THE GO-BETWEENS Oceans Apart LP TUITION 2005 EU orig+inner TIN 0020 1 RARE
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THIS IS THE EUROPEAN ORIGINAL PRESSING on TUITION label. STILL IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE. The cover is in EX condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration but slightly discolouration/wear on right corners (where missing shrink), left spine is fully readable; INNER in VG(+) condition, normal wear but (due to heavy vinyl) with 5cm split on bottom; please for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX/NM condition (few light clicks, barely played). RARE ALBUM.
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THE GO-BETWEENS
Critically acclaimed Australian indie band whose literate pop songs and sparkling guitars evoked influences from Bob Dylan to the Velvet Underground. The Go-Betweens were perhaps the quintessential cult band of the '80s: they came from an exotic locale (Brisbane, Australia), moved to a major recording center (in their case, London) in a sustained bid to make a career out of music, released album after album of music seemingly tailor-made for the radio in spite of their having little use for contemporary Top 40 musical/lyrical formulas, and earned considerable critical praise and a small but fervent international fan base. Although the Go-Betweens were absent throughout the '90s before re-forming in the new millennium, both of the band's songwriters embarked on respectable solo careers in the interim and, while rarely reaching the heights the Go-Betweens scaled, they still managed to uphold the group's legacy.
2005 LP TUITION RECORDS TIN 0020 1
MADE IN GERMANY for EUROPEAN MARKET ORIGINAL PRESSING
IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode: 7 50447 00201 2
Label Code: LC13844
LABEL: TUITION - BLACK LABEL - WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: TIN 0020 1
Catalog on labels: TIN 0020 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped/Etched): -11604- TIN-00201 A DMM 1 [not legible]
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped/Etched): -11604- TIN-00201 B DMM 1 [not legible]
On labels: rim text "All Rights.......Prohibited"
GEMA ℗ & © 2005 tuition, a division of Schott Music & Media GmbH........Made in Germany
On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits
℗ + © 2005 tuition, a division of SCHOTT MUSIC & MEDIA GmbH, Mainz, Germany......Made in Germany
tracklisting: please, for tracklist see picturesgrading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Though it's been two years since Bright Yellow Bright Orange, Oceans Apart is further proof that the Go-Betweens are still a going concern. It is their third recording since reuniting after a 12-year hiatus. The lineup is the same as the last time out: Songwriters and frontmen Robert Forster and Grant McLennan are joined once more by drummer Glenn Thompson, and bassist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist Adele Pickvance. In addition, there is a small wind and brass section on some tracks, and, for a change, no strings. The band dug into its past for this one, bringing in producer Mark Wallis, who helmed the sessions for the classic 16 Lovers Lane in 1988. Oceans Apart sounds very little like its aforementioned predecessor, but that's hardly a problem. Wallis understands the band's subtleties and the textures they like to evoke better than anyone else they've ever worked with. His production is more assertive, but hardly excessive. In fact, he lends the added dimension (he loves keyboards and electronic percussions) the band's records have lacked since their comeback. The set opens with "Here Comes a City," a literary rocker by Forster. Its shimmering, chunka-chunka riff and Forster's vocals feel like a refined, musical nod to the Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." It's also paranoid, clamoring for an edge it doesn't quite get to, and careens along to an uncertain yet quite arresting end. Things become a bit more characteristic on McLennan's beautiful "Finding You," with its lilting guitars, spare, clean lines, and poetic, emotional lyrics that can open veins with the fine slash of their honesty. The dreamy, pillowy "No Reason to Cry" is among the more elegant songs McLennan has ever composed. Its soulful vocal, chorus, and the way Wallis layers keyboards, vocals, and Forster's distorted lead lines give the lyrics great weight and depth. It's a truly wonderful pop song. The poetry in "Darlinghurst Nights" is some of Forster's more poignant, moving through reverie, grief, and loss. The weave of acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, drums, and percussion surrounds his voice, pushing it out in front just enough to let his words move toward the listener with enough force to draw her in. In contrast, his "Lavender" touches country music but never goes there. Loops, keyboards, and washes of guitars carry the tune somewhere else as a clarinet wafts in from the margin. Once more, its reverie is in his lyric, with a hint of the previous, as it meets the solitary present, and it's gorgeous. The electronic beats in "The Statue" are a bit jarring until the watery, warm, and luscious keyboards slip underneath subtly, only to be buoyed by a ringing lead-guitar line and McLennan's vocal speaking his desire without flinching. Forster's brief, elegiac "Mountains Near Dellray" closes the set with another sense of place, very different from his opener's. The mood is pastoral as the guitars wind and slip over one another. With its imagination, startling creativity, and sheer pop soul, Oceans Apart is the first great Go-Betweens' record of the 21st century...(AllMusic)price rating
