Sydney, AU. (EMI MUSIC Australia) - The love of The Go-Betweens by fans all over the world has possibly never been felt as passionately as it does right now. The passing of Grant McLennan sent shockwaves throughout the music community and reminded us of the brilliance McLennan and Forster delivered as The Go-Betweens.
At the time of his death, the reissuing of the original Go-Betweens albums had already begun and is at last complete. The remastered albums are instore now.
TALLULAH
The fifth Go-Betweens album, TALLULAH (1987) cemented the band's move toward the inclusion of strings that had begun with their last album. With this addition, the interplay between instruments and vocals is even more lush and pretty than ever, even on vaguely unsettling tracks like "The Clarke Sisters."
Standouts include "Right Here," a pristine pop classic complete with soaring violins, a catchy chorus, and jangling guitars; "I Just Get Caught Out," a rocker propelled along a popping bass line; the beautiful "Bye Bye Pride," one of the band's more spectacular songs that captures a moment so well you can see it ("A white moon appears/Like a hole in the sky/The mangroves go quiet"), and "Hope Then Strife," with its spoken verses and sung choruses punctuated by Lindy Morrison's spare drumming and some gorgeous flamenco guitar.
Disc One is the original album the film clips of "Right Here" and "Bye Bye Pride" (enhanced component) with Disc Two containing bonus tracks.
16 LOVERS LANE
The sixth Go-Betweens record (1988) (and their last before a 12-year hiatus), 16 LOVERS LANE, is not only one of the band's finest albums, it's a remarkable collection of love songs. Focusing on the bittersweet side of romance, vocalist/guitarists Grant McLennan and Robert Forster write with a clear-eyed, unflinching intensity that draws listeners into their narratives of loss and redemption. Moving back to Australia, the group abandoned a short-lived experiment with programming and synthesizers begun on their previous album, and returned to a more organic sound that, accompanied by crisp production, gives this outing a bracing, undated immediacy.
Everything here is a gem (including the supremely catchy near-hit "Streets of Your Town"), but perhaps shining most brightly are "Love Is a Sign" and "Dive for Your Memory."
One of pop music's masterpieces, 16 LOVERS LANE is a record that people with even a passing interest in the form owe it to themselves to own.
Disc One is the original album the film clips of "Streets Of Your Town" (two versions) and "Was There Anything I Could Do? " (enhanced component) with Disc Two containing bonus tracks.
THE GO-BETWEENS ALBUMS ARE INSTORE NOW!
