Robert Forster

Australian singer, co-founder in 1977 of the group The Go-Betweens, which included Mick Harvey, Robert Forster, whose full name is Robert Derwent Garth Forster, was born in Brisbane on June 29, 1957. In addition to his extensive discography with The Go-Betweens, he embarked on a solo career in 1990 with the album Danger in the Past , recorded in Berlin (Germany) in less than 15 days with his sidekick Mick Harvey as producer. Three years later, he was alone at the controls on Calling from a Country Phone, this time recorded in his native Australia. In 1994, I Had a New York Girlfriend featured covers of his favorite songs and, unlike his previous albums, contained no original compositions. With Warm Nights, produced in 1996 by Edwyn Collins, Robert Forster closed the first chapter of his solo career, since it would be more than 12 years before he released a fifth opus. The Evangelist, released in 2008, preceded Songs to Play, also released after a long wait, in 2015. Robert Forster's discography is now rounded out by two new albums: Inferno in 2019 and The Candle and the Flame in 2023. Both rank well in Germany, at number 17 and 32 respectively. Also a journalist with The Monthly, Forster continued his career, recording the single "Did You End Up with the One You Love?", before the May 2025 release of his tenth solo album Strawberries.

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