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Bellavista Terrace: Best Of The Go-Betweens (CD)

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The Go-Betweens Artist Snapshot:

Australia's Go-Betweens combined the talents of two songwriters working in varying yet complementary styles. Arising out of the 1970s punk era, the group specialized in literate pop songs featuring sparkling guitars. Their records balanced Grant McLennan's melodic pop instincts with Robert Forster's darker, more discordant visions. A 1998 reunion tour won critical raves, and led to three widely praised albums in the new millennium, but the scintillating success of the revamped Go-Betweens was cut short by Grant McLennan's death in 2006.

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DISC 1 for Bellavista Terrace: Best Of The Go-Betweens (CD) Album By The Go-Betweens (Artist)
1   Was There Anything I Could Do?
2   Head Full Of Steam - (single remix)
3   That Way
4   Part Company
5   Cattle And Cane
6   Draining The Pool For You
7   Wrong Road, The
8   Bye Bye Pride
9   Man O' Sand To Girl O' Sea
10   House That Jack Kerouac Built, The
11   Bachelor Kisses
12   Streets Of Your Town
13   Spring Rain
14   Dive For Your Memory
 

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Review

Alternative Press (8/99, p.75) - 3 (out of 5) - "...their sensitive story-telling and museum-ready daintiness still sound fresh and innocent..."
NME (Magazine) (6/5/99, p.37) - 8 out of 10 - "...a primer for anyone unaquainted with the sweetest-ever exponents of baroque'n'roll, it's a love unlimited treat. Those who regard Belle & Sebastian as the pinnacle of sensitivity in pop might learn a thing or two, as well."

Title Note

The Go-Betweens: Grant McLennan (vocals, guitar, bass); Robert Forster (vocals, guitar); John Wilsteed (guitar, bass); Amanda Brown (violin, oboe, background vocals); Robert Vickers (bass); Lindy Morrison (drums).

Additional personnel: Tracey Thorn (vocals); Chris Tomlin, Sally Hebert (violin); Sue Dench (viola); Audrey Riley (cello); Dean B. Speedwell (organ, keyboards); Bernard Clarke (organ); Jacques Loussier (Prophet synthesizer); Anna Di Silva (background vocals).

Producers: Mark Wallis, John Brand, Richard Preston, Robert Andrews, Colin Fairley.

Recorded between 1982 and 1988. Includes liner notes by Robert Forster.

BELLAVISTA TERRACE (1999) compiles tracks from five of the six pre-2000 Go-Betweens albums (the odd one out is 1982's SEND ME A LULLABY) and, given the fact that very nearly everything that the band recorded is equally good, the only problem that anyone could have is the omission of tracks having a personal resonance with the listener. For example, while one might want a Go-Be's retrospective to include, say, "Love Is a Sign," one would be hard pressed to think of which of the collected tracks ought to be removed in its favor.

All of the tracks here are notable in one way or another, but among the best are "Cattle and Cane," exploring memory and aging; "Bye Bye Pride," which poses a hopeful future for its narrator; and "Dive for Your Memory," which looks at redemption in loss. Hidden at the end of some copies of the disc is an ode to actress Lee Remick--from the band's first single--showing their funny side. Completists will need to find the limited-edition version of the album, which includes a second CD of 13 acoustic and electric tracks recorded "live in the studio" for a California radio station in the late 1980s.

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