Quiet Heart: The Best of the Go-Betweens
Compilation album by
The Go-Betweens
Released27 August 2012 (2012-08-27)
GenreAlternative rock
LabelEMI
The Go-Betweens chronology
Oceans Apart
(2006) 		Quiet Heart: The Best of the Go-Betweens
(2012)

Quiet Heart: The Best of the Go-Betweens is a compilation album by Australian alternative rock band, the Go-Betweens. It peaked at No. 51 on the ARIA Albums, No. 48 on the ARIA Physical Albums, and No. 15 on the ARIA Australian Artists Albums charts.[1] Ian Wallace of Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) described how, "[it] is the first collection that spans the band's entire recorded output... A second disc features a live recording from 1987."[1]

The tracks were selected by original band members Robert Forster, Lindy Morrison, Robert Vickers and Amanda Brown[2] after a "long and arduous process."[3] Unlike previous compilations, the tracks covered their entire career including the reformation years – critics were split on whether the later era songs seemed out of place,[4][5][6] but all appreciated how the tracks flowed especially the "conscious sequencing"[7] contrasting early singles with latter reformation era tracks.

Track listing

All songs by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster.

  1. "Spring Rain" (1986) – 3:07
  2. "Love Goes On" (1988) – 3:21
  3. "Bye Bye Pride" (1987) – 4:07
  4. "Part Company" (1984) – 4:53
  5. "Darlinghurst Nights" (2005) – 6:18
  6. "Bachelor Kisses" (1984) – 3:33
  7. "Surfing Magazines" (2000) – 4:34
  8. "Karen" (1978) – 4:03
    • Originally released as a single
  9. "The Clock" (2000) – 4:06
  10. "Head Full of Steam" (1986) – 3:41
  11. "Streets of Your Town" (1988) – 3:39
  12. "People Say" (1979) – 2:40
    • Originally released as a single
  13. "Finding You" – 4:01
  14. "Dive for Your Memory" (1988) – 4:10
  15. "Cattle and Cane" (1983) – 4:19
  16. "Right Here" (1987) – 3:52
  17. "Here Comes A City" – 3:25
  18. "Quiet Heart" (1988) – 5:21

2nd disc Vienna Burns – Live 1987

  1. "Unkind and Unwise"
  2. "Part Company"
  3. "The House That Jack Kerouac Built"
  4. "The Clarke Sisters"
  5. "The Wrong Road"
  6. "Cut It Out"
  7. "Head Full of Steam"
  8. "Right Here"
  9. "In the Core of the Flame"
  10. "Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea"
  11. "Spring Rain"
  12. "Apology Accepted"

References

  1. ^ a b Wallace, Ian (10 September 2012). "Week Commencing ~ 10th September 2012 ~ Issue #1176" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (1176): 2, 6–7, 14–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. ^ "The Go-Betweens: Quiet Heart: The Best Of The Go-Betweens". www.go-betweens.net.
  3. ^ Dwyer, Michael (31 August 2012). "Water under Go Between Bridge" – via The Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ^ "Quiet Heart: The Best Of The Go-Betweens - Tone Deaf". tonedeaf.com.au. 17 September 2012.
  5. ^ "The Go-Betweens - Quiet Heart: The Best Of The Go-Betweens". theMusic.
  6. ^ "The Go-Betweens – Quiet Heart (EMI Australia)". collapseboard.com.
  7. ^ "The Go-Betweens Pt. 1: 'These Are Central Things To Me'". messandnoise.com. 2 September 2012.
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