Hidden Things is an album by Paul Kelly & The Messengers

Paul Kelly (musician)

Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

 and was released in 1992 on Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...

 in Australia.
The album is a collection of songs that were recorded by Paul Kelly and both his backup bands, the Coloured Girls and The Messengers, from 1986 to 1991, but weren't put on to any previous albums (except for "Bradman" and "Pastures of Plenty").

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly (musician)

Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

, except where noted

1. "Reckless
   Reckless (Australian Crawl song)
   "Reckless" was a 1983 song from the EP Semantics by iconic Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl. The song showed a change in the line up of the band as drummer Bill McDonough was temporarily replaced by Graham Bidstrup...
   
   " (James Reyne
   James Reyne
   James Reyne is an Australian rock musician and singer/songwriter both as a member of the iconic 1980s band Australian Crawl and solo work.. He is a successful singer/ songwriter and prolific artist...
   
   ) - 3:59
2. "When I First Met Your Ma" - 3:56
3. "Sweet Guy Waltz" - 4:30
4. "Hard Times" - 2:33
5. "Other People's Houses" - 6:34
6. "Special Treatment" - 3:29
7. "Little Decisions" - 3:44
8. "Rally Round The Drum" (Paul Kelly, Archie Roach
   Archie Roach
   Archie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.- Biography :In his own words,...
   
   ) - 5:05
9. "Pastures Of Plenty" (Woody Guthrie
   Woody Guthrie
   Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
   
   ) - 2:27
10. "Beggar On The Street Of Love" - 3:06
11. "Pouring Petrol On A Burning Man" - 2:54
12. "From St Kilda To Kings Cross" - 2:48
13. "Brand New Ways" - 3:39
14. "Rock 'n' Soul" - 2:35
15. "Yil Lull" (Joe Geia
    Joe Geia
    Joe Geia is an Australian musician of Murri Aboriginal heritage from North Queensland. He is best known as the composer of the song "Yil Lull", which has been recorded by many other artists including Paul Kelly, Archie Roach, Jimmy Barnes, and most recently by the Singers for the Red, Black and...
    
    ) - 4:15
16. "Bradman" - 7:30
17. "Ghost Town" - 2:48
18. "Elly" (Kev Carmody
    Kev Carmody
    Kevin Daniel "Kev" Carmody is an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter. His song "From Little Things Big Things Grow" was recorded with co-writer Paul Kelly for their 1993 single; it was covered by the Get Up Mob in 2008 and peaked at #4 on the Australian Recording Industry Association singles...
    
    ) - 4:17

Releases

Format	Country	Label	Catalogue No.	Year
CD	AUS	Mushroom	MUSH D30748	1992
CD	AUS	Festival Mushroom	MUSH 322832	1996