1978–1990 (Go-Betweens album)
1978–1990 (sometimes The Go-Betweens 1978–1990) is a 1990 compilation album by Australian band The Go-Betweens. 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." 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." 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." Track listing (All songs by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster) "Karen" (1978) – 4:03 (Included on vinyl edition of album only) Recorded May 1978, Brisbane. Originally released as a single "Hammer the Hammer" (1982) – 2:50 Recorded January 1982, Melbourne. Originally released as a single "Cattle and Cane" (1983) – 4:02 Recorded October 1982, Eastbourne. Originally released on Before Hollywood "Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea" (1983) – 3:26 Recorded August 1983, Sussex. Originally released as a single "Bachelor Kisses" (1984) – 3:29 Recorded July 1984, London. Originally released on Spring Hill Fair "Draining the Pool For You" (1984) – 4:16 Recorded May 1984, France. Originally released on Spring Hill Fair "Spring Rain" (1986) – 3:06 Recorded November 1985, London. Originally released on Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express "The Clarke Sisters" (1987) – 3:17 Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah "Right Here" (1987) – 3:52 Recorded December 1986, London. Originally released on Tallulah "Bye Bye Pride" (1987) – 4:03 Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" (1987) – 4:41 Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah "Streets of Your Town" (1988) – 3:34 Recorded May 1988, Sydney. Originally released on 16 Lovers Lane "Love is a Sign" (1988) – 4:13 Recorded May 1988, Sydney. Originally released on 16 Lovers Lane "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) "I Need Two Heads" (1980) – 2:33 Recorded April 1980, Scotland. Originally released as a single "When People Are Dead" (1987) – 4:29 Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released as a single B side "The Sound Of Rain" (1978) – 3:05 (Included on vinyl edition of album only) Recorded November 1978, Brisbane. Previously unreleased. "People Say" (1979) – 2:40 Recorded May 1978, Brisbane. Originally released as a single "World Weary (1981) – 1:41 Recorded April 1981, Sydney. Originally released as a single B side "Rock and Roll Friend" (1988) – 3:34 Recorded August 1988, London.