Goodbye Cruel World: The Best Of Custard

by Custard

Goodbye Cruel World: The Best Of Custard cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: rooArt
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 1:40:32
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A best-of for Brisbane band Custard, fronted by singer-guitarist David McCormack. Their singles, including 'Apartment' and 'Girls Like That (Don't Go for Guys Like Us)', mixed slacker-pop hooks with deliberate lyrical absurdity.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, melodic, male-vocals, accessible, punchy

Tracklist

  1. Apartment (2:23)
  2. Pack Yr Suitcases (2:15)
  3. Girls Like That (Don't Go for Guys Like Us) (3:12)
  4. Anatomically Correct (2:42)
  5. Music Is Crap (3:03)
  6. Caboolture Speed Lab (2:10)
  7. Alone (2:46)
  8. Ringo (I Feel Like) (2:46)
  9. Pinball Lez (2:22)
  10. If Yr Famous And You Know It Sack Yr Band (2:38)
  11. Singlette (3:08)
  12. Sunset Strip (2:22)
  13. Leisuremaster (2:51)
  14. Bedford (2:21)
  15. Rockfish Anna (2:04)
  16. Lucky Star (2:32)
  17. Nice Bird (3:07)
  18. The Wahooti Fandango (3:02)
  19. The New Matthew (3:05)
  20. Hit Song (2:22)
  21. Apartment (Machine Gun Fellatio Remix) (4:19)
  22. Sarsparilla (1:49)
  23. Short Pop Song (1:14)
  24. Satellite (1:51)
  25. Flannellette (1:34)
  26. Cool World (3:28)
  27. Hallelujah (4:58)
  28. Spanglebug (3:58)
  29. I Didn't Know I Loved You Until I Saw You Rock 'n' Roll (2:48)
  30. Hootin' Tootin' Carman (1:57)
  31. Lucky Star (Live In Berlin) (7:02)
  32. Nice Bird (Demo Version - Original And The Best) (1:35)
  33. Hosef Malone (Acoustical - Demo Version) (1:49)
  34. Mimi (3:27)
  35. Fantastika (2:47)
  36. Piece Of Shit (Demo Version) (2:45)

Credits

  • Custard - primary artist, written-by
  • Danny Plant - drums, written-by
  • Glenn Thompson - written-by, drums
  • Andrew Lancaster - keyboards [vibes magic]
  • Paul Thomas - pedal steel guitar [wizardry]
  • John Lowery - drums [drum magic]
  • Magoo - producer, engineer, producer, recorded by
  • Dave McCormack - liner notes ["goodbye cruel world" (or spring hill to marrickville in 10 years)], written-by, producer
  • Tom Doty - engineer, mixed by
  • Matthew Strong - written-by, producer
  • Paul Medew - written-by, producer
  • Braddon Gilbert - recorded by, mixed by
  • Jeff Lovejoy - recorded by, mixed by
  • Joe Malone - recorded by, mixed by
  • David Anderson - photography by
  • Peter Fischmann - photography by
  • Trey Harrison - photography by
  • Craig Morrison - photography by [back]
  • Greg Thompson - photography by [front cover pic]
  • Eric Drew Feldman - producer
  • Brent Clark - mixed by
  • Simon Holmes - producer
  • Wayne Connolly - producer
  • Dylan McCormack - written-by
  • Trevor Ludlow - written-by
  • Robert Moore - producer
  • Cameron McCauley - recorded by
  • Ross Wilson - written-by
  • John Phillips - producer
  • Simon Austin - producer
  • Leonard Cohen - written-by
  • Dylan Hughes - recorded by
  • Greg Wales - recorded by

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