The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane (CD)
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Brisbane's Go-Betweens spent the 1980s as one of indie rock's great underrated acts, beloved by critics and fellow musicians even as commercial success stayed just out of reach. Released in 1988, 16 Lovers Lane found Robert Forster and Grant McLennan writing in full creative partnership, each bringing distinct songwriting voices that had sharpened over a decade of collaboration. It remains essential listening for anyone who traces the lineage from the Velvet Underground through post-punk to the jangly, literate songwriting that followed.
This was the Go-Betweens sixth album, and Record Collector noted that it's ""almost universally acknowledged as The Go-Betweens finest hour"" - and it's been referred to as ""the indie Rumours"". The ten beautiful songs on this album are all love songs and it's been called a piece of ""romantic artistry"". Legendary music critic Robert Christgau called it ""the straightest and catchiest bunch of love songs they've ever produced"" and the album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Forster described the album as, ""the perfect combination between London melancholy and Sydney sunshine.""
Tracklist:
- Love Goes on!
- Quiet Heart
- Love Is a Sign
- You Can't Say No Forever
- The Devil's Eye
- Streets of Your Town
- Clouds
- Was There Anything I Could Do?
- I'm All Right
- Dive for Your Memory
UPC: 607618217020
Label: Beggars Banquet Us
Release Date: 9.25.26
Format: CD