Send Me a Lullaby

Send Me a Lullaby
Studio album by The Go-Betweens
Released November 1981 (AUS)
February 1982 (UK)
2002
Recorded July 1981
Melbourne, Australia
Genre Rock, alternative rock, indie rock
Length 35:37
Label Missing Link (AUS)
Rough Trade Records (UK)
Circus
Producer The Go-Betweens and Tony Cohen
The Go-Betweens chronology

Send Me a Lullaby
(1982)		 Before Hollywood
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Send Me a Lullaby was The Go-Betweens' debut album. It was released in November 1981 in Australia on Missing Link as an eight-track mini-album. It was subsequently released in the UK on Rough Trade Records, an independent music record label (Missing Link's UK distributors) in February 1982, as a 12 track album.[2]

Details

The album was recorded at the Richmond Recorders studio in Melbourne in July 1981. The album was engineered and produced by Tony Cohen (The Birthday Party), together with The Go-Betweens.

In 2002, Circus Records released an expanded CD which included a second disc of twelve bonus tracks of songs recorded by The Go-Betweens around the same time as the album together with a music video for the song, "Your Turn, My Turn".

Reception

Reviewed in Australian Rolling Stone at the time of release, it was described as reflecting, "the progression from folky naivety of the early songs to a more involved, complex set of emotions, though understatement is still a key feature." The reviewer notes it is an album with, "no, or at least very few, overdubs," and says, "the band have produced a fresh, uncluttered sound that has a live presence to it." The review concludes by saying, "everything's come together just fine."[3]

Track listing

Send Me a Lullaby (original Australian issue)
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "One Thing Can Hold Us"  Grant McLennan 3:17
2. "People Know" (vocals by Lindy Morrison)Robert Forster 2:11
3. "Midnight to Neon"  Robert Forster, Grant McLennan 2:31
4. "Careless" (lead guitar – Grant McLennan)Robert Forster 2:34
5. "All About Strength" (lead guitar – Grant McLennan)Grant McLennan 2:12
6. "Ride"  Robert Forster 3:30
7. "Hold Your Horses"  Grant McLennan 2:14
8. "It Could Be Anyone" (lead guitar – Grant McLennan)Grant McLennan 4:30
Send Me a Lullaby (UK issue)
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Your Turn, My Turn"  Grant McLennan 3:03
2. "One Thing Can Hold Us"  Grant McLennan 3:17
3. "People Know" (vocals by Lindy Morrison)Robert Forster 2:11
4. "The Girls Have Moved"  Robert Forster 2:36
5. "Midnight to Neon"  Robert Forster 2:31
6. "Eight Pictures"  Robert Forster 4:52
7. "Careless" (lead guitar – Grant McLennan)Robert Forster 2:34
8. "All About Strength" (lead guitar – Grant McLennan)Grant McLennan 2:12
9. "Ride"  Robert Forster 3:30
10. "Hold Your Horses"  Grant McLennan 2:14
11. "Arrow in a Bow"  Robert Forster 2:00
12. "It Could Be Anyone" (lead guitar – Grant McLennan)Grant McLennan 4:30
Send Me a Lullaby (2002 re-issue) Bonus Disc
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Sunday Night"  Robert Forster 2:50
2. "One Word"  Grant McLennan 2:02
3. "I Need Two Heads"  Robert Forster 2:34
4. "The Clowns Are in Town"  Robert Forster 2:14
5. "Serenade Sound"  Grant McLennan 2:23
6. "Hope"  Robert Forster 2:04
7. "Stop Before You Say It"  Robert Forster 1:42
8. "World Weary"  Robert Forster 1:41
9. "Distant Hands"  Fobert Forster 2:01
10. "Undo What You Did"  Fobert Forster 4:05
11. "Cracked Wheat"  Robert Forster 3:54
12. "After the Fireworks"  Robert Forster, Grant McLennan, Nick Cave, Lindy Morrison 6:59
13. "Your Turn, My Turn" (Video)  4:29

Personnel

The Go-Betweens

Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Go-Betweens' discography at http://www.go-betweens.org.uk/discography/1982sendmealullaby/1982sendmealullaby.htm
  3. ↑ Toby Creswell. "Records". Australian Rolling Stone (North Sydney, NSW: Silvertongues Pty Ltd) (17 June 1982): pp.14–18.