- Audio CD (Jan 29 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Beggars UK - Ada
- ASIN: B0000018AE
- Other Editions: VHS Tape
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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#56,328 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #98 in Music > Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo-Fi > Jangle Pop
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Track Listings
| 1. Right Here |
| 2. You Tell Me |
| 3. Someone Else's Wife |
| 4. I Just Get Caught Out |
| 5. Cut It Out |
| 6. The House That Jack Kerouac Built |
| 7. Bye Bye Pride |
| 8. Spirit Of A Vampyre |
| 9. The Clarke Sisters |
| 10. Hope Then Strife |
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Superb Rock Album
July 27 2003
Format:Audio CD
The Go-Betweens were one of the few rock bands who just got better and better with each new album. After SEND ME A LULLABY, their charming but somewhat limp debut, all of their subsequent releases were major classic pop masterpieces. TALLULAH, the bands' fifth album, is one of their finest. The long standing lineup of Grant McLennan, Robert Forster, Lindy Morrison and Robert Vickers was augmented here by multi-instrumentalist Amanda Brown, who added immeasurably to the group's ever growing proficiency and fullness of sound.
A great place to start for Go-Betweens' neophytes, TALLULAH contains some of the band's strongest and most delightful songs. The glorious "Right Here" and "Bye Bye Pride" are the album's most melodic and pop oriented songs, of course, but all of the others (especially "Hope Then Strife", the desparing and haunting final track) provide almost perfect examples of the group's beguiling and quirky music. The only true problem child, "Cut It Out", has received a great deal of flack over the years but it has an absolutely terrific chorus that irrefutably breaks the song free from the constraints of mediocrity.
It may not be The Go-Betweens' ultimate masterpiece--that would arguably be 16 LOVERS LANE--but TALLULAH is full of great songs and comes highly recommended for all fans of lush, ravishingly beautiful guitar rock.
Definitely Not Their Best, But it's Still the Go-Betweens...
Oct 3 2001
Format:Audio CD
After a string of 3 phenomenal records, starting with 'Before Hollywood' and leading up through their masterpiece 'Liberty Belle', one wonders how on earth the Go-Betweens could top all that. Unfortunately, they didn't, and 'Tallulah' suffered by comparison. But despite its inconsistency, with a few exceptionally weak tracks, 'Tallulah' is by no means a complete failure. In fact, it contains a number of great tunes which really stick out after a few listens.
'Tallulah' is known for containing what some diehard fans site as one of the worst Go-Betweens songs ever: "Cut it Out". Indeed, the song is built around a cheezy blues riff, has a booming late 80s dance beat (!), and tacky, bubblegum synths fly in and out. That it still musters up a catchy chorus is a tribute to the band. Forster's "Spirit of a Vampyre" is merely a bland and forgettable throw-away. McClennan's "Bye Bye Pride" sounds generic and alarmingly AOR by Go-Betweens standards (kind of like some late 80s Simple Minds epic).
But the rest of the album is actually quite good. Forster's got some great upbeat driving tunes with "Then You Tell Me" and "I Just Get Caught Out". And those are maturely balanced by the beautiful, hauntingly sad "House Jack Kerouac Build" and "the Clarke Sisters" (both of which prominently feature newcomer Amanda Brown's violin). And McClennan's brilliant, bitter "Someone Else's Wife" builds up nicely with a sophisticated, 70s soul styled chord progression in the chorus.
Though it's not their best, anyone who considers themselves a Go-Betweens fan should still own this. It may not be 'Liberty Belle' or 'Spring Hill Fair', but it's still got enough going for it to warrant attention.
Uneven -- but the highlights are high indeed
Jan 19 2001
Format:Audio CD
The album is a bit of a disappointment, especially when measured against "Liberty Belle," but it contains two of the best songs the Go-Betweens (or any other 80s band) ever did. "Right Here" and "Bye Bye Pride" are the GB's at an absolute peak -- melodies, harmonies, bittersweet exuberance, gut-wrenching singing, pop at its pinnacle. If you're lucky enough to hear them when you're young and impressionable or going through something momentous in your life, they will touch you indelibly. Nothing else on the album matches these two jewels (a few tracks sound a bit dated in an unfortunate, 80s kind of way), but it's still worth picking up. That said, the "Bellavista Terrace" best-of collection might be the place to start for the uninitiated. It's a little skimpy and I could quibble with the selection, but any disc that has "Right Here", "Bye Bye Pride," "Head Full of Steam", "Streets of Your Town" and "Spring Rain" is a must. If you want a coherent, consistent album, try "Liberty Belle", a true masterpiece.
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A couple of great songs and a good bit of filler
Two really great songs on this album (Right Here and Bye Bye Pride) but for the most part I did not find this album to live up to the hype that I've heard about the... Read more
Published on Jan 11 1999
Perhaps the finest rock album of the 1980's.
Mixing the rhythmic stiffness and perverse amelodicism of the least user-friendly parts of "Spring Hill Fair" with their penchant for shameless beauty (that would... Read more
Published on July 23 1998
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