1978-1990

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1978-1990
1978-1990 cover
Compilation album by The Go-Betweens
Released 1990
Recorded 1978-1990
Genre Alternative rock
Label Beggars Banquet Records
Producer John Davies, The Go-Betweens, Tony Cohen, John Brand, Richard Preston, Graig Leon, Mark Wallis, Alex Fergusson, Dale Griffin
Professional reviews
The Go-Betweens chronology
The Able Label Singles
(1986)		 1978-1990
(1990)		 Bellavista Terrace: Best of the Go-Betweens
(1999)

1978-1990 is a compilation album by Australian band The Go-Betweens that 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.

[edit] Track listing

(All songs by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster)

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Karen" (1978) – 4:06
    • Recorded May 1978, Brisbane. Originally released as a single
  2. "Hammer the Hammer" (1982) – 2:50
    • Recorded January 1982, Melbourne. Originally released as a single
  3. "Cattle and Cane" (1983) – 4:02
  4. "Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea" (1983) – 3:26
    • Recorded August 1983, Sussex. Originally released as a single
  5. "Bachelor Kisses" (1984) – 3:29
  6. "Draining the Pool For You" (1984) – 4:16
  7. "Spring Rain" (1986) – 3:06
  8. "The Wrong Road" (1986) – 4:56
  9. "The Clarke Sisters" (1987) – 3:17
    • Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah
  10. "Right Here" (1987) – 3:52
    • Recorded December 1986, London. Originally released on Tallulah
  11. "Bye Bye Pride" (1987) – 4:03
    • Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah
  12. "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" (1987) – 4:41
    • Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on Tallulah
  13. "Streets of Your Town" (1988) – 3:34
  14. "Love is a Sign" (1988) – 4:13

[edit] Disc two

  1. "8 Pictures" (1981) – 4:52
  2. "I Need Two Heads" (1980) – 2:33
    • Recorded April 1980, Scotland. Originally released as a single
  3. "When People Are Dead" (1987) – 4:29
    • Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released as a single B side
  4. "The Sound of Rain" (1990) – 3:07
    • Recorded November 1978, Brisbane. Previously unreleased
  5. "People Say" (1979) – 2:39
    • Recorded May 1979, Brisbane. Originally released as a single
  6. "World Weary (1981) – 1:41
    • Recorded April 1981, Sydney. Originally released as a single B side
  7. "Rock and Roll Friend" (1988) – 3:34
    • Recorded August 1988, London. Originally released as a single B side
  8. "Dusty In Here" (1983) – 4:10
  9. "A King in Mirrors" (1984) – 2:57
    • Recorded December 1983, London, for BBC Radio 1, broadcast January 1984
  10. "Second-Hand Furniture" (1984) – 4:13
    • Recorded October 1984, London, for John Peel Show
  11. "This Girl, Black Girl" (1983) – 2:31
    • Recorded August 1983, Sussex. Originally released as a single B side
  12. "Don't Call Me Gone" (1987) – 2:17
    • Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released as a single B side
  13. "Mexican Postcard" (1988) – 2:14
    • Recorded August 1988, London. Originally released as a single B side
  14. "You Won't Find It Again" (1988) – 3:21
    • Recorded January 1988, Sydney. Previously unreleased
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