Goodbye (Dubstar album)

Goodbye is Dubstar's second album. It was released in September 1997 on the Food Records label, a division of EMI that was also home to Blur.

Goodbye
Studio album by Dubstar
Released	22 September 1997
Genre	Synthpop
Label	Food
Producer	Stephen Hague
Dubstar chronology
Disgraceful (1995) Goodbye (1997) Make It Better (2000)
Alternative cover
Japanese cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Music Week	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(8.1/10)[3]
Uncut	[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Hillier except where noted.

1. "I Will Be Your Girlfriend" (Hillier, Chris Wilkie) - 3:37
2. "Inside" - 3:44
3. "No More Talk" - 3:39
4. "Polestar" - 3:40
5. "Say the Worst Thing First" - 4:07
6. "Cathedral Park" - 3:14
7. "It's Over" - 4:18
8. "The View From Here" - 3:42
9. "My Start in Wallsend" - 4:29
10. "It's Clear" (Hillier, Wilkie) - 2:22
11. "Ghost" - 3:36
12. "Can't Tell Me" - 3:21
13. "Wearchest" (Hillier, Wilkie) - 3:15
14. "When You Say Goodbye" (Sarah Blackwood, Hillier, Wilkie) - 3:14
15. "Let's Go" - 4:20

Japan bonus tracks

The Japanese release includes the B-sides from lead single "No More Talk" as bonus tracks.

Personnel

• Sarah Blackwood, lead vocalist
• Steve Hillier, songwriting & programming
• Chris Wilkie, guitarist

Additional personnel

• Paul Wadsworth - drums
• Audrey Riley – cello
• Phil Spalding – bass

U.S. release

Goodbye was the band's first album released in the U.S. For this American edition, six songs were removed from the UK version and replaced with tracks from their previous UK release, Disgraceful. The rearranged track listing includes "Stars" and "Not So Manic Now," the most popular singles from Disgraceful, as well as some of their remixes.

All songs written by Steve Hillier except where otherwise noted. Songs not on UK release are noted in italics.

1. "Stars"
2. "Inside"
3. "Cathedral Park"
4. "Just a Girl She Said" (Sarah Blackwood, Steve Hillier, Chris Wilkie)
5. "The View From Here"
6. "It's Clear" (Hillier, Wilkie)
7. "No More Talk"
8. "Anywhere" (Hillier, Wilkie)
9. "Ghost"
10. "Can't Tell Me" (Wilkie)
11. "I Will Be Your Girlfriend" (Hillier, Wilkie)
12. "Wearchest" (Hillier, Wilkie)
13. "St. Swithin's Day" (Billy Bragg)
14. "Not So Manic Now" (Dave Harling, Jon Kirby, Martin Mason, Graeme Robinson)
15. "Stars" (Motiv 8 mix)
16. "Not So Manic Now" (Way Out West mix)
17. "Stars" (Way Out West mix)

Singles

The following singles were released from the album, in order of release date. All songs written by Steve Hillier except where otherwise noted:

• "No More Talk"

• CD 1

1. "Unchained Monologue" (Hillier/Wilkie)
2. "La Boheme" (Charles Aznavour)
3. "Goodbye" (Blackwood/Hillier/Wilkie)

• CD 2

1. "Stars" (acoustic) (Hillier)
2. "Elevator song" (acoustic) (Hillier)
3. "Not Once Not Ever" (acoustic) (Hillier)

• "Cathedral Park"

1. "Let Down" (Wilkie)
2. "This Is My Home" (Hillier)
3. "In My Defence" (Hillier)

• "I Will Be Your Girlfriend"

1. "Not So Manic Now" (Dave Harling, Jon Kirby, Martin Mason, Graeme Robinson)
2. "Stars" (Hillier)
3. "Anywhere" (Hillier/Wilkie)

All songs are identical to the versions previously released as singles and on the album Disgraceful.

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r312874
2. "Reviews: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 13 September 1997. p. 14. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
3. Wisdom, James. "Album Review: Dubstar - Goodbye". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
4. Stubbs, David (October 1997). "Dubstar: Goodbye". Uncut. No. 5. p. 81.

• H, Neil. "Discography". Dubstar Web Garden. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2006.

External links

• Goodbye at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)