Warm Nights (album) explained

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."^[1]

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

6. "Jug of Wine" – 6:03
7. "Fortress" – 4:57
8. "Rock 'n' Roll Friend" (Forster, Grant McLennan) – 5:13
9. "On a Street Corner" – 5:29
10. "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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Uncut Magazine. Robert Forster, Album By Album. John Mulvey. 18 January 2016. 29 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160529111015/http://www.uncut.co.uk/uncut-editors-diary/robert-forster-album-by-album-72395. 28 September 2017. live.