Robert Forster, Danger in the Past (side A)

1990 marked Robert Forster's first solo album after the Go-Betweens breakup and before their reunion. He teamed up with the Bad Seeds and Victor Van Vugt at Hansa for Danger in the Past, which contains some of his most startling songwriting. Without the alternation Grant McLennan's lighter side, the consistently morose songs become a starkly immersive listen. And, of course, the Bad Seeds' backing contributions are consistently great. I love the piano sound, but am not so fond of the hi-passed snare with its own reverb (apparently the 80s hadn't yet ended in 1990). Forster's wearing a nice jacket on the front cover with a stylish peaked lapel.