I Had a New York Girlfriend

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I Had a New York Girlfriend
I Had a New York Girlfriend.jpg
Studio album by
Robert Forster
ReleasedOctober 25, 1994
Recorded1994, Sing Sing and Fortissimo studios, Melbourne, Australia
Genre Rock
Length38:42
Label Beggars Banquet
Producer Robert Forster
Robert Forster chronology
Calling from a Country Phone
(1993)		I Had a New York Girlfriend
(1994)		 Warm Nights
(1996)
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I Had a New York Girlfriend is the third album by Robert Forster, released in 1994 on Beggar's Banquet. [3] [4] It consists of cover versions of his favourite songs and unlike his previous albums contains no original compositions. [5]

Contents

The album was reissued in 2024 as Beautiful Hearts (the album's original working title) on the Needle Mythology label. [6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the collection "quirky enough to maintain a distinctly confessional quality." [4]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Nature's Way" (Randy California) – 2:25
  2. "Broken Hearted People" (Guy Clark) – 3:47
  3. "Echo Beach" (Mark Gane) – 2:53
  4. "Tell Me That It Isn't True" (Bob Dylan) – 2:36
  5. "2541" (Grant Hart) – 3:46
  6. "Anytime" (Rick Nelson) – 3:55
Side two
  2. "Locked Away" (Steve Jordan, Keith Richards) – 3:27
  3. "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" (Neil Diamond) – 2:49
  4. "Alone" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:12
  5. "Bird" (Michael Hansonis) – 4:47
  6. "Frisco Depot" (Mickey Newbury) – 2:36
  7. "3 A.M." (Bill Anderson, Jerry Todd) – 2:29

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ I Had a New York Girlfriend at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Robert Forster". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Dave (5 August 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 "Robert Forster". Trouser Press. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Buckley, Peter (5 August 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Robert Forster Beautiful Hearts".
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