Before Hollywood was released in May 1983 in the UK on Rough Trade Records, an independent music label. It was The Go-Betweens' second album. The LP was recorded at I.C.C. Studios in Eastbourne, England. The original release consisted of ten tracks, including what is arguably the band's best-known song, "Cattle and Cane". In 2001, that song was voted as one of the 30 all-time best Australian songs in a poll of 100 music industry personalities con...
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Before Hollywood was released in May 1983 in the UK on Rough Trade Records, an independent music label. It was The Go-Betweens' second album. The LP was recorded at I.C.C. Studios in Eastbourne, England. The original release consisted of ten tracks, including what is arguably the band's best-known song, "Cattle and Cane". In 2001, that song was voted as one of the 30 all-time best Australian songs in a poll of 100 music industry personalities conducted by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). In 2002, Circus Records released an expanded CD which included a second disc of eight bonus tracks and a music video for "Cattle and Cane".
All songs written by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster. Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, and 10 lyrics by McLennan; Tracks 3, 5, 7, and 9 lyrics by Forster; Track 8 lyrics by Forster/McLennan.
Bonus Tracks on 2002 CD Reissue Disc 2:
All songs written by McLennan and Forster. All lyrics by McLennan except Track 5, lyrics by Forster.
The Go-Betweens consisted...
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