Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express

The Go-Betweens | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beggars Banquet
• ASIN: B0000018AD
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,455 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Spring Rain

2. The Ghost And The Black Hat

3. The Wrong Road

4. To Reach Me

5. Twin Layers Of Lightning

6. In The Core Of A Flame

7. Head Full Of Steam

8. Bow Down

9. Palm Sunday (On Board The S.S. Within)

10. Apology Accepted

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten songs fit for God's walkman, November 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express (Audio CD)

Liberty Belle is the Go-Betweens at their brittle, brilliant best. It hosts great songs with wonderful melodies, strings and an edginess that set them apart from their contemporaries. Take the time to grow to love these songs and you will be rewarded with an eclectic masterpiece forever close to your CD player.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The finest album ever recorded, October 2, 2000

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Mr. D. J. Matthews "Professional Dropout" (Blackburn , Lancashire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express (Audio CD)

My house creaks under the groaning mass of vinyl inside , but if a fire broke out and I could grab just one record on my way out , no question this would be it. This is the soundtrack to my life. Every track is perfect and the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Revolver , Hunky Dory , OK Computer ....Bow Down.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Deserved Better, November 5, 2001

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Olden Boy (Rochester, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express (Audio CD)

If it wasn't for the movie Kingpin (Spring Rain is in the soundtrack), I would have never heard of the Go-Betweens and that would have been unfortunate. The title of my review refers both to the band and to the sales of this album. Spring Rain is my favorite track and I can listen to it over and over. The tune is catchy and Lindy Morrison's drums are infectious. This is an album that you tend to like more after each listening. The first time I heard it, the tracks I really liked were Spring Rain, The Ghost and the Black Hat, and In the Core of a Flame. The Ghost and the Black Hat is a really happy sounding song about an unhappy subject. If I had been managing the Go-Betweens in the 1980's, I would have changed the title of In the Core of a Flame to "The Right Word" and released it as a single. After more listenings, I really started to like To Reach Me and Head Full of Steam. Some of the lyrics and vocals are what I would call unconventional. At times, it seems that they try to cram too many words into a phrase such as "Her mother works in exports, but that's of no importance of all." This album is different from what is usually played on the radio and that is a good thing. I'm just sorry that I didn't hear of this album when it was new.