Loved & Lost: The Best of Bachelor Girl

"Loved & Lost: The Best of Bachelor Girl" is the first Greatest hits by Australian band Bachelor Girl. It features tracks from their two studio albums, Waiting for the Day (1998) and Dysfunctional (2002) as well as fan favourites and four previously unreleased tracks recorded between 2002-03. The album was released in Australia on 15 April 2011.[1][2]

Loved & Lost: The Best of Bachelor Girl
Greatest hits album by
Released15 April 2011 (Australia)
Recorded1998-2004
GenrePop, Rock
LabelSony Music Australia
Bachelor Girl chronology
Dysfunctional
(2002)
Loved & Lost: The Best of Bachelor Girl
(2011)
Beautifully Wrong
(2011)

The band performed "Buses and Trains" on Sunrise on 5 May 2011.[3] The band supported the album with a tour between 28 May 28 and 3 June.[4][5][6]

Background edit

Bachelor Girl were a group formed by James Roche and Tania Doko in 1992. They released their first single Buses and Trains in 1998 which peaked at number 4 in Australia. A platinum selling album quickly followed. In 2002, The group released its second studio album before amicably splitting in 2004.[7] Roche moved to London and Doko to Sweden and worked on solo projects. In 2011, the ground decided to release a greatest hit made up of their hit singles, fan favourites and four salvaged tracks from their 2003 unreleased album Beautifully Wrong.[8]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Buses and Trains"Waiting for the Day3:39
2."Permission to Shine"Waiting for the Day4:15
3."Treat Me Good"
Waiting for the Day5:19
4."I'm Just a Girl"
  • Roche
Dysfunctional3:53
5."Lucky Me"
  • Roche
Waiting for the Day4:28
6."Blown Away"
  • S. Cutler
  • A. Preven
Waiting for the Day4:33
7."Rollercoaster"
  • P.Thornalley
  • M.Lewis
Dysfunctional3:41
8."Drowning Not Waving"
  • Roche
Dysfunctional4:36
9."This Must Be Love (Like It or Not)" (Remix)
  • Roche
  • Doko
Waiting for the Day4:05
10."Waiting for the Day"
  • Roche
Waiting for the Day5:01
11."Can't Wait to Meet You"
  • Roche
  • Doko
Dysfunctional4:15
12."Gotta Let You Go"
  • Roche
  • Doko
Waiting for the Day5:37
13."Come Undone"Undone: The Songs of Duran Duran4:49
14."Radio"
  • Aaron Hendra
new recording3:51
15."To Whom It May Concern"
  • Roache
  • Doko
new recording4:08
16."No Ordinary Day"
new recording4:04
17."We're a Natural"
  • Roache
new recording3:48

New Tracks [9] edit

  • "Radio" - The song was recorded by both Hendra's band Supanatural and Bachelor Girl, however, neither of these albums were released. The song speaks of the power of well-loved songs being heard once again on the radio.
  • "To Whom It May Concern" - The song sends a wish-list and tender invitation out into the world, like a message in a bottle. For anyone who would love to be someone's 'Yours Truly'.
  • "No Ordinary Day" - The song was written on a bright sunny winter's afternoon in Melbourne. Most people can relate to the early morning other-worldliness after a joyous, unexpected, sexual debut of a new relationship. Captured perfectly in this lyric, the sweet tang of adrenalin, lack of sleep and quiet excitement becomes beautifully present.
  • "We're a Natural" - Inspired by the Byron Bay surroundings, this hippy and spiritual lyric captures the earth-child's vision of perfect simplicity. Warm sand and deep twilight after a perfect beach day birthed a happy, energetic celebration of life au naturel.

Release history edit

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions and reference
Region Date Format(s) Label Edition(s) Catalogue
Australia 15 April 2011 Sony Music Australia
  • Standard edition
88697764362

References edit

  1. ^ "Loved Lost Best of Bachelor Girl". www.jbhifi.com.au. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Loved & Lost: The Best Of Bachelor Girl". iTunes Australia. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Bachelor Girl 5 May 2011 on Sunrise - Buses and Trains". YouTube. May 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. ^ "The return of Bachelor Girl". Star Observer. 26 April 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. ^ Jimmy (18 March 2011). "Blast from the Past: Bachelor Girl Re-forming!". RipItUp. Rip It Up Publishing. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  6. ^ Cashmere, Paul (13 April 2011). "Bachelor Girl Reform". Undercover Media Pty Ltd (Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman). Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Four Minutes With...Bachelor Girl". www.news.com.au. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  8. ^ Birdie. "Bachelor Girl". www.beat.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Love and Lost album". www.bachelorgirl.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.