Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express

The Go-Betweens hit their stride on their fourth album, Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express. Record Collector called it “one of the greatest albums of the decade”, while Uncut said “everything comes together with the perfect fourth album”. Lindy Morrison put it simply: “every single song is a classic.”

Heading into the studio, the band were set on doing it their way. Robert Forster later wrote that there’d be “no drum machines, no piecemeal recording, no acquiescence to higher authority”, building instead on the crisp, woody sound of Before Hollywood with a broader, more exotic palette.

Remastered in 2019 for Volume 2 of Domino’s G Stands For Go-Betweens Anthology, this Beggars Banquet-era release is available individually on vinyl for the first time in over 30 years, and on CD. These records capture the band’s London years, alongside Tallulah and the live set Fountains Of Youth.