The Friends of Rachel Worth

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The Friends of Rachel Worth
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Studio album by
the Go-Betweens
Released16 September 2000
RecordedFebruary 2000
Studio Jackpot! Recording, Portland, Oregon
Genre Indie rock
Length39:49
Label W. Minc (Australia)
Circus (UK)
Clearspot (Germany)
Jetset (US)
Producer The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens chronology
16 Lovers Lane
(1988)		The Friends of Rachel Worth
(2000)		 Bright Yellow Bright Orange
(2003)
Singles from The Friends of Rachel Worth
  1. "Going Blind"
    Released: January 2001
  2. "Surfing Magazines"
    Released: 25 July 2005

The Friends of Rachel Worth is the seventh studio album by Brisbane indie band the Go-Betweens, released in 2000, 12 years after their sixth, 16 Lovers Lane . For this album, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan were joined by all members of American indie rock bands Sleater-Kinney and Quasi as well as new bassist Adele Pickvance. The album was recorded in Portland, Oregon, at Jackpot! Recording Studio by Larry Crane.

Contents

McLennan said, "Rachel felt really natural – it wasn't like Robert and I had separate managers or any of that industry bullshit. We'd always wanted to record in America, too, so that was a real dream. I think it has a really mysterious, otherworldly, 'lost' feel to it." [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Consumer Guide A [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Melody Maker Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 8/10 [8]
Pitchfork 6.5/10 [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 8/10 [11]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [12]

The Friends of Rachel Worth received generally positive critical reviews. It holds a score of 77 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Track listing

All music by Robert Forster and Grant McLennan.

  1. "Magic in Here" (lyrics, McLennan) – 3:52
  2. "Spirit" (lyrics, Forster) – 3:59
  3. "The Clock" (lyrics, McLennan) – 4:06
  4. "German Farmhouse" (lyrics, Forster) – 3:51
  5. "He Lives My Life" (lyrics, Forster) – 3:58
  6. "Heart and Home" (lyrics, McLennan) – 3:13
  7. "Surfing Magazines" (lyrics, Forster) – 4:34
  8. "Orpheus Beach" (lyrics, McLennan) – 4:48
  9. "Going Blind" (lyrics, McLennan) – 2:56
  10. "When She Sang About Angels" (lyrics, Forster) – 4:31

Personnel

The Go-Betweens
Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ Mills, Fred (June 2005). "The Go-Betweens: Their Back Pages" . Harp . Retrieved 12 June 2018– via Rock's Backpages.
  2. 1 2 "Friends of Rachel Worth by The Go-Betweens Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Horowitz, Hal. "The Friends of Rachel Worth – The Go-Betweens". AllMusic . Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Go-Betweens: The Friends of Rachel Worth". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Brunner, Rob (6 October 2000). "Music Review: 'The Friends of Rachel Worth'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Costa, Maddy (22 September 2000). "The Go-Betweens: The Friends of Rachel Worth (Circus)". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Go-Betweens: The Friends of Rachel Worth". Melody Maker . 4–10 October 2000. p. 49.
  8. ↑ Robinson, John (15 September 2000). "The Go-Betweens – The Friends Of Rachel Worth". NME . Archived from the original on 17 October 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  9. ↑ Zamula, Meg (19 September 2000). "The Go-Betweens: The Friends of Rachel Worth". Pitchfork . Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  10. ↑ George-Warren, Holly (14 September 2000). "The Go-Betweens: The Friends Of Rachel Worth". Rolling Stone . No. 849. p. 174. Archived from the original on 29 September 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. ↑ Weisbard, Eric (October 2000). "The Go-Betweens: The Friends of Rachel Worth". Spin . Vol. 16, no. 10. pp. 174–175. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Thackray, Jerry (October 2000). "The Go-Betweens: The Friends of Rachel Worth". Uncut . No. 41. p. 94.
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