Horsebreaker Star

by Grant McLennan

Horsebreaker Star cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1994
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 1:35:25
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in Athens, Georgia with producer John Keane, this ambitious double album allowed the Go-Betweens co-founder to expand his poetic, guitar-driven pop sensibilities. 'Horsebreaker Star' presents a lush synthesis of jangle pop melodies and melancholic folk rock storytelling.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, jangly, guitar-driven, storytelling, confessional, folk, acoustic, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Simone & Perry (4:09)
  2. Ice in Heaven (4:22)
  3. What Went Wrong (8:11)
  4. Race Day Rag (2:03)
  5. Don't You Cry for Me No More (3:06)
  6. Put You Down (4:46)
  7. Late Afternoon in Early August (2:47)
  8. Coming Up for Air (3:43)
  9. Ballad of Easy Rider (3:48)
  10. Open Invitation (4:53)
  11. Open My Eyes (3:22)
  12. From My Lips (2:29)
  13. Dropping You (3:16)
  14. Hot Water (3:47)
  15. Keep My Word (3:28)
  16. Do Your Own Thing (2:58)
  17. That's That (3:23)
  18. If I Was a Girl (6:01)
  19. Head Over Heels (2:47)
  20. Girl in a Beret (4:31)
  21. All Her Song (4:12)
  22. No Peace in the Palace (4:15)
  23. I'll Call You Wild (4:41)
  24. Horsebreaker Star (4:13)

Credits

  • Grant McLennan - primary artist, guitar, vibraphone, vocals
  • Steve Venz - bass
  • Joel Morris - drums
  • Andy Carlson - guitar, mandolin
  • Dwight Manning - oboe
  • Bill Holmes - organ, piano
  • Tim White - organ, piano
  • Esta Hall - backing vocals

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