ARTiST: Robert Forster
ALBUM: The Evangelist
BiTRATE: 186kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Yep Roc
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 56.27 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 39min 55sec total
RiP DATE: 2008-04-08
STORE DATE: 2008-04-29
Track List:
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01. If It Rains 3:47
02. Demon Days 3:40
03. Pandanus 3:58
04. Did She Overtake You 3:24
05. The Evangelist 4:29
06. Let Your Light In, Babe 4:43
07. A Place To Hide Away 2:35
08. Don't Touch Anything 4:10
09. It Ain't Easy 3:28
10. From Ghost Town 5:41
Release Notes:
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Robert Forster's first album in 11 years, The Evangelist finds the Go-Betweens
co-founder as winsome and haunting as ever. Nearly two years after the death of
Grant McLennan, his fellow Go-Between and writing partner of 30 years, Forster
has produced an album that is both wildly progressive and haunted by the ghost
of his artistic soul mate. "Demon Days," co-written with McLennan shortly before
he died, is an all too telling spine tingling journey into oblivion. "Pandanus"
and "Did She Overtake You?" are lively juggernauts that delightfully reprise the
rhythmic tensions of Spring Hill Fair. "The Evangelist" is a wistful cousin to
"He Lives My Life" (from The Friends of Rachel Worth) and "From Ghost Town" is a
deeply personal and poignant farewell to a lost brother. Throughout, The
Evangelist is a masterpiece of honesty and compassion.
Forster himself describes The Evangelist this way, "I wasn't sure if I was ever
going to make another record but this summer it just materialized. It's a direct
record. I've written seven of the songs, and three are co-written with Grant.
Adele and Glenn from The Go-Betweens are with me. It's not Oceans Apart 2 - it's
something else, but with trails going into the past and I'm proud of it."