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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. Here Comes A City |
| 2. Finding You |
| 3. Born To A Family |
| 4. No Reason To Cry |
| 5. Boundary Rider |
| 6. Darlinghurst Nights |
| 7. Lavender |
| 8. Statue |
| 9. This Night's For You |
| 10. Mountains Near Delray |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. People Say |
| 2. He Lives My Life |
| 3. The Wrong Road |
| 4. Bye Bye Pride |
| 5. When People Are Dead |
| 6. Streets Of Your Town |
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Album Description
This Limited Edition version includes a bonus disc, which features live tracks recorded at their 2004 Barbican concert. Recently reactivated Australian gems The Go-Betweens, perhaps the quintessential cult band of the 80s, release Oceans Apart and continue on the well-trodden trail of lush, tuneful sounds crammed with non-standard rock instrumentation. 2000 saw a much vaunted reunion of the band with the release of the acclaimed come-back album, The Friends of Rachel Worth, which featured all three members of Sleater-Kinney. Oceans Apart was produced by Mark Wallis who manned the boards on the classic 16 Lovers Lane.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you are reading this review, it is probably because you are the type of music fan that likes to look a little deeper than what the corporate world is force feeding you... and you won't be disapppointed with 'Ocean's Apart'.
This album provides exactly what's on the label - and it's all an 'Ocean Apart' from the empty rhetoric and endless bombastic whining of the 'new' rock acts like Coldplay et al.
Go Betweens have not made a bad record in a lengthy career, but some are better than others and this is up there with the best.
There is a brooding intensity about the production on this record that adds another dimension. The tunes are top class and the lyrics as intelligent, witty and poignant as ever.
Guitar rock/pop music at its best. A MUST buy.
This album provides exactly what's on the label - and it's all an 'Ocean Apart' from the empty rhetoric and endless bombastic whining of the 'new' rock acts like Coldplay et al.
Go Betweens have not made a bad record in a lengthy career, but some are better than others and this is up there with the best.
There is a brooding intensity about the production on this record that adds another dimension. The tunes are top class and the lyrics as intelligent, witty and poignant as ever.
Guitar rock/pop music at its best. A MUST buy.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
By the first verse of Here Comes A City you know something very special is happening. This is a fantastic album, the third into their comeback phase and it sees Forster and Mclennan absolutley on top of their game. What they can do with a simple tune and and haunting, spare lyrics goes way beyond the usual confines of modern pop/rock. Highlights: the above Here Comes A City (do I hear echoes of Talking Heads in there?), the beautiful Finding You, Boundary Rider, This Night's For You - I could go on. Not a duff moment in it's all too brief running time.
Bands who reform are just not supposed to sound this good, thankfully no one seems to have mentioned that to any one involved. Stands proud with a magnificent back catalogue. If your a Go-Betweens fanatic - they don't seem to attract casual fans - you'll need this, if you've just heard of them and feel like investigating what all the fuss is about this is as good a place to start as anywhere. Highly recommended
Get the bonus disc while you can, some great live tracks from the Barbican recorded last year and a video thrown in.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Go-Betweens return with their best album since their 2000 reunion. Mark Wallis, who produced their most successful album "16 Lovers Lane", makes a welcome return as producer and provides a more professional sound than on the two most recent self produced albums. The album opens with the single, Forster's "Here Comes A City", a punchy song about train travel. McLennan's songwriting has returned to the intimacy of the Tallulah era and "Finding You", "No Reason To Cry" and "The Statue" are all fabulous. The album closes with Forster's beautiful "The Mountains Near Dellray". All in all another great album from Australia's finest.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Yet another classic album from Brisbane's finest
For me one of the very best singer/songwriter duos EVER. Nothing has ever disappointed with The Go-Bs and their reforming in 2000 was the best news for me at the start of the... Read more
Published 17 months ago by eastsheenscouser
Here comes a good one !
A genuine delight from start to finish. Like other Go-betweens albums, it cleverly never outstays its welcome either. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2005
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