The "best" of The G-B's solo work, together at last! I say "best" because it doesn't have Simone & Perry on it! Good stuff, through, and an infinite times better than the rubbish Oz indie G-B's tribute cover album.
Now it's over to you!
― King Boy Pato, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 12:24 (eighteen years ago)
I have most of those solo LP's (all of Robert's, most of Grant's) but I'll probably still pick this up for the liner notes and photos...if it's on sale, that is...
― henry s, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:03 (eighteen years ago)
My review was just published today. It looks great, and most of the songs are outstanding, but the format is a real bother.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:21 (eighteen years ago)
where's your review? still on the fence with this one ... like henry s I've got most of the albums, but i am also a sucker for packaging, etc.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)
I'm waiting for this to arrive, slurp slurp.
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 16:47 (eighteen years ago)
Here.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 16:48 (eighteen years ago)
C plus?! Oh no, it can't be!
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 17:01 (eighteen years ago)
I don't give the grades. I'd have awarded the package a B: they sounded so dull in this format.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 17:03 (eighteen years ago)
would you have rather they mixed the forster/mclennan tracks together to creat a fake 90s Go-Betweens album? I tried doing this once but never finished it -- i think that the widely varying production values made it a little difficult in terms of flow.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 17:10 (eighteen years ago)
That's what I've done! When I acquired their albums cheaply a few years ago I burned a decent 65-minute comp. Nothing from Forster's cover album or McLennan's Fireboy though.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 17:20 (eighteen years ago)
what was the tracklisting? I think I actually was trying to do one that mirrored the Go-Betweens records, ie 5 songs from Forster, five from McLennan. But it was so long ago I can't remember how far I got. Also, I prefer "Danger In The Past" so much more over everything else ... so it was tough.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 17:32 (eighteen years ago)
that's my favorite Forster joint too.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 17:33 (eighteen years ago)
Revealing interview. Best bit:
How many songs have you written for a new album? There are about eight songs in total. I was never as prolific as Grant. Some of the songs I'm making are the final ones Grant wrote before he died. One is called Let Your Light In, Babe.
How hard is it to finish making songs based on Grant's final demos?
Surprisingly easy. There are a couple I can't sing because my voice isn't right - one in particular is perfect for somebody - we'll try to get that done.
Grant never recorded song ideas on PCs. Like me, he'd do proper acoustic demos. I've got those, without lyrics - from his lyric book, he only had titles for them. But his melodies are so strong, ideas quickly suggest themselves.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 03:41 (eighteen years ago)
Revisiting this, I was surprised by "121" and "I Can Do" all over again.
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 September 2010 23:36 (fifteen years ago)