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"Part Company" is the first single taken from The Go-Betweens third album, ''Spring Hill Fair''. It was released in August 1984 by Sire Records with "Just a King in Mirrors" as the B-side.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Go-Betweens: Part Company )〕 In the UK a 12" single was also released on Sire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Go-Betweens, The - Part Company )〕 The single failed to make an impact on the charts. In November 1983 the band recorded a number of demos commissioned by Rough Trade for their third album, at Pathway Studios, with producer John Brand.〔 Note: () version has limited functionality.〕 "Newton Told Me" was re-recorded after originally being considered as a B-side for "Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea" and recorded by the band in May 1983.〔 "Part Company" was also re-recorded in May 1984 for its subsequent inclusion in ''Spring Hill Fair''. Forster later indicated in an interview that McLennan had told him that "Just a King in Mirrors" was about Nick Cave, who he was close too at the time. ==Critical reception== In his review of ''Spring Hill Fair'', at Allmusic, Ned Raggett describes the song as having "an almost-Smiths-like all-around performance on the verses spiked with an at once inspirational and regret-laden chorus." In a more detailed review of the song, Raggett states that it "demonstrates so many of the Go-Betweens' core strengths it's practically a role model for anyone seeking inspiration -- a literate but not obnoxiously so lyric, a fine lead performance from Forster, an arrangement that throws in some subtle tweaks (and a suddenly all the more intense chorus) to the straightforward electric/acoustic combination. The keyboards throwing sound like a nervous, uncomfortable wail, Lindy Morrison's drums are among her strongest, and the whole song seems to capture an uneasy combination of diffidence and sudden yearning down to its fadeout." Pitchfork's Doulas Wolk comments that "Part Company" is "Bob Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' refracted through Australian rehearsal room windows. Steve Bell (TheMusic.com.au) advises that "the song features strong lyrics and some serious six-string interplay (the combination of Forster and McLennan’s guitars that would later become so important basically started here) but never really managed to gather much traction." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Part Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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