Name: Before Hollywood - The Go-Betweens
Brand: The Go-Betweens
SKU: 0094636960821
Price: 15.86 EUR
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Artist

The Go-Betweens were an pop-rock/new wave 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 Modern Rock Tracks 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.

Tracks

1-1 A Bad Debt Follows You 02:24

1-2 Two Steps Step Out 03:28

1-3 Before Hollywood 03:44

1-4 Dusty In Here 04:09

1-5 Ask 05:14

1-6 Cattle And Cane 04:20

1-7 By Chance 02:20

1-8 As Long As That 05:25

1-9 On My Block 03:49

1-10 That Way 04:07

2-1 Hammer The Hammer 02:49

2-2 Heaven Says 04:06

2-3 Just A King In Mirrors 02:57

2-4 A Peaceful Wreck 02:31

2-5 Man O'Sand To Girl O'Sea 03:24

2-6 Near The Chimney 03:39

2-7 This Girl, Black Girl 03:32

2-8 The Exception Of Deception 01:49

2-Video Cattle And Cane

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, Cassette, CD

Labels

EMI, Labels, Rough Trade, Beggars Banquet, Celluloid, Stunn, Red Eye Records, Circus Records

Countries

Australia, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, Australasia, Australia & New Zealand, Scandinavia, UK & US

years

1983, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002

Members

Robert Forster,~~Tim Mustafa~~,Adele Pickvance,Glenn Thompson,~~Robert Vickers~~,~~Amanda Brown~~,~~John Willsteed~~,~~Lindy Morrison~~,Grant McLennan,~~Clare McKenna~~