16 Lovers Lane [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

The Go-Betweens

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Beggars UK - Ada
• ASIN: B00008K4YP
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #172,861 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, longing, romantic pop, September 2, 2003

By	wordtron (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

Just one of several great albums by this endlessly inventive songwriting duo. As usual, all the songs are catchy in a thoughtful, subtley structured way. The lyrics are somewhat minimal, yet immediate and engaging and evocative, effortlessly throwing up a narrative you feel more than you follow along like a plot. There's an overall sense of happiness tinged with a kind of sad longing, not exactly bittersweet. It's more mature than that. Seems to have a lot to do with the fact that they recorded this in Australia, after having lived in London for the past decade. You get the sense of happy homecoming that also reminds you of the lost past. The last song, about diving for your memory ... what a beautiful phrase. And then the band broke up, because after years of critical acclaim, they just weren't able to sell enough albums. Thankfully they've come back and started recording again. Their last two albums, "The Friends of Rachel Worth" and "Bright Yellow Bright Orange" don't miss a beat. Just more great songs for a new millenium.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 16 Lovers Lane - Buy This CD Now!, May 2, 2004

By	jokeypo1963 "jokeypo1963" (Saint Louis, Missouri United States) - See all my reviews

I had purchase this on cassette tape from many years ago, but just purchased this masterpiece on CD. This is by far the best recording by an underated band who deserved more credit in these United States. Every single song on this album is brillant. 16 Lovers Lane is magnificent, simply breathtaking. I urge you Alternative Rock fans to purchase this. I would rate this in the top five of all the the past albums from the late 1980's. I know my music. So do yourself a favor & purchase this gem right now. You won't be sorry.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than any new indie rock band, April 28, 2005

By	Angel Sanchez (Monterrey ,México) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ok, everyone is now enchanted with Montreal's Arcade Fire, or spending their money with Bloc Party and over consider things like Mars Volta, but I think they're still far from great original indie core. "16th Lovers Lane" was recorded almost 20 years ago,and still it's songs are pristine and loveable as the first time I've heard it. "Love is a Sign" is the most strange love song I've ever heard: "I wish you had a big house,and that your work would start to sell", needless to say more. Buy it, thanks God for this new edition, and when you went really deep into the Betweens, go and check out, for another Aussie stars as The Cannanes.