album's romantic pop, including Grant McLennan's standout "Right...
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Tallulah, the Go-Betweens fifth album, was supposed to be the band's breakthrough recording in America. That said, its sound is nearly a full-on break with the edginess that...
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An EP containing four songs, two of which, "The Power That I Now Have" and "Secondhand Furniture," are otherwise unreleased, this record chronicles the Go-Betweens'...
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While they never achieved more than mini-cult status in the U.S. during their decade-plus (1978-'89) recording career, the Go-Betweens rank remarkably high on the all-time...
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Fans of the Go-Betweens were happily amazed when Robert Forster and Grant McLennan reunited after 12 years and began recording again. This is the second product of their...
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Not quite as comprehensive or well-chosen as the earlier (and now out-of-print) 1978-1990 retrospective, Bellavista Terrace is nevertheless a fine introduction to the...
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