Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express

Infobox Album | Name = Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
Type = Album
Artist = The Go-Betweens


Released = 1986
Recorded = London, England
Genre = Rock/Alternative rock/Indie rock
Length = 36:53
Label = Beggars Banquet Records then LO-MAX Records
Producer = Richard Preston
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5959kezt7q7c link] |Last album = Spring Hill Fair (1984)
This album = Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express (1986)
Next album = Tallulah (1987)
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"Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express", the fourth album by The Go-Betweens, was released in 1986 in the UK on Beggars Banquet Records, the record label that would release the remainder of the original group's LPs through their breakup in 1989. The album was recorded at Berry Street Studios in London, England. The original release consisted of ten songs. In 2004, LO-MAX Records released an expanded CD which included a second disc of eleven bonus tracks and music videos for the songs, "Spring Rain" and "Head Full Of Steam (Single Version)".Mueller, Andrew, from the liner notes for the 2004 LO-MAX Compact Disc reissue of "Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express". All track listing/production history/song writing credit information in this article is taken from these liner notes.]

Track listing

#"Spring Rain" – 3:10
#"The Ghost and the Black Hat" – 2:36
#"The Wrong Road" – 4:57
#"To Reach Me" – 3:37
#"Twin Layers of Lightning" – 4:25
#"In the Core of the Flame" – 2:57
#"Head Full of Steam" – 3:36
#"Bow Down" – 3:47
#"Palm Sunday (On Board the SS Within)" – 3:19
#"Apology Accepted" – 4:25
#"Spring Rain" (Video on 2004 Expanded CD)
#"Head Full Of Steam" (single version) (Video on 2004 Expanded CD)

All songs written by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster.

Bonus Tracks on 2004 CD Reissue Disc 2:
# Life at Hand – 3:34
# Don't Let Him Come Back [New Version] – 2:39
# Apology Accepted [Radio Session] – 3:48
# I Work in a Health Spa – 3:42
# Bow Down [Early Version] – 4:09
# Casanova's Last Words – 2:39
# Head Full of Steam [Single Version] – 3:38
# Little Joe – 3:28
# Wrong Road [Early Version] – 3:18
# Reunion Dinner – 4:49
# I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door – 1:53

All songs written by McLennan and Forster, except for Track 11, written by Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wayne.

Personnel

The Go-Betweens consisted of:

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

with:

*Dean B. Speedwell - organ, piano, accordion, vibes, bassoon
*Audrey Riley - cello, string arrangements
*Chris Tomlin - 1st violin
*Sally Herbert - 2nd violin
*Sue Dench - viola
*Tracey Thorn - backing vocals on "Head Full of Steam" and "Apology Accepted"
*Richard Preston - loops, treatments on "Reunion Dinner"

References