1978–1990

Infobox Album
Name = 1978-1990
Type = compilation
Artist = The Go-Betweens


Released = 1990
Recorded = 1978-1990
Genre = Alternative rock
Length =
Label = Beggars Banquet Records
Producer = John Davies, The Go-Betweens, Tony Cohen, John Brand, Richard Preston, Graig Leon, Mark Wallis, Alex Fergusson, Dale Griffin
Reviews = * Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifpxqu5ldke link]
Last album = "The Able Label Singles"
(1986)
This album = "1978-1990"
(1990)
Next album = ""
(1999)

"1978-1990" is a compilation album by Australian band The Go-Betweens that draws together music spanning the band's career from their beginnings in Brisbane to their 1989 breakup, including singles, B-sides, songs recorded for broadcast and previously unreleased material.

Track listing

(All songs by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster)

Disc one

# "Karen" (1978) – 4:06
#*Recorded May 1978, Brisbane. Originally released as a single
# "Hammer the Hammer" (1982) – 2:50
#*Recorded January 1982, Melbourne. Originally released as a single
# "Cattle and Cane" (1983) – 4:02
#*Recorded October 1982, Eastbourne. Originally released on "Before Hollywood"
# "Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea" (1983) – 3:26
#*Recorded August 1983, Sussex. Originally released as a single
# "Bachelor Kisses" (1984) – 3:29
#*Recorded July 1984, London. Originally released on "Spring Hill Fair"
# "Draining the Pool For You" (1984) – 4:16
#*Recorded May 1984, France. Originally released on "Spring Hill Fair"
# "Spring Rain" (1986) – 3:06
#*Recorded November 1985, London. Originally released on "Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express"
# "The Wrong Road" (1986) – 4:56
#*Recorded November 1985, London. Originally released on "Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express"
# "The Clarke Sisters" (1987) – 3:17
#*Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on "Tallulah"
# "Right Here" (1987) – 3:52
#*Recorded December 1986, London. Originally released on "Tallulah"
# "Bye Bye Pride" (1987) – 4:03
#*Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on "Tallulah"
# "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" (1987) – 4:41
#*Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released on "Tallulah"
# "Streets of Your Town" (1988) – 3:34
#*Recorded May 1988, Sydney. Originally released on "16 Lovers Lane"
# "Love is a Sign" (1988) – 4:13
#*Recorded May 1988, Sydney. Originally released on "16 Lovers Lane"

Disc two

# "8 Pictures" (1981) – 4:52
#*Recorded July 1981, Melbourne. Originally released on "Send Me a Lullaby"
# "I Need Two Heads" (1980) – 2:33
#*Recorded April 1980, Scotland. Originally released as a single
# "When People Are Dead" (1987) – 4:29
#*Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released as a single B side
# "The Sound of Rain" (1990) – 3:07
#*Recorded November 1978, Brisbane. Previously unreleased
# "People Say" (1979) – 2:39
#*Recorded May 1979, Brisbane. Originally released as a single
# "World Weary (1981) – 1:41
#*Recorded April 1981, Sydney. Originally released as a single B side
# "Rock and Roll Friend" (1988) – 3:34
#*Recorded August 1988, London. Originally released as a single B side
# "Dusty In Here" (1983) – 4:10
#*Recorded August 1983, Eastbourne. Originally released on "Before Hollywood"
# "A King in Mirrors" (1984) – 2:57
#*Recorded December 1983, London, for BBC Radio 1, broadcast January 1984
# "Second-Hand Furniture" (1984) – 4:13
#*Recorded October 1984, London, for John Peel Show
# "This Girl, Black Girl" (1983) – 2:31
#*Recorded August 1983, Sussex. Originally released as a single B side
# "Don't Call Me Gone" (1987) – 2:17
#*Recorded January 1987, London. Originally released as a single B side
# "Mexican Postcard" (1988) – 2:14
#*Recorded August 1988, London. Originally released as a single B side
# "You Won't Find It Again" (1988) – 3:21
#*Recorded January 1988, Sydney. Previously unreleased