Bright Yellow Bright Orange
2003 studio album by the Go-Betweens
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Bright Yellow Bright Orange is the eighth studio album by Australian indie rock group the Go-Betweens, released in February 2003 on the Trifekta record label. It was nominated at the 2003 ARIA Music Awards for Best Adult Contemporary Album, but lost to John Farnham for The Last Time.
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| Released | February 2003 | |||
| Recorded | August–September 2002 | |||
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| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Labels | Trifekta (Australia) Circus (UK) Clearspot (Germany) Jetset (US) Wonderground (Japan) | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Blender | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10[6] |
| Q | [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Spin | A−[9] |
| Uncut | [10] |
| The Village Voice | B+[11] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Grant McLennan, Robert Forster.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Caroline and I" | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Poison in the Walls" | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Mrs Morgan" | 4:07 |
| 4. | "In Her Diary" | 3:00 |
| 5. | "Too Much of One Thing" | 5:53 |
| 6. | "Crooked Lines" | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Old Mexico" | 4:39 |
| 8. | "Make Her Day" | 3:44 |
| 9. | "Something for Myself" | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Unfinished Business" | 2:12 |
The first pressing of the Jetset version of the CD, that was available in some US stores, included a bonus disk.[12]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Instant Replay" | 2:42 |
| 2. | "Woman Across The Way" | 2:54 |
| 3. | "Locust Girls" | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Girl Lying On A Beach" | 3:22 |
Personnel
- Robert Forster – vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, slide, Hammond organ, piano
- Grant McLennan – vocals, electric and acoustic guitar
- Adele Pickvance – electric and upright bass, keyboards, vocals
- Glenn Thompson – drums, electric guitar, Farfisa organ, keyboards, vocals
- Hope Csutoros – violin
- Helen Mountfort – cello
- David Chesworth – string arrangement