I Had a New York Girlfriend

by Robert Forster

I Had a New York Girlfriend cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 August 1994
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 39:06
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The second solo outing from the former Go-Betweens co-founder is entirely composed of cover songs. Robert Forster reinterprets an eclectic range of artists鈥攆rom Bob Dylan to Heart鈥攖hrough his own distinctively warm, acoustic-driven pop rock and singer-songwriter lens.

Genres

Descriptors: cover, covers, jangly, literate, acoustic, male-vocals, melodic, personal

Tracklist

  1. Nature's Way (2:27)
  2. Broken Hearted People (3:48)
  3. Echo Beach (2:55)
  4. Tell Me That It Isn't True (2:37)
  5. 2541 (3:46)
  6. Anytime (3:56)
  7. Locked Away (3:28)
  8. Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow (2:50)
  9. Alone (3:13)
  10. Bird (4:58)
  11. Frisco Depot (2:38)
  12. 3 AM (2:30)

Credits

  • Susie Ahern - backing vocals
  • Mick Harvey - bass, guitar [vibrato guitar], bass, bass, backing vocals
  • Clare Moore - drums, backing vocals, drums, vocals, drums, handclaps
  • Conway Savage - piano, piano, vocals, organ, piano, electric piano [fender rhodes], handclaps, organ [hammond]
  • Randy California - written-by
  • Charlie Owen - guitar, dobro
  • Evil Graham Lee - pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Guy Clark - written-by

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