Send Me a Lullaby

Infobox Album | Name = Send Me a Lullaby
Type = Album
Artist = The Go-Betweens


Released = 1982
Recorded = Melbourne, Australia
Genre = Rock/Alternative rock/Indie rock
Length = 35:37
Label = Missing Link and Rough Trade Records then Circus
Producer = The Go-Betweens and Tony Cohen
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This album = Send Me a Lullaby (1982)
Next album = Before Hollywood (1983)
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"Send Me a Lullaby" was released in February 1982 [Several sources (Spin, Trouser) give 1981 as the year for this album; presumably it was recorded in 1981, then licensed to Rough Trade UK for 1982.] in Australia on Missing Link and subsequently in the UK on Rough Trade Records, an independent music record label. It was The Go-Betweens' debut album. The LP was recorded at the Richmond Recorders studio in Melbourne, Australia. The original release consisted of eight songs on the Australian vinyl edition and twelve songs on the UK edition. [Go-Betweens' discography at http://www.go-betweens.org.uk/discography/1982sendmealullaby/1982sendmealullaby.htm] In 2002, Circus Records released an expanded CD which included a second disc of twelve bonus tracks and a music video for the song, "Your Turn, My Turn".

Track listing

The original Australian issue on Missing Link Records:
# "One Thing Can Hold Us" – 3:17
# "People Know" – 2:11
# "Midnight to Neon" – 2:31
# "Careless" – 2:34
# "All About Strength" – 2:12
# "Ride" – 3:30
# "Hold Your Horses" – 2:14
# "It Could Be Anyone" – 4:30

The tracklisting of the UK issue:
# "Your Turn, My Turn" – 3:03
# "One Thing Can Hold Us" – 3:17
# "People Know" – 2:11
# "The Girls Have Move" – 2:36
# "Midnight to Neon" – 2:31
# "Eight Pictures" – 4:52
# "Careless" – 2:34
# "All About Strength" – 2:12
# "Ride" – 3:30
# "Hold Your Horses" – 2:14
# "Arrow in a Bow" – 2:00
# "It Could Be Anyone" – 4:30

All songs written by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster. Tracks 1, 2, 8, 10, 12 (UK issue) lyrics by McLennan; all others by Forster.

Bonus Tracks on 2002 CD Reissue Disc 2:
# "Sunday Night" – 2:50
# "One Word" – 2:02
# "I Need Two Heads" – 2:34
# "The Clowns Are in Town" – 2:14
# "Serenade Sound" – 2:23
# "Hope" – 2:04
# "Stop Before You Say It" – 2:58
# "World Weary" – 1:42
# "Distant Hands" – 2:01
# "Undo What You Did" – 4:05
# "Cracked Wheat" – 3:54
# "After the Fireworks" – 6:59
# "Your Turn, My Turn" (Video) – 4:29

Tracks 1 - 11 written by McLennan and Forster. Tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11 lyrics by Forster; Tracks 2, 5, 9 lyrics by McLennan; Track 6 lyrics by Forster/McLennan; Track 12 written by Forster/McLennan/Nick Cave/Lindy Morrison

Personnel

The Go-Betweens consisted of:

*Robert Forster - vocals, rhythm guitar
*Grant McLennan - vocals, bass guitar, lead guitar
*Lindy Morrison - drums, vocals

Additional personnel:
*James Freud - saxophone

Additional personnel on bonus tracks:
*"After the Fireworks": Nick Cave (vocals), Mick Harvey (piano), and Roland Howard (guitar)
*"I Know What You Did" and "Stop Before You Say It": Steven Daly (drums)

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