Before Hollywood

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Before Hollywood
Before Hollywood cover
Studio album by The Go-Betweens
Released 1983
Recorded Eastbourne, England
Genre Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Length 39:00
Label Rough Trade Records later Circus
Producer John Brand
Professional reviews
The Go-Betweens chronology
Send Me a Lullaby (1982) Before Hollywood
(1983)		 Spring Hill Fair
(1984)

Before Hollywood was released in May of 1983 in the UK on Rough Trade Records, an independent music label. It was The Go-Betweens' second album. The LP was recorded at I.C.C. Studios in Eastbourne, England. The original release consisted of ten tracks, including what is arguably the band's best-known song, "Cattle and Cane".[1] In 2001, that song was voted as one of the 30 all-time best Australian songs in a poll of 100 music industry personalities conducted by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[2] In 2002, Circus Records released an expanded CD which included a second disc of eight bonus tracks and a music video for "Cattle and Cane".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "A Bad Debt Follows You" – 2:24
  2. "Two Steps, Step Out" – 3:28
  3. "Before Hollywood" – 3:44
  4. "Dusty in Here" – 4:09
  5. "Ask" – 5:14
  6. "Cattle and Can" – 4:20
  7. "By Chance" – 2:20
  8. "As Long As That" – 5:25
  9. "On My Block" – 3:49
  10. "That Way" – 4:07

All songs written by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster. Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, and 10 lyrics by McLennan; Tracks 3, 5, 7, and 9 lyrics by Forster; Track 8 lyrics by Forster/McLennan.

Bonus Tracks on 2002 CD Reissue Disc 2:

  1. "Hammer the Hammer" – 2:49
  2. "Heaven Says" – 4:06
  3. "Just a King in Mirrors" – 2:57
  4. "A Peaceful Wreck" – 2:31
  5. "Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea" – 3:24
  6. "Near the Chimney" – 3:39
  7. "This Girl, Black Girl" – 3:32
  8. "The Exception of Deception" – 1:49
  9. "Cattle and Cane" (Video)

All songs written by McLennan and Forster. All lyrics by McLennan except Track 5, lyrics by Forster.

[edit] Personnel

The Go-Betweens consisted of:

with Bernard Clarke - organ, piano

Additional personnel on bonus tracks "Man o'Sand to Girl o'Sea" and "This Girl, Black Girl":

  • Robert Vickers - bass guitar

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wolk, Douglas. After Hollywood. Seattle Weekly. Retrieved on 2006-05-08.
  2. ^ Australia's Ultimate Songs. Digital Viewers Daily dvd.net.au. Retrieved on 2006-05-08.