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{{Short description|Australian rock band}}
{{distinguish|The Go-Between}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = The Go-Betweens
| background          = group_or_band
| image               = The Go-Betweens.jpg
| alt                 = Five adults framed in upper body. In the front row, the left female is shown in left profile, slightly turned to her left and smiling, she wears a white dress with black polka dots and has a serpent tattoo on her upper left arm. Behind her, a slightly balding male is more turned towards the front and has his arms folded across his chest, his shirt is dark with white polka dots. Back to back to him is the second female in right profile with her right hand touching her shoulder. In the back row, the left male has white hair and is facing forward, he is wearing glasses and has an obscured design on his shirt. The right male has dark hair, he is staring forward and wears a black tee shirt.
| origin              = [[Brisbane]], Queensland, Australia
| caption             = The Go-Betweens, 1988<br />Left to right: [[Amanda Brown (musician)|Amanda Brown]], [[John Willsteed]], [[Grant McLennan]], [[Lindy Morrison]], [[Robert Forster (musician)|Robert Forster]]<br />Courtesy Paul Cox, [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| genre               = {{hlist|[[Indie pop]]<ref>{{cite web|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-go-betweens-78-til-79-the-lost-album-1798194610|title=The Go-Betweens: 78 'Til 79: The Lost Album|last=Klein|first=Joshua|date=29 March 2002}}</ref>|[[indie rock]]|[[jangle pop]]|[[post-punk]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]}}
| years_active        = 1977–1989, 2000–2006
| label               = Able, [[Missing Link Records|Missing Link]], [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]], [[True Tone Records (Australian label)|True Tone]], [[Beggar's Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]], [[Postcard Records|Postcard]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] (US), [[LO-MAX Records|LO-MAX]]
| website             = [http://www.go-betweens.net/ go-betweens.net]
| past_members        = [[#Members|See past members below]]
}}

'''The Go-Betweens''' were an Australian [[indie rock]] band formed in [[Brisbane]], Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists [[Robert Forster (musician)|Robert Forster]] and [[Grant McLennan]], who were its only constant members throughout its existence. Drummer [[Lindy Morrison]] joined the band in 1980, and its lineup would later expand to include bass guitarist [[Robert Vickers]] and multi-instrumentalist [[Amanda Brown (musician)|Amanda Brown]]. Vickers was replaced by [[John Willsteed]] in 1987, and the quintet lineup remained in place until the band split two years later. Forster and McLennan reformed the band in 2000 with a new lineup that did not include any previous personnel aside from them. McLennan died on 6 May 2006 of a heart attack and the Go-Betweens disbanded again. In 2010, a toll bridge in their native Brisbane was renamed the [[Go Between Bridge]] after them.

In 1988, "[[Streets of Your Town]]", the first single from ''[[16 Lovers Lane]]'', entered the Top 100 on both the [[Kent Music Report]] chart in Australia and the [[UK Singles Chart]] in the United Kingdom. The follow-up single "[[Was There Anything I Could Do?]]" was a No.&nbsp;16 hit on the ''Billboard'' [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart in the United States. In May 2001, "[[Cattle and Cane]]", from 1983's ''[[Before Hollywood]]'', was selected by [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) as one of the [[APRA Top 30 Australian songs|Top 30 Australian songs]] of all time. In 2008, ''16 Lovers Lane'' was highlighted on [[Special Broadcasting Service]] (SBS) TV's ''The Great Australian Albums'' series.

==Career==
===1977–1982: early years===
[[Robert Forster (musician)|Robert Forster]] and [[Grant McLennan]] met at the [[University of Queensland]], where both were taking a theatre arts course.<ref name="Pig">{{cite book |title=Pig City: from the Saints to Savage Garden |last=Stafford |first=Andrew |year=2004 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |location=St Lucia, Queensland |isbn=0-7022-3360-9 |pages=65–78 }}</ref> Forster provided vocals and guitar, while McLennan provided vocals, bass, and guitar; the pair shared songwriting duties. Together, they formed the Go-Betweens in December 1977 in [[Brisbane]], Queensland. The name of the band reflects [[L. P. Hartley]]'s classic novel ''[[The Go-Between]]''.<ref name="Pig"/> The band made its first public appearance as the [[Opening act|support act]] for [[The Riptides|the Numbers]] at [[Baroona Hall]] in Brisbane in early April 1978. {{blockquote|We performed two songs, and as soon as we got off stage, Mark Callaghan, Robert Vickers – we met them all, in five minutes ... They immediately asked us to play a second show.|Robert Forster<ref name="Pig"/>}} The band, however, were still without a drummer, having borrowed Gerard Lee for their first show.<ref name="Pig"/> They had a succession of drummers, starting with Bruce Anthon (ex–[[The Survivors (Australian band)|the Survivors]]). With a guest drummer, Dennis Cantwell ([[the Riptides]]), they recorded their debut single, "[[Lee Remick (The Go-Betweens song)|Lee Remick]]", in May 1978. The song, an ode to the US actress [[Lee Remick]], was released on the independent Able label in September 1978. The B-side to the single, "Karen", was a love song to a librarian. The sleeve depicts Forster and McLennan alongside portraits of [[Bob Dylan]], [[Che Guevara]] and [[Lee Remick]]. The band sent copies to record labels around the world, with interest shown by the UK arm of America's [[Beserkley Records]]. The group's first real drummer was Temucin "Tim" Mustafa, recruited after the recording of "Lee Remick", although he appears on the picture sleeve of the single.<ref name="Pig"/> The band further expanded with the addition of guitarist [[Peter Milton Walsh]]. Beserkley offered the band a contract that proposed the re-issue of "Lee Remick" and "Karen" as two singles, followed by an eight-album deal.<ref name="Pig"/> The band recorded two more songs for Beserkley in November 1978 (including "The Sound of Rain"); however, when Beserkley went bust weeks later, Walsh left to form [[the Apartments]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Howl"/>

The band's second single, "People Say", which was recorded in May 1979, was produced by the Go-Betweens with Mustapha on drums and Malcolm Kelly on piano and organ. The B-side, "Don't Let Him Come Back", is a farewell to Walsh, who remained friends with Forster and McLennan.<ref name="Pig"/> From May 1978 to May 1979, the group recorded some tracks live in Forster's bedroom using McLennan's two-track tape deck—they were not released until 1999 as ''78 'Til 79 – The Lost Album'', which also includes both sides of the first two singles.<ref name="Swihart"/> These songs were simple pop tunes with a rough [[New wave music|new wave]] edge, an obvious blend of pure pop influences such as [[the Monkees]] with the gritty simplicity of [[the Velvet Underground]].

In November 1979, the duo left Australia with a plan to shop their songs from record company to record company simply by visiting their offices and playing them.<ref name="Pig"/> In [[Glasgow]], Scotland, on 28 April 1980, for independent label [[Postcard Records|Postcard]], they recorded their next single, "I Need Two Heads", with Steven Daly of [[Scottish people|Scottish]] band [[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]] guesting on drums and [[Alex Fergusson (musician)|Alex Fergusson]] producing. Forster returned to Australia in June 1980, whilst McLennan continued to New York. They followed Australian contemporaries [[The Birthday Party (band)|the Birthday Party]] to the busier music scene in London. "I Need Two Heads" peaked at No.&nbsp;6 on the UK independent charts. Upon return to Brisbane they were joined by [[Lindy Morrison|Belinda "Lindy" Morrison]] (ex-[[Xero (band)|Xero]]) on drums in 1980. In November 1980 the band played their first [[Sydney]] show at the [[Paris Theatre, Sydney|Paris Theatre]], supporting the Birthday Party and the [[Laughing Clowns]].<ref name="Pig"/> The band impressed [[Missing Link Records]] label boss, [[Keith Glass]], which had re-issued "I Need Two Heads" for the Australian market, and offered to release the band's next single. Their fourth single, the first with Morrison, "Your Turn My Turn", was recorded in Sydney with [[Tony Cohen]] (the Birthday Party) in April 1981.<ref name="Pig"/> The single was released in September.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> They recorded ten tracks as demos in Brisbane during 1981, which were released as ''Very Quick on the Eye'' by Man Made Records in 1982, the tracks showed that Morrison's "drum abilities, always a deeply underrated part of the band's appeal, fit hand in glove with the arrangements".<ref name="Raggett"/> By this time, Forster and Morrison were lovers and Morrison was living in [[Spring Hill, Queensland|Spring Hill]], a neighbourhood in Brisbane.<ref name="Dalton"/>

The band's first official album, ''[[Send Me a Lullaby]]'', produced by the Go-Betweens and Tony Cohen, on Missing Link in Australia, was released as an eight-track mini-album in November 1981.<ref name="Pig"/> Missing Link's UK distributors, [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]], released the album in the UK, three months later, with four tracks added.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> Morrison provided the album title, in preference to ''Two Wimps and a Witch'', from a [[Zelda Fitzgerald]] novel, ''[[Save Me the Waltz]]''.<ref name="Kingsmill"/> The group had developed a subtler sound consisting of dry semi-spoken vocals, complex lyrics and melodic but fractious guitar pop influenced by contemporary bands such as [[Television (band)|Television]], [[Wire (band)|Wire]] and [[Talking Heads]]. Australian rock music historian [[Ian McFarlane]] described the album as "tentative and clumsy [with] its brittle, rough-hewn sound".<ref name="McF"/> Forster and McLennan wrote all the tracks, they alternated lead vocal duties, except "People Know" which had Morrison on vocals and [[James Freud]] ([[Models (band)|Models]]) guesting on saxophone.<ref name="Lullaby"/><ref name="AllMLullaby"/> Enticed by Rough Trade, the band relocated to London.<ref name="Pig"/> The band's next single, "Hammer the Hammer", was released by Rough Trade in July 1982.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> In 2002, UK label Circus released a 2×CD version of ''Send Me a Lullaby'' which included "After the Fireworks" recorded as a collaboration with the Birthday Party's [[Nick Cave]] on vocals, [[Mick Harvey]] on piano and [[Rowland S. Howard]] on guitar. It had been released as a single under the band name [[Tuff Monks]] in 1982 on [[Au Go Go Records]].<ref name="NicholsTuff"/>

===1983–1989===
The Go-Betweens returned to the UK and recorded their second album, ''[[Before Hollywood]]'' (May 1983), with John Brand producing,<ref name="ARDb"/> at the International Christian Communications studio in [[Eastbourne]].<ref name="Pig"/> It established them as cult favourites while "[[Cattle and Cane]]" was released as a single and was "[a]rguably the band's absolute highlight of its earliest years".<ref name="McF"/><ref name="AllMBefore"/> In Australia, the song had exposure on the national broadcaster [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)'s iconic pop music TV series ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]''. Their tracks were played on ABC's alternative rock radio station [[Triple J]]—although mainly heard only in the Sydney region at that time. Despite the consistent critical acclaim their recordings garnered both in Australia and overseas, the Go-Betweens were mostly ignored by Australian commercial pop radio and never gained a broad national audience. ''Before Hollywood'' was described as "more world-weary ... full of deceptively simple yet accomplished songs".<ref name="McF"/>

[[Robert Vickers]] joined on bass guitar in late 1983—freeing McLennan for lead guitar work.<ref name="Pig"/> Their next album, ''[[Spring Hill Fair]]'' (September 1984), was produced by Brand with Robert Andrews and Colin Fairley for [[Sire Records]].<ref name="ARDb"/> The album was acclaimed as "the sound was bolder and more confident", while "Man O' Sand to Girl O' Sea", "[[Bachelor Kisses]]" and "Part Company" were issued as singles.<ref name="McF"/> In 1985, the band signed with [[True Tone Records (Australian label)|True Tone Records]] distributed by [[PolyGram]].<ref name="ARDb"/>

''[[Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express]]'', released in March 1986 on [[Beggars Banquet Records]], received favourable reviews, and showed the band gradually moving towards a smoother and more contemporary sound while retaining elements of their idiosyncratic early style.<ref name="AllMLiberty"/> McFarlane claims "[it] remains the band's most cohesive and finely crafted statement".<ref name="McF"/> "[[Spring Rain (Go-Betweens song)|Spring Rain]]" (February) and "[[Head Full of Steam]]" (June) were released as singles, with "Spring Rain" reaching the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] Singles Chart Top 100.<ref name="Kent"/>

[[Amanda Brown (musician)|Amanda Brown]] on violin, oboe, guitar, keyboards and backing vocals joined later in the year. Within a few months, Brown and McLennan were lovers—many of McLennan's new lyrics were about this relationship.<ref name="Kingsmill"/><ref name="Beriyant"/> ''[[Tallulah (The Go-Betweens album)|Tallulah]]'' (June 1987), produced by the Go-Betweens for True Tone and Beggars Banquet, contained their "most winsome and hummable songs, '[[Right Here (The Go-Betweens song)|Right Here]]' and '[[Bye Bye Pride]]{{'"}}; while Brown's contributions "added extra lustre".<ref name="McF"/> [[LO-MAX Records]] released a 2×CD version of ''Tallulah'' in 2004; one of the additional tracks, "Doo Wop in 'A' (Bam Boom)", was co-written by Morrison, Brown, McLennan and Forster.<ref name="APRA DooWop"/> In November 1987, the Go-Betweens returned to Australia and [[John Willsteed]] (ex-Xero with Morrison) replaced Vickers on bass.

''[[16 Lovers Lane]]'' (1988) was the group's most commercial offering, providing the alternative radio hit "[[Streets of Your Town]]" (1988), which entered the singles charts in both the UK and Australia peaking in the Top 100 but not higher than the number 80. The follow-up single "[[Was There Anything I Could Do?]]" was a No.&nbsp;16 hit on US alternative Modern Rock radio stations, and Beggars Banquet, trying to encourage the band's commercial momentum, re-released "Streets of Your Town" in the UK in early 1989, where it charted low once again. These minimal successes were hardly the hoped-for commercial breakthrough for the band.

After recording six albums, Forster and McLennan decided in December 1989 to disband the Go-Betweens. There were tentative plans to form an acoustic duo together. When McLennan told Brown, she ended their relationship.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Stenders, Kriv (Director) |date=2017 |title=The Go-Betweens: Right Here |medium=Motion picture |url=https://iview.abc.net.au/show/go-betweens-right-here |access-date=22 January 2019 |time=43:48 |publisher=Umbrella Entertainment |quote=The night he told me that he and Robert were going off to make their acoustic record or whatever they were doing together, without the rest of the band, I pretty much immediately packed up a suitcase of clothes and left.}}</ref> Forster and McLennan pursued solo careers. Brown and Morrison formed Cleopatra Wong in 1991.

All official albums released in the 1980s have titles with a double L word, except ''16 Lovers Lane'', which has two words beginning with an L. For their first few albums, this was simply a coincidence; by the end of the decade, for their own amusement the band deliberately kept to a self-imposed 'tradition' of album titles that featured a double L.

===2000–2006: reformation===
Forster and McLennan pursued solo careers throughout the 1990s, and McLennan also collaborated with [[Steve Kilbey]] of [[The Church (band)|The Church]] in the studio project band [[Jack Frost (Australian band)|Jack Frost]].

Forster and McLennan were inspired to work together again after they were invited by fans at French music magazine ''[[Les Inrockuptibles]]'' to perform at the magazine's 10th anniversary on 23 May 1996 in Paris.<ref name="Les Inrocks">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/musique-article/article/the-go-betweens-les-destins-amis/|title=Les Inrockuptibles interview|website=Lesinrocks.com|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> For this performance the band comprised Forster, McLennan, Adele Pickvance on bass guitar and [[Glenn Thompson (musician)|Glenn Thompson]] on drums.<ref name="Simon McKenzie">[http://members.ol.com.au/rgriffin/GoBetweens/199512GoBshow.html Time Off 1995] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428185825/http://members.ol.com.au/rgriffin/GoBetweens/199512GoBshow.html |date=28 April 2012 }}</ref>

In 2000, Forster, McLennan and Pickvance went to Jackpot! studio in [[Portland, Oregon]], with members of [[Sleater-Kinney]], and recorded the album ''[[The Friends of Rachel Worth]]'' (the first album to ignore their "double L" titling tradition).

In 2001 Thompson rejoined the band for the Australian [[Big Day Out]] Festival. This line up of Forster, McLennan, Pickvance and Thompson went on to record ''[[Bright Yellow Bright Orange]]'' and in October 2005, the Go-Betweens finally achieved mainstream recognition, with the album ''[[Oceans Apart]]'' (produced by Mark Wallis and Dave Ruffy) winning the [[ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album]]. Grant McLennan died on 6 May 2006 of a heart attack, and Robert Forster subsequently announced that the Go-Betweens were no more.<ref name="Christgau"/> Forster has continued to perform and records as a solo artist and has also written well-received music criticism.

In August 2006, several of their albums re-entered the ARIA top 500.<ref name="ARIA history pages">{{cite web |url=https://imgur.com/a/rBPrLpg |title=The Go-Betweens ARIA Chart history, received from ARIA in January 2025|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=30 January 2025}}  N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:Go between bridge.jpg|thumb|Opened in 2010, the [[Go Between Bridge]] in Brisbane is named after the band.]]
The focal point of the Go-Betweens was the song writing skills of Forster and McLennan, described by ''[[The Village Voice]]'' critic [[Robert Christgau]] as "the greatest songwriting partnership working today." Each developed a distinctive but complementary style: Forster's songs were angular and angst-ridden, making much use of irony and unusual lyrical imagery, while McLennan's were generally softer and more sensitive, his lyrics often based on character study and reported speech. They never secured an Australian or UK Top 50 chart single—a fact which mystified their supporters in the press, to the point where this "scandalous" lack of popular success became a cliché when writing about the band. However, there were a few very minor chart successes for the band, starting with "Spring Rain", which snuck into the lower rungs of the Australian charts in 1986 and became the band's first ever Top 100 chart hit. The following year, "[[Right Here (The Go-Betweens song)|Right Here]]" similarly rode low on the UK Top 100 Charts. Then in 1988, "Streets of Your Town", the first single from 1988's ''16 Lovers Lane'', reached the Top 100 in both Australia and UK.

In May 2001 "Cattle and Cane", written by McLennan and Forster,<ref name="APRA Cattle"/> was selected by [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) as one of the [[APRA Top 30 Australian songs|Top 30 Australian songs]] of all time.<ref name="Kruger"/> McLennan described writing the lyrics:

{{blockquote|I wrote (the song) to please my mother. She hasn't heard it yet because my mother and stepfather live (on a cattle station) and they can't get 240 volts electricity there, so I have to sing it over the phone to her ... I don't like the word nostalgic; to me, it's a sloppy yearning for the past, and I'm not trying to do that in that song. I'm just trying to put three vignettes of a person, who's a lot like myself, growing up in [[Queensland]], and just juxtaposing that against how I am now.<ref name="Jeff"/>|Grant McLennan|1983}}

Their song, "Streets of Your Town", was used by [[Prime Television]] and [[Golden West Network|GWN]] in their station identification from 2001 to 2003. Elements from the same song were sampled in the 2003 single "[[Just The Way You Are (Milky song)|Just The Way You Are]]" by the Italian dance group [[Milky]].

In the [[24 (season 4)|4th Season]] of American TV Series ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' a company is named McLennan-Forster—the producer of the series and author, [[Evan Katz]], wanted to express his veneration of the Go-Betweens by this company name.<ref name="Snierson"/>

On the eve of the first anniversary of McLennan's death, [[Triple J]] & [[Triple j tv|JTV]] broadcast a tribute concert to The Go-Betweens, recorded in 2006 at Brisbane venue, the [[Tivoli Theatre (Brisbane)|Tivoli Theatre]]. Inspired by this tribute concert, and featuring many of the same artists, a tribute album to the Go-Betweens, ''[[Write Your Adventures Down]]'', was released in June 2007 in Australia by The Red Label.

In 2008, ''16 Lovers Lane'' was highlighted on [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] TV's ''[[Great Australian Albums]]'' series as a classic example of 1980s rock music.<ref name="SBSGreat"/>
The documentary was later released on DVD.

On 29 September 2009, [[Brisbane City Council]] announced that a four-lane traffic bridge, previously known as Hale Street Link, would be renamed as [[Go Between Bridge]] in the band's honour, following a popularity poll.<ref name="Pollard"/>

The Go-Betweens are referenced in the [[Teenage Fanclub]] song "When I Still Have Thee" (2010), the [[Belle and Sebastian]] song "Shoot the Sexual Athlete" (2001), the song "Don't Want to Be Grant McLennan" (1991) by fellow Australians [[Smudge (band)|Smudge]], and the song "Kathy" (1993) by [[Clouds (Australian band)|Clouds]].

[[Nada Surf]] covered their song "Love Goes On!" on their covers album ''[[If I Had a Hi-Fi]]'' (2010).

Robert Forster continues to perform and also contribute articles to ''[[The Monthly]]'' magazine. On the 3rd February 2023 he released his eighth studio album, ''[[The Candle and the Flame]]'' featuring Adele Pickvance on bass.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Josh |date=2023-02-03 |title=Robert Forster: 'Time is fluid. Everything we do during our day, we're touching the past' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/features/music-features/robert-forster-interview-the-candle-and-the-flame-album-go-betweens-3390240 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME}}</ref>

Many Australian bands and artists associated with the [[dolewave]] genre cite the Go-Betweens as a major influence, including [[Dick Diver]] and singer-songwriter [[Courtney Barnett]].<ref name=ev>[[Everett True|True, Everett]] (28 March 2014). [https://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-culture-blog/2014/mar/28/dolewave-australian-indie-music "How dolewave put Australia's music writers to work"], ''[[The Guardian]]''. Retrieved 22 December 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://songexploder.net/courtney-barnett |website=Songexploder |access-date =11 January 2016 |title = Episode 61: Courtney Barnett – 'Depreston' |date = 7 January 2016}}</ref>

==Members==
*[[Robert Forster (musician)|Robert Forster]] – lead vocals, guitar <small>(1977–1989; 2000–2006)</small>
*[[Grant McLennan]] – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica <small>(1977–1989; 2000–2006)</small>, bass <small>(1977–1983)</small>
*Bruce Anthon – drums <small>(1978, 1979–1980)</small>
*Dennis Cantwell – drums <small>(1978)</small>
*Lissa Ross – drums <small>(1978)</small>
*Tim Mustapha – drums <small>(1978–1979)</small>
*[[Peter Milton Walsh]] – guitar, backing vocals <small>(1978–1979)</small>
*Malcolm Kelly – piano, organ <small>(1979)</small>
*Steven Daly – drums <small>(1980)</small>
*Claire McKenna – drums <small>(1980)</small>
*Dave Tyrer – guitar <small>(1980)</small>
*[[Lindy Morrison]] – drums, backing vocals <small>(1980–1989)</small>
*[[Robert Vickers]] – bass <small>(1983–1987)</small>
*[[Amanda Brown (musician)|Amanda Brown]] – violin, [[oboe]], guitar, [[keyboard (instrument)|keyboards]], backing vocals <small>(1986–1989)</small>
*[[John Willsteed]] – bass, guitar <small>(1987–1989)</small>
*[[Michael Armiger]] – bass <small>(1989)</small>
*Adele Pickvance – bass, backing vocals <small>(2000–2006)</small>
*Matthias Strzoda – drums <small>(2000)</small>
*[[Janet Weiss]] – drums, backing vocals <small>(2000)</small>
*[[Glenn Thompson (musician)|Glenn Thompson]] – drums, backing vocals, keyboards <small>(2001–2006)</small>

;Timeline

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==Discography==
{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist          = The Go-Betweens
|Image           = 
|Caption         = 
|Studio          = 9
|Singles         = 24
|EP              = 3
|Compilation     = 7
|Live            = 3
|Video           =
|Soundtrack      = 
}}

===Albums===
====Studio albums====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<ref name="ARIA history pages"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[UK Indie Chart|<small>UK (Indie)</small>]]<ref name="Lazell"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[UK Album Chart|UK]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9675/go-betweens/ |publisher=Officialcharts.com |title=The Go-Betweens the UK charts - singles and albums |access-date=12 May 2017}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Irish Albums Chart|IRE]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[GfK Entertainment|GER]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Send Me a Lullaby]]''
|
*Released: November 1981
*Label: [[Missing Link Records|Missing Link]] <small>(ING005)</small>
|—
| 28 || — || — || — 
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Before Hollywood]]''
|
*Released: May 1983
*Label: [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]] <small>(ROUGH 54)</small>
*Format: LP
|—
| 2 || — || — || — 
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Spring Hill Fair]]''
|
*Released: September 1984
*Label: [[Sire Records|Sire]] <small>(25179-1)</small>
*Format: LP
|—
| — || — || — || — 
|-
! scope="row"|''[[Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express]]'' 
|
*Released: March 1986
*Label: [[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]] <small>(BEGA 72)</small>
*Format: LP, CD
|62
| — || — || — || — 
|-
! scope="row"|''[[Tallulah (The Go-Betweens album)|Tallulah]]'' 
|
*Released: June 1987
*Label: Beggars Banquet <small>(BEGA 81)</small>
*Format: LP, CD
|71
| — || 91 || — || — 
|-
! scope="row"|''[[16 Lovers Lane]]'' 
|
*Released: August 1988
*Label: [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]] <small>(L38950)</small>
*Format: LP, CD
|48
| — || 81 || — || — 
|-
! scope="row"|''[[The Friends of Rachel Worth]]'' 
|
*Released: September 2000 
*Label: W. Minc <small>(WMINCD018)</small>
*Format: CD, LP
|61
| — || — || — || — 
|-
! scope="row"|''[[Bright Yellow Bright Orange]]'' 
|
*Released: 24 February 2003
*Label: [[Trifekta]] <small>(HORSE024-2)</small>
*Format: CD
| 126
| — || — || — || — 
|-
! scope="row"|''[[Oceans Apart]]'' 
|
*Released: 3 May 2005
*Label: [[LO-MAX Records|LO-MAX]] <small>(4743702)</small>
*Format: CD
|54
| — || 85 || 34 || 60 
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;" | "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.
|}

====Charting compilations====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with Australian chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Peak chart<br />positions
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="ARIA history pages"/>
!<small>[[CMJ|US]]</small><br /><small>[[CMJ]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1999/CMJ-1999-05-10.pdf|title=CMJ|date=10 May 1999|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''1978-1990''
|
* Released: December 1990
* Format: CD, LP, CS
* Label: Beggars Banquet
| align="center" | 103 
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Bellavista Terrace: Best of The Go-Betweens]]''
|
* Released: April 1999
* Format: CD
* Label: Beggars Banquet
| align="center" | 58 
|—
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[78 'til 79: The Lost Album]]''
|
* Released: April 1999
* Format: CD
* Label: Beggars Banquet
|—
|16
|-
! scope="row" | ''Quiet Heart: Best of The Go-Betweens''
|
* Released: September 2012
* Format: 2×CD, 2×LP
* Label: EMI
| align="center" | 51 
|—
|-
|}

====Live albums====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of live albums
! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"|''Live on Snap with [[Deirdre O'Donoghue]]'' 
|
*Released: 1999
*Label: [[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]] <small>(BBL 2020)</small>
*Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]]
|-
! scope="row"|''Live in London''
|
*Released: 9 May 2005
*Label: Tag 5 <small>(TAG009)</small>
*Formats: 12" vinyl
|-
! scope="row"|''That Striped Sunlight Sound''
|
*Released: 2006 
*Label: [[Capitol Music Group|Capitol]] <small>(0946 3 47939 9 5 )</small>
*Formats: CD, DVD
|-
! scope="row"|''Fountains of Youth (Live at the Town and Country Club)''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.beggars.com/go-betweens-the-fountains-of-youth-live-at-the-town-and-country-club/ | title=The Go-Betweens : Fountains of Youth (Live at the Town and Country Club)|website=Archive.beggars.com }}</ref>
|
*Released: 2020 
*Label: [[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]] <small>(BBQ-2163)</small>
*Formats: 12" vinyl
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of extended plays
! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| EP details
|-
! scope="row"|''The Able Label Singles ''
|
*Released: 1986
*Label: Situation Two <small>(SIT 44 T)</small>
*Formats: [[12" vinyl]]
|-
! scope="row"|''The Peel Sessions''
|
*Released: 1989
*Label: [[Strange Fruit Records|Strange Fruit]] <small>(SFPS 074)</small>
*Formats: 12" vinyl
|-
! scope="row"|''[[Worlds Apart (The Go-Betweens EP)|Worlds Apart]]''
|
*Released: 7 November 2005 
*Label: [[LO-MAX Records|LO-MAX]] <small>(LO-MAX 022V)</small>
*Formats: 7" vinyl
|-
|}

===Singles===
{{Singles discography | all_albums= yes | charts=5 | include_footnote = yes
| chartA = [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br />[[Kent Music Report|KMR]]<br /><ref name="Kent"/><ref name="AusCharts">For most: {{cite web | url = http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Go-Betweens | title = Discography The Go-Betweens | publisher = Hung Medien | work = Australian charts portal | access-date = 8 April 2010 }}
* For "Was There Anything I Could Do?"{{cite web|url= https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/02/week-commencing-6-february-1989.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 6 February 1989  |website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date= 28 January 2025}}</ref>
| chartB = NZ<br /><ref name="charts.org.nz">{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=s&artist=the+go&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=New Zealand charts portal |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=2012-05-15}}</ref> 
| chartC = [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web | url= https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ | title = The Official Charts Company - Go-Betweens | publisher = [[Official Charts Company]] | access-date = 8 April 2010 }}</ref>
| chartD = [[Billboard charts|US]] <br /><small>[[Alternative Songs|Alt]]</small><br /><ref name="BillS">{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4375/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} | title = The Go-Betweens - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | access-date = 8 April 2010 }}</ref>
| chartE = [[UK Indie Chart|UK]] <br /><small>Indie</small><ref name="Lazell">{{cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/g.htm |title=Indie Hits 1980-1989 |year=1997 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=0-9517206-9-4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707212328/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/g.htm |archive-date=7 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 
| title1 = [[Lee Remick (The Go-Betweens song)|Lee Remick]] | album1 = Non-album single | albumspan1 = 3 | year1 = 1978 | peak1E = 7
| title2 = People Say | year2 = 1979
| title3 = [[I Need Two Heads]] | year3 = 1980 | peak3E = 6
| title4 = [[Your Turn, My Turn]] | album4 = Send Me a Lullaby | year4 = 1981 
| title5 = [[Hammer the Hammer]] | album5 = Non-album single | year5 = 1982
| title6 = [[Cattle and Cane]] | album6 = Before Hollywood | year6 = 1983 | yearspan6 = 2 | peak6E = 4
| title7 = [[Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea]] | album7 = Non-album single | peak7E = 24
| title8 = [[Part Company]] | album8 = Spring Hill Fair | albumspan8 = 2 | year8 = 1984 | yearspan8 = 2
| title9 = [[Bachelor Kisses]] 
| title10 = [[Spring Rain (The Go-Betweens song)|Spring Rain]] | album10 = Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express | albumspan10 = 2 | year10 = 1986 | yearspan10 = 2 | peak10A = 92
| title11 = [[Head Full of Steam]]
| title12 = [[Right Here (The Go-Betweens song)|Right Here]] | album12 = Tallulah | albumspan12 = 4 | year12 = 1987 | yearspan12 = 4 | peak12C = 82
| title13 = [[Cut It Out (song)|Cut It Out]]
| title14 = I Just Get Caught Out
| title15 = [[Bye Bye Pride]]
| title16 = [[Streets of Your Town]] | album16 = 16 Lovers Lane | albumspan16 = 4 | year16 = 1988 | yearspan16 = 2 | peak16A = 68 | peak16B = 30 | peak16C = 80
| title17 = [[Was There Anything I Could Do?]] | peak17A = 159 | peak17D = 16
| title18 = [[Love Goes On (song)|Love Goes On]] | year18 = 1989 | yearspan18 = 2 
| title19 = Streets of Your Town | note19 = re-issue| peak19C = 82
}}
{{Singles discography | all_albums= yes | charts=5 | include_footnote = yes
| chartA = [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="ARIA history pages"/>
| chartB = NZ<br /><ref name="charts.org.nz"/> 
| chartC = [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UKCharts"/>
| chartD = [[Billboard charts|US]] <br /><small>[[Alternative Songs|Alt]]</small><br /><ref name="BillS"/>
| chartE = [[UK Indie Chart|UK]] <br /><small>Indie</small><ref name="Lazell"/> 
| title1 = [[Going Blind (The Go-Betweens song)|Going Blind]] | album1 = The Friends of Rachel Worth | albumspan1 = 2 | year1 = 2000
| title2 = Surfing Magazines | year2 = 2001 | peak2A = 165
| title3 = [[Caroline and I]] | album3 = Bright Yellow Bright Orange | year3 = 2003 | peak3A = 178
| title4 = Here Comes a City | album4 = Oceans Apart | albumspan4 = 2 | year4 = 2005 | yearspan4 = 2
| title5 = [[Finding You (The Go-Betweens song)|Finding You]] |
}}

==Awards and nominations==

===ARIA Music Awards===
The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]]. They commenced in 1987. The Go-Betweens won one award.
{{awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1989|1989]]
| ''16 Lovers Lane''
| [[ARIA Award for Best Group|Best Group]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref name="ARIA1989">{{cite web| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120210152749/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1989 | url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1989|title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year: 3rd Annual ARIA Awards|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) | archive-date = 10 February 2012 |access-date=26 October 2020 }}</ref>
|-
| "Streets of Your Town"
| [[ARIA Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2003|2003]]
| ''Bright Yellow Bright Orange''
| [[ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album|Best Adult Contemporary Album]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="ARIA2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2003 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2003: 17th Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |access-date=13 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235713/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2003 |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref>
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2005|2005]]
| ''Oceans Apart''
| Best Adult Contemporary Album
| {{won}}
| <ref name="ARIA2005">{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217023948/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2005 |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2005 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2005: 19th Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |archive-date=17 December 2007 |access-date=2 December 2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2006|2006]]
| ''That Striped Sunlight Sound''
| [[ARIA Award for Best Music DVD|Best Music DVD]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="ARIA2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2006|title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2006: 20th Annual ARIA Awards|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref>
|-
{{end}}

===Australian Music Prize===
The [[Australian Music Prize]] (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. They commenced in 2005.
{{awards table}}
|-
| 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.australianmusicprize.com/winners-shortlists|title=Winners & Shortlists|website=australian music prize|access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref>
|''Oceans Apart''
| Australian Music Prize
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
;General
* {{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |title=Whammo Homepage |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |access-date=8 April 2010 |year=1999 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location=[[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |archive-date=5 April 2004 }} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
* {{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4375/biography|pure_url=yes}} | title = The Go-Betweens > Biography | last = Ribas | first = Michael | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date = 9 April 2010 }}

;Specific
{{refend}}

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<ref name="McF">McFarlane [https://web.archive.org/web/20040829235157/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=845 'The Go-Betweens'] entry. Retrieved 8 April 2010.</ref>

<ref name="Howl">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en/gobetweens/gobetweens.htm | url = http://www.howlspace.com.au/en/gobetweens/gobetweens.htm | title = Go-Betweens | last = Nimmervoll | first = Ed | author-link = Ed Nimmervoll | publisher = Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll) | archive-date = 26 July 2012 | access-date = 23 January 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="Swihart">{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r402956/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = 78 'Til 79: The Lost Album > Review | last = Swihart | first = Stanton | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | access-date = 9 April 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="ARDb">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111208003049/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/g/gobetweens.html | url-status = usurped | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/g/gobetweens.html | work = passagen.se | title = The Go-Betweens | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]] (Magnus Holmgren) | first1 = Magnus | last1 = Holmgren | first2 = Stefan | last2 = Warnqvist | archive-date = 8 December 2011 | access-date = 29 June 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Raggett">{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r213956/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Very Quick on the Eye > Review | last = Raggett | first = Ned | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | access-date = 9 April 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dalton">{{cite news | url = http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/music/me-and-my-shadow/story-e6freqgx-1111113951296 | title = Me and my shadow | page = 1 | newspaper = [[The Courier-Mail]] | date = 14 July 2007 | access-date = 9 April 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="Lullaby">{{cite web|title=Send Me a Lullaby|others=The Go-Betweens|year=1982|url=http://www.go-betweens.org.uk/discography/1982sendmealullaby/1982sendmealullaby.htm|first=Dave|last=Hill|publisher=[[Missing Link Records|Missing Link]]|id=ING005|location=Melbourne, Australia}}</ref>

<ref name="AllMLullaby">{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r39033/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Send Me a Lullaby > Review | last = Raggett | first = Ned | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | access-date = 9 April 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="NicholsTuff">Nichols (2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=-eMZkz3jMlAC&pg=PA114&dq=%22Tuff+Monks 'Tuff Monks' entries] pp. 93, 114–115.</ref>

<ref name="AllMBefore">{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r39034/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Before Hollywood > Review | last = Raggett | first = Ned | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | access-date = 13 April 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="AllMLiberty">{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r39036/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express > Review | last = Coulter | first = Kristi | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | access-date = 14 April 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="Kingsmill">{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1407504.htm | title = J Files: The Go-Betweens | last = Kingsmill | first = Richard | author-link = Richard Kingsmill | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | work = [[Triple J]] | date = 31 August 2000 | access-date = 14 April 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100919214556/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1407504.htm | archive-date = 19 September 2010 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

<ref name="Beriyant">{{cite news | url = http://www.bigtakeover.com/news/unfinished-business-rip-grant-mclennan | title = Unfinished Business: R.I.P. Grant McLennan | newspaper = The Big Takeover | publisher = Big Takeover Magazine (Jack Rabid) | last = Beriyant | first = Matthew | date = 7 May 2006 | access-date = 14 April 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="Kent">{{cite book | title = Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 | last = Kent | first = David | author-link = David Kent (historian) | publisher = Australian Chart Book Ltd | location = [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-646-11917-6 | title-link = Kent Music Report }} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974. Also used for chart peaks between 51–100.</ref>

<ref name="APRA DooWop">{{cite web |title="Doo Wop in 'A' (Bam Boom)" at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Doo%20Wop%20in%20A%20Bam%20Boom | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | access-date = 15 April 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="APRA Cattle">{{cite web |title='Cattle and Cane' at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Cattle%20and%20Cane | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | access-date = 27 October 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="Kruger">{{cite web | url = http://www.debbiekruger.com/pdfs/aprathirty.pdf | last = Kruger | first = Debbie | author-link = Debbie Kruger | title = The songs that resonate through the years | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | date = 2 May 2001 | access-date = 27 October 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="Jeff">{{cite book | title = Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia | last1 = Jenkins | first1 = Jeff | last2 = Meldrum | first2 = Ian | author2-link = Ian Meldrum | year = 2007 | chapter = 40 Great Australian songs | publisher = Wilkinson Publishing | location = [[Melbourne, Victoria|Melbourne, Vic]] | isbn = 978-1-921332-11-1 | pages = 286–287 }}</ref>

<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news | url = http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-05-09/music/grant-mclennan-1958-2006/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080922034527/http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-05-09/music/grant-mclennan-1958-2006/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 22 September 2008 | title = Grant McLennan, 1957-2006 | page = 1 | newspaper = [[The Village Voice]] | publisher = [[Village Voice Media]] | date = 9 May 2006 | access-date = 9 April 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="Snierson">{{cite news | url = https://ew.com/article/2005/03/21/foxs-24-pays-tribute-go-betweens/ | title = Go, Go-Betweens! | newspaper = Entertainment Weekly | last = Snierson | first = Dan | publisher = EW.com (Ray Chelstowski) | date = 21 March 2005 | access-date = 14 April 2010 | archive-date = 4 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140504002440/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1039103,00.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name="SBSGreat">{{cite web | url = http://www.realscreen.com/articles/news/20081008/Great%20Australian%20Albums%20at%20MIPCOMPress%20Release%20-%208%20Oct.pdf | title = SBS takes Great Australian Albums to MIPCOM 08 | publisher = [[Special Broadcasting Service]] (SBS) | date = 8 October 2008 | access-date = 15 April 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120826050949/http://realscreen.com/articles/news/20081008/great%20australian%20albums%20at%20mipcompress%20release%20-%208%20oct.pdf/ | archive-date = 26 August 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

<ref name="Pollard">{{cite news | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/29/2699443.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091003021336/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/29/2699443.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 3 October 2009 | title = Hale Street Link becomes Go-Betweens Bridge | work = ABC News | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | last = Pollard | first = Emma | date = 29 September 2009 | access-date= 14 April 2010 }}</ref>
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==Further reading==
* [[Clinton Walker|Walker, Clinton]] (1981). ''Inner City Sound: Punk and Post-Punk in Australia, 1976-1985''. Sydney: Wild & Woolley.
* [[Clinton Walker|Walker, Clinton]] (1996). ''[[Stranded: The Secret History of Australian Independent Music 1977-1991]]''. Pan MacMillan Australia. {{ISBN|0-7329-0883-3}}.
* [[Andrew Stafford|Stafford, Andrew]] (2004). ''[[Pig City: from the Saints to Savage Garden]]''. University of Queensland Press. {{ISBN|9780702233609}} (first edition), {{ISBN|9780702235610}} (second edition).
* {{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-eMZkz3jMlAC&q=the+go-betweens+david+nichols | last = Nichols | first = David | title = The Go-Betweens | publisher = Verse Chorus Press | location = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland, OR]] | year = 2003 | isbn = 1-891241-16-8}} Note: [online] version has limited functionality.
** Nichols, David (2005). ''The Go-Betweens'' (Limited Italian edition). Libera Publishing. {{ISBN|88-901889-1-X}}.
* Forster, Robert (2016). ''Grant & I: Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens''. Penguin Random House Australia. {{ISBN|9780670078226}}.
* Thorn, Tracey (2021). ''My Rock 'n' Roll Friend''. Canongate. {{ISBN|978-1-78689-823-4}}.

==External links==
*[http://www.go-betweens.net Official website]
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*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-NAMO~825 The Go-Betweens] Music Australia's biography at [[National Library of Australia]]
*[https://strummerradio.com/index.php/news/books/246-memoirs-are-the-new-rock-%E2%80%98n%E2%80%99-roll-grant-i-inside-and-outside-the-go-betweens <nowiki>Grant & I (Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens) Book Review [Greek]</nowiki>]

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