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Warm Nights (album)

Warm Nights is the fourth album by Robert Forster. It was released on LP and CD by Beggars Banquet in 1996 and was highlighted with a new version of the Go-Betweens' "Rock 'n' Roll Friend", which was a single B-side in 1988.

Forster later said, "It was about sweaty Brisbane nights, banana trees in the backyard, animals walking around at night, fruitbats flying in the air. I was looking at Brisbane with new eyes in this new suburb, and I was listening to this music that had more space, more rhythm. I wrote all the songs in about eight months, quicker than I had written since the late 70s."

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Forster, except where noted.

Side one
  1. "I Can Do" – 3:00
  2. "Warm Nights" – 4:25
  3. "Cryin' Love" – 5:28
  4. "Snake Skin Lady" – 3:35
  5. "Loneliness" – 3:21
Side two
  1. <li value="6">"Jug of Wine" – 6:03
  2. "Fortress" – 4:57
  3. "Rock 'n' Roll Friend" (Forster, Grant McLennan) – 5:13
  4. "On a Street Corner" – 5:29
  5. "I'll Jump" – 3:01

Personnel

  • Robert Forster – vocals, guitar
  • Edwyn Collins – guitar
  • Martin Drover – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Clare Kenny – bass
  • Oliver Karus – cell
  • Neil Pentelow – saxophone
  • Dave Ruffy – drums
  • J. Neil Sidwell – trombone

References