Intermission is a two-CD compilation album by Robert Forster

Robert Forster (musician)

Robert Forster is an Australian singer-songwriter, best known for his work with songwriting partner Grant McLennan, with whom he co-founded The Go-Betweens.Forster grew up in Brisbane, Australia attending Brisbane Grammar School...

 and Grant McLennan

Grant McLennan

Grant William McLennan was an Australian singer-songwriter with the alternative rock band The Go-Betweens, which he co-founded with Robert Forster in Brisbane, Australia in 1977...

, bandmates in The Go-Betweens

The Go-Betweens

The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Australia in 1977 by singer-songwriters and guitarists, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan. They were later joined by Lindy Morrison on drums, Robert Vickers on bass guitar and Amanda Brown on violin, oboe, guitar, and backing vocals,...

, of material recorded for their solo albums through the 1990s.

Although the album was released after the death of McLennan in May 2006, it had been planned since 2000 and a final track list prepared in April 2006. The album title was chosen by McLennan.

Forster, in a 2007 interview, explained: "Grant and I had always planned to take last year off. Our last album Oceans Apart

Oceans Apart

Oceans Apart is the ninth and final album by The Go-Betweens, released in 2005. All the songs were written by Grant McLennan and Robert Forster...

did so well, Intermission was intended to give new fans something to look into and to tide old fans over. When Grant died, I froze. I didn't know what to do about music. Everyone left me alone to decide in my own time and, at the end of 2006, I felt the best thing to do was to carry on as we'd planned; finish sorting Intermission."

He said the album had always been planned as two separate discs, each presenting their own work: "We enjoyed those years of exploring our songs apart, they helped us grow. They don't sound like The Go-Betweens, and to force them together retrospectively wouldn't be right."

The recordings were
re-mastered by Bill Inglot and longtime manager Bob Johnson.

Robert Forster

(All songs written by Robert Forster except where marked)

1. "Falling Star" – 4:05
   • Recorded Brisbane, October 1992. Originally on Calling From a Country Phone
2. "Baby Stones" – 4:06
   • Recorded Berlin, June/July 1990. Originally on Danger in the Past
3. "121" – 3:29
   • Recorded Brisbane, October 1992. Originally on Calling From a Country Phone
4. "I've Been Looking For Somebody" – 4:20
   • Recorded Berlin, June/July 1990. Originally on Danger in the Past
5. "I'll Jump" – 3:02
   • Recorded London, January/February 1996. Originally on Warm Nights
6. "Beyond Their Law" – 5:03
   • Recorded Brisbane, October 1992. Originally on Calling From a Country Phone
7. "I Can Do" – 3:00
   • Recorded London, January/February 1996. Originally on Warm Nights
8. "The Circle" – 3:44
   • Recorded Brisbane, October 1992. Originally on Calling From a Country Phone
9. "Cryin' Love" – 5:26
   • Recorded London, January/February 1996. Originally on Warm Nights
10. "The River People" – 3:26
    • Recorded Berlin, June/July 1990. Originally on Danger in the Past
11. "Frisco Depot" (Mickey Newbury
    Mickey Newbury
    Mickey Newbury was an American songwriter, a critically acclaimed recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Biography:...
    
    ) – 2:38
    • Recorded Melbourne, January 1994. Originally on I Had a New York Girlfriend
12. "Danger in The Past" – 4:51
    • Recorded Berlin, June/July 1990. Originally on Danger in the Past
13. "Falling Star (Original Version)" – 4:04
    • Recorded Berlin, June/July 1990.

Grant McLennan

(All songs by Grant McLennan)

1. "Haven't I Been A Fool" – 3:23
   • Recorded Sydney, September/October 1990. Originally on Watershed
     Watershed (Grant McLennan album)
     Watershed is the debut solo album by Grant McLennan, a member of The Go-Betweens released under the name G. W. McLennan. The album was recorded nine months after The Go-Betweens disbanded; it was released in 1991...
     
     
2. "Easy Come Easy Go" – 4:01
   • Recorded Sydney, September/October 1990. Originally on Watershed
3. "Black Mule" – 4:45
   • Recorded Sydney, September/October 1990. Originally on Watershed
4. "The Dark Side Of Town" – 3:45
   • Recorded Sydney and Melbourne, 1993. Originally on Fireboy
     Fireboy
     Fireboy is the second solo album by Grant McLennan, a member of The Go-Betweens. It was released in 1992. In the album's liner notes McLennan said the songs were for Gloria Swanson, Kenneth Slessor, Brett Whiteley and Dean Martin.-Track listing:...
     
     
5. "Lighting Fires" – 3:36
   • Recorded Sydney and Melbourne, 1993. Originally on Fireboy
6. "Surround Me" – 3:55
   • Recorded Sydney and Melbourne, 1993. Originally on Fireboy
7. "No Peace In The Palace" – 4:16
   • Recorded Athens, Georgia, 1994. Originally on Horsebreaker Star
     Horsebreaker Star
     Horsebreaker Star is the third solo album by Grant McLennan, a member of The Go-Betweens. McLennan recorded the album in Athens, Georgia with American musicians. In a 1995 interview he said the album had been "a lot of work"....
     
     
8. "Hot Water" – 3:48
   • Recorded Athens, Georgia, 1994. Originally on Horsebreaker Star
9. "I'll Call You Wild" – 4:42
   • Recorded Athens, Georgia, 1994. Originally on Horsebreaker Star
10. "Horsebreaker Star" – 4:15
    • Recorded Athens, Georgia, 1994. Originally on Horsebreaker Star
11. "Malibu 69" – 4:46
    • Recorded Sydney, December 1996/January 1997. Originally on In Your Bright Ray
      In Your Bright Ray
      In Your Bright Ray is the fourth and final solo album, released in 1997, by Grant McLennan, a member of The Go-Betweens.The album featured Brett Myers of Died Pretty and Wayne Connolly of Knievel on guitars, Maurice Argiro of Underground Lovers on bass and Tim Powles of The Church on drums.-Track...
      
      
12. "One Plus One" – 2:59
    • Recorded Sydney, December 1996/January 1997. Originally on In Your Bright Ray
13. "In Your Bright Ray" – 4:57
    • Recorded Sydney, December 1996/January 1997. Originally on In Your Bright Ray