Spring Hill Fair
by The Go-Betweens
- Type: Album
- Released: September 1984
- Label: Sire
- Country: Australia
- Length: 40:29
- Community rating: 3.67/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Denis Gautier, Graeme Pleeth, Lindy Morrison, Robert Forster, Marc Fontana, Grant McLennan, Robert Vickers, Ana Da Silva
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Go-Betweens relocated to London to record this highly polished, deeply melancholic refinement of their jangle-pop sound. Robert Forster and Grant McLennan deliver incredibly articulate, romantic narratives over warm, bittersweet post-punk arrangements, marking a confident maturation in their songwriting.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, guitar-driven, jangly, vocal, storytelling
Tracklist
- Bachelor Kisses (3:33)
- Five Words (4:05)
- The Old Way Out (3:41)
- You've Never Lived (3:55)
- Pt. Company (4:53)
- Slow Slow Music (3:05)
- Draining the Pool for You (4:16)
- River of Money (5:10)
- Unkind and Unwise (3:05)
- Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea (4:41)
Credits
- The Go-Betweens - primary artist, design [cover design]
- Ana Da Silva - backing vocals
- Robert Vickers - bass
- Lindy Morrison - drums
- Jacques Hermet - engineer
- Grant McLennan - guitar, vocals, written-by, lyrics by [lyric]
- Robert Forster - guitar, vocals, written-by, lyrics by [lyric]
- Graeme Pleeth - keyboards, arranged by [brass & string arrangements]
- Tony Taurins - lacquer cut by [runout etching 未]
- Martyn Lambert - layout
- Sheila Rock - photography by [cover photo]
- John Brand - producer, engineer
- Marc Fontana - saxophone
- Denis Gautier - trumpet
- Bob Andrews - producer
- Colin Fairley - producer, engineer
- Jacques Loussier - synthesizer [prophet]