Bellavista Terrace: Best of The Go-Betweens

by The Go-Betweens

Bellavista Terrace: Best of The Go-Betweens cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 18 May 1999
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 58:31
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Robert Forster, Bernie Clarke, Sue Dench, Ana Da Silva, Grant McLennan, Robert Vickers, Tracey Thorn, John Willsteed, Dean Speedwell, Amanda Brown, Audrey Riley, Lindy Morrison

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Bellavista Terrace' compiles the best of The Go-Betweens, the Brisbane band of Robert Forster and Grant McLennan. The collection surveys their jangle pop catalogue of the 1980s, from their early post-punk singles to the polished pop of '16 Lovers Lane'.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, lo-fi, guitars, atmospheric, live

Tracklist

  1. Was There Anything I Could Do? (3:08)
  2. Head Full Of Steam (Remix) (3:40)
  3. That Way (4:08)
  4. Part Company (4:52)
  5. Cattle And Cane (4:18)
  6. Draining The Pool For You (4:19)
  7. The Wrong Road (4:54)
  8. Bye Bye Pride (4:06)
  9. Man O'Sand To Girl O'Sea (Original Single Version) (3:27)
  10. The House That Jack Kerouac Built (4:41)
  11. Bachelor Kisses (3:32)
  12. Streets Of Your Town (3:38)
  13. Spring Rain (3:07)
  14. Dive For Your Memory (4:13)
  15. Lee Remick (2:28)

Credits

  • Amanda Brown - backing vocals, violin, oboe
  • Grant McLennan - backing vocals, bass, vocals [uncredited], guitar, lead vocals, songwriter
  • John Willsteed - bass, guitar [lead]
  • Dennis Cantwell - drums [uncredited]
  • Dean Speedwell - keyboards, organ
  • Audrey Riley - cello, arranged by [strings]
  • Chris Tombling - violin [first]
  • Sally Herbert - violin [second]

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