16 Lovers Lane

Infobox Album |
Name = 16 Lovers Lane
Type = Album
Artist = The Go-Betweens


Released = August, 1988
Recorded = Sydney, Australia May, 1988
Genre = Rock/Alternative rock/Indie rock| Length = 37:04
Label = Beggars Banquet Records LO-MAX Records (2004 re-issue)
Producer = Mark Wallis and The Go-Betweens
Reviews =
*Allmusic:rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5959kect7q7c~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegobetweens/albums/album/90247/review/5943988/16_lovers_lane link]
Last album ="Tallulah" (1987)
This album =16 Lovers Lane (1988)
Next album ="The Friends of Rachel Worth" (2000)

"16 Lovers Lane" was the sixth album by Australian indie pop group The Go-Betweens, released in 1988 by Beggars Banquet Records. Prior to the recording of the album, longtime bassist Robert Vickers left the band when the other group members decided to return to Australia after having spent several years in London, England; he was replaced by John Willsteed. The album was recorded at Studios 301 in Sydney, Australia, between Christmas 1987 and Spring 1988.

"16 Lovers Lane" was the final release from the original version of the band. The Go-Betweens broke up in 1989 and would produce no other material until Grant McLennan and Robert Forster reformed the band, with a completely different lineup of personnel, in 2000.

The original release of the album contained ten songs, most of them written about Amanda. [cite episode
title = The Go-Betweens (16 Lovers Lane)
episodelink =
series = Great Australian Albums
serieslink =
airdate = 2008-09-06
season = 2
number = 1 ] In 2004, LO-MAX Records issued a greatly expanded CD which included a second disc of ten bonus tracks and music videos for the songs "Streets of Your Town" (two versions) and "Was There Anything I Could Do?" which were filmed to promote "16 Lovers Lane" at the time of its initial release.

Track listing

Original release

#"Love Goes On!" – 3:19
#"Quiet Heart" – 5:20
#"Love is a Sign" – 4:12
#"You Can't Say No Forever" – 3:57
#"The Devil's Eye" – 2:05
#"Streets of Your Town" – 3:36
#"Clouds" – 4:02
#"Was There Anything I Could Do?" – 3:06
#"I'm All Right" – 3:10
#"Dive for Your Memory" – 4:17

#"Streets of Your Town" (Australian Video on 2004 Expanded CD)
#"Streets of Your Town" (US/UK Video on 2004 Expanded CD)
#"Was There Anything I Could Do?" (Video on 2004 Expanded CD)

All songs written by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster.

Bonus Tracks on 2004 CD Reissue (Disc 2)

#"Love Goes On!" [Single Version] – 3:18 (re-mixed by Tom Visconti at Good Earth Studios, London in May, 1988)
#"Wait Until June" – 3:03 (recorded at Electric Avenue Studios Sydney in 1988)
#"Mexican Postcard" – 2:13 (recorded at Bloomsbury London in August, 1988)
#"Rock And Roll Friend" – 3:34 (recorded at Bloomsbury London in August, 1988)
#"Casanova's Last Words" – 2:38 (recorded at Electric Avenue Studios Sydney) in 1988)
#"You Won't Find It Again" – 3:21 (recorded at Trackdown Studios, (Sydney) on January 14, 1988)
#"Running The Risk Of Losing You" (live) – 3:06 (recorded at Max's Petersham Inn, (Sydney) on December 15, 1989)
#"Apples In Bed" – 2:37 (recorded at Damian Gerrard Studios, Ultimo in April, 1988)
#"Head Over Heels" – 2:27 (recorded at Damian Gerrard Studios, Ultimo] in April, 1988)
#"You're A Big Girl Now" – 3:41 (recorded at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California on November 11, 1988)

All songs written by McLennan and Forster, except "You're A Big Girl Now", written by Bob Dylan.

Personnel

The Go-Betweens

*Amanda Brown - violin, oboe, guitar, vocals
*Robert Forster - vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
*Grant McLennan - vocals, lead guitar
*Lindy Morrison - drums
*John Willsteed - bass guitar, guitar, Hammond organ, piano

Additional musicians

*Michael Armiger - bass on "Running the Risk of Losing You"

References