Go! (Cartman album)

Go!
A train is alongside its platform, the engine dominates the central area. The band name is displayed in the upper left, while the album name is included on the engine to the viewer's front right. Beyond the train to the left appears a setting sun of orange to yellow light.
Studio album by
Cartman
Released14 January 2002 (2002-01-14)
RecordedLate 2001
StudioRevolver Studios, Perth
Genre
Length52:44
LabelEmbryo/MGM
ProducerBen Glatzer
Cartman chronology
Nobody
(2000) 		Go!
(2002) 		George
(2002)

Go! is the debut album by Australian pop rockers, Cartman, which was released on 14 January 2002 via Embryo Records and distributed by MGM Distribution.[1][2] Go! was selected as Triple J's Album of the Week.

Scott Nicholls designed and created its artwork. The East Perth train terminal was chosen as the location for the cover art's photo shoot, accompanied by a small library of additional band photos taken throughout the band's career.

The first track lifted from the album, "Shock", raced across the national airwaves and was selected as the eviction music for reality TV show, Big Brother. "Shock" spent 17 weeks in the Triple J Net 50 and was voted in the Triple J Hottest 100 songs for 2002.

It was followed by the country tinged break up song, "Got No Reason", which spent five weeks in the Triple J Net 50 and received significant airplay across the country, The third single lifted from the album was the pop rock ballad, "George", a Joe Hawkins/Cartman song. Rotation on Triple J and the commercial networks cemented the album as one of the best Australian releases for 2002.

  1. ^ MacNeil, Jason. "Go – Cartman | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. ^ Cartman (2001), Go!, Embryo Records: distributed by MGM, retrieved 22 October 2017