Quiet Heart


Quiet Heart: The Best of the Go-Betweens is a compilation album by Australian alternative rock band, the Go-Betweens. It peaked at No. 51 on the ARIA Albums, No. 48 on the ARIA Physical Albums, and No. 15 on the ARIA Australian Artists Albums charts. Ian Wallace of Australian Recording Industry Association described how, " is the first collection that spans the band's entire recorded output... A second disc features a live recording from 1987."
The tracks were selected by original band members Robert Forster, Lindy Morrison, Robert Vickers and Amanda Brown after a "long and arduous process." Unlike previous compilations, the tracks covered their entire career including the reformation years – critics were split on whether the later era songs seemed out of place, but all appreciated how the tracks flowed especially the "conscious sequencing" contrasting early singles with latter reformation era tracks.

Track listing

All songs by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster.
  1. "Spring Rain" – 3:07
  2. *Originally released on Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
  3. "Love Goes On" – 3:21
  4. *Originally released on 16 Lovers Lane
  5. "Bye Bye Pride" – 4:07
  6. *Originally released on Tallulah
  7. "Part Company" – 4:53
  8. *Originally released on Spring Hill Fair
  9. "Darlinghurst Nights" – 6:18
  10. *Originally released on Oceans Apart
  11. "Bachelor Kisses" – 3:33
  12. *Originally released on Spring Hill Fair
  13. "Surfing Magazines" – 4:34
  14. *Originally released on The Friends of Rachel Worth
  15. "Karen" – 4:03
  16. *Originally released as a single
  17. "The Clock" – 4:06
  18. *Originally released on The Friends of Rachel Worth
  19. "Head Full of Steam" – 3:41
  20. *Originally released on Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
  21. "Streets of Your Town" – 3:39
  22. *Originally released on 16 Lovers Lane
  23. "People Say" – 2:40
  24. *Originally released as a single
  25. "Finding You" – 4:01
  26. *Originally released on Oceans Apart
  27. "Dive for Your Memory" – 4:10
  28. *Originally released on 16 Lovers Lane
  29. "Cattle and Cane" – 4:19
  30. *Originally released on Before Hollywood
  31. "Right Here" – 3:52
  32. *Originally released on Tallulah
  33. "Here Comes A City" – 3:25
  34. *Originally released on Oceans Apart
  35. "Quiet Heart" – 5:21
  36. *Originally released on ''16 Lovers Lane''

    2nd disc Vienna Burns – Live 1987

  37. "Unkind and Unwise"
  38. "Part Company"
  39. "The House That Jack Kerouac Built"
  40. "The Clarke Sisters"
  41. "The Wrong Road"
  42. "Cut It Out"
  43. "Head Full of Steam"
  44. "Right Here"
  45. "In the Core of the Flame"
  46. "Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea"
  47. "Spring Rain"
  48. "Apology Accepted"