Paul Kelly discography
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The discography of Paul Kelly
, an Australian rock
artist, includes solo releases, those from various bands that Paul Kelly has led, and material from the related projects Professor Ratbaggy
and Stardust Five
which contain the same personnel as his bands. Paul Kelly, under various guises, has released eighteen studio albums, fifty-three singles
, forty-two music videos, and contributed to ten film / television soundtracks and scores.
In August 1978, Paul Kelly and the Dots was formed from the remains of Melbourne band High Rise Bombers. In 1979 they released their debut single, "Recognition", on Mushroom Records and followed with other singles in 1980 including "Billy Baxter" in October, which peaked at No. 38 on the National singles charts. Their debut album Talk
followed in March 1981, which peaked at No. 44 on the National albums charts. Their single "Alive and Well", from the second album, Manila
, had a video clip directed by Jack Egan in July 1982. After the Dots folded in late 1982, Kelly was without a recording contract. The Paul Kelly Band was formed in 1983, however by late 1984, Kelly had disbanded this group. His next solo release was the single "From St. Kilda to King's Cross" in April 1985, with the associated album Post
.
By mid-1985 Kelly had formed Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls and their first single was "Before Too Long
" in June 1986, which peaked at No. 15 and was followed by a double LP Gossip
in September, which peaked at No. 15. Gossip was trimmed back to a single LP for its 1987 international release on A&M Records
under the name Paul Kelly and the Messengers. Australian releases still used Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. "To Her Door
" was released in September 1987 and peaked at No. 14 on the Australian singles charts. Another single from this album, "Dumb Things" was released in 1988 in Australia, and the US. By 1989's So Much Water So Close to Home
album they were known as Paul Kelly and the Messengers in all markets, the album peaked at No. 10 with the next album Comedy from 1991 peaking at No. 12, but despite this success Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls disbanded in August 1991 with Hidden Things
released in May 1992. Kelly was already touring as a solo artist and recorded Live, May 1992
, he subsequently recorded further material under his own name, as the Paul Kelly Band, Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions, and Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys.
In 1999, Kelly left Mushroom Records and signed with EMI music to release Smoke by Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill, which is a bluegrass band; released at the same time was Professor Ratbaggy
by Professor Ratbaggy, a dub reggae
group formed by Kelly with members of the Paul Kelly Band. Kelly toured with both Uncle Bill and Professor Ratbaggy. In a similar way Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions released Ways & Means in 2004 and became Stardust Five
to release Stardust Five
in 2006. In 2004, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
television series Fireflies
featured a score by Kelly and Stephen Rae, the associated soundtrack CD Fireflies: Songs of Paul Kelly included tracks by Kelly, Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions, Professor Ratbaggy, Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill, and "Los Cucumbros" by the Boon Companions featuring Sian Prior, which was later a track on Stardust Five. Stolen Apples
from 2007 was credited to Paul Kelly and followed by the live DVD
Live Apples in April 2008 credited to Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions.
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...
, an Australian rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
artist, includes solo releases, those from various bands that Paul Kelly has led, and material from the related projects Professor Ratbaggy
Professor Ratbaggy
Professor Ratbaggy is a sometime four-piece band based in Melbourne, Australia. Sometimes thought of as a side-project of iconic Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, the band is in fact its own entity: Kelly is one of the four members .The band's name is derived from the 1960s Australian TV...
and Stardust Five
Stardust Five
Stardust Five is five-piece surf rock/pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The members of the band Dan Kelly, Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald have played, in other bands including The Last Gasp, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Max Q, The Blackeyed Susans and Michelle...
which contain the same personnel as his bands. Paul Kelly, under various guises, has released eighteen studio albums, fifty-three singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, forty-two music videos, and contributed to ten film / television soundtracks and scores.
In August 1978, Paul Kelly and the Dots was formed from the remains of Melbourne band High Rise Bombers. In 1979 they released their debut single, "Recognition", on Mushroom Records and followed with other singles in 1980 including "Billy Baxter" in October, which peaked at No. 38 on the National singles charts. Their debut album Talk
Talk (Paul Kelly album)
Talk is the debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Dots and was originally released on 30 March 1981 by Mushroom Records and re-released in 1990. Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons leader Joe Camilleri produced seven of the eleven tracks with the rest produced by either Martin Armiger or...
followed in March 1981, which peaked at No. 44 on the National albums charts. Their single "Alive and Well", from the second album, Manila
Manila (album)
-Chart positions and releases:-Track listing:All tracks written by Paul Kelly, except where noted.# "Forbidden Street" – 7:30# "Clean this House" – 4:46# "Alive and Well" – 3:10# "Skidding Hearts" – 3:32...
, had a video clip directed by Jack Egan in July 1982. After the Dots folded in late 1982, Kelly was without a recording contract. The Paul Kelly Band was formed in 1983, however by late 1984, Kelly had disbanded this group. His next solo release was the single "From St. Kilda to King's Cross" in April 1985, with the associated album Post
Post (Paul Kelly album)
Post is the first solo album by Australian singer-songwriter rock musician, Paul Kelly. Kelly had moved to Sydney by January 1985, after leaving his Melbourne-based Paul Kelly Band and the breakup of his marriage to Hilary Brown....
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By mid-1985 Kelly had formed Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls and their first single was "Before Too Long
Before Too Long
"Before Too Long" was the first single released by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls from their debut double album, Gossip. The single was released in June 1986 on the original White Label Records, a subsidiary of Mushroom Records. It reached No. 15 on the Australian Kent...
" in June 1986, which peaked at No. 15 and was followed by a double LP Gossip
Gossip (album)
Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status...
in September, which peaked at No. 15. Gossip was trimmed back to a single LP for its 1987 international release on A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
under the name Paul Kelly and the Messengers. Australian releases still used Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. "To Her Door
To Her Door
"To Her Door" was the first single released by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls ahead of their second album, Under the Sun...
" was released in September 1987 and peaked at No. 14 on the Australian singles charts. Another single from this album, "Dumb Things" was released in 1988 in Australia, and the US. By 1989's So Much Water So Close to Home
So Much Water So Close to Home
So Much Water, So Close to Home is an album by Australian rock band Paul Kelly and the Messengers and was originally released in August 1989. The title comes from a short story of the same name by author Raymond Carver. Carver had died in August 1988, Kelly would go on to co-write the score for the...
album they were known as Paul Kelly and the Messengers in all markets, the album peaked at No. 10 with the next album Comedy from 1991 peaking at No. 12, but despite this success Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls disbanded in August 1991 with Hidden Things
Hidden Things
Hidden Things is an album by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and was released in 1992 on Mushroom Records 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...
released in May 1992. Kelly was already touring as a solo artist and recorded Live, May 1992
Live, May 1992
Live, May 1992 is a solo live double album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1992.It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and marked Kelly's solo departure from his band The Messengers. It was recorded at performances in Melbourne and Perth in May 1992...
, he subsequently recorded further material under his own name, as the Paul Kelly Band, Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions, and Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys.
In 1999, Kelly left Mushroom Records and signed with EMI music to release Smoke by Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill, which is a bluegrass band; released at the same time was Professor Ratbaggy
Professor Ratbaggy (album)
Professor Ratbaggy is the debut eponymous album by Australian rock/pop band Professor Ratbaggy and originally released on EMI Records in 1999...
by Professor Ratbaggy, a dub reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
group formed by Kelly with members of the Paul Kelly Band. Kelly toured with both Uncle Bill and Professor Ratbaggy. In a similar way Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions released Ways & Means in 2004 and became Stardust Five
Stardust Five
Stardust Five is five-piece surf rock/pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The members of the band Dan Kelly, Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald have played, in other bands including The Last Gasp, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Max Q, The Blackeyed Susans and Michelle...
to release Stardust Five
Stardust Five (album)
Stardust Five is the self-titled debut album by Stardust Five which was released in 2006. The album was mixed and produced by Tchad Blake .It was released on EMI Music in Australia and Capitol Records in the United States...
in 2006. In 2004, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
television series Fireflies
Fireflies (TV series)
Fireflies is an Australian television show which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia and RTÉ One in Ireland. It debuted on 7 February 2004 and screened as 22 episodes. The series was set in the fictional country town of Lost River, population 487...
featured a score by Kelly and Stephen Rae, the associated soundtrack CD Fireflies: Songs of Paul Kelly included tracks by Kelly, Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions, Professor Ratbaggy, Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill, and "Los Cucumbros" by the Boon Companions featuring Sian Prior, which was later a track on Stardust Five. Stolen Apples
Stolen Apples (album)
Stolen Apples is the twenty fifth album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was released in July 2007 on EMI Music. The album is Kelly's first solo album since Ways & Means in 2004, and features religious themes throughout....
from 2007 was credited to Paul Kelly and followed by the live DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
Live Apples in April 2008 credited to Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions.
Studio releases
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| 1981 | Talk Talk (Paul Kelly album) Talk is the debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Dots and was originally released on 30 March 1981 by Mushroom Records and re-released in 1990. Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons leader Joe Camilleri produced seven of the eleven tracks with the rest produced by either Martin Armiger or...
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| 1982 | Manila Manila (album) -Chart positions and releases:-Track listing:All tracks written by Paul Kelly, except where noted.# "Forbidden Street" – 7:30# "Clean this House" – 4:46# "Alive and Well" – 3:10# "Skidding Hearts" – 3:32... |
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| 1985 | Post Post (Paul Kelly album) Post is the first solo album by Australian singer-songwriter rock musician, Paul Kelly. Kelly had moved to Sydney by January 1985, after leaving his Melbourne-based Paul Kelly Band and the breakup of his marriage to Hilary Brown.... Clive Shakespeare Clive Richard Shakespeare is an English-born Australian guitarist and producer and he is a co-founder of Sherbet which had commercial success in the 1970s including their number one singles, "Summer Love" in 1975 and "Howzat" in 1976.-Biography:Clive Shakespeare was born in England in 1949 and his... , Kelly |
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| 1986 | Gossip Gossip (album) Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status... A&M Records A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:... |
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| 1987 | Under the Sun
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| 1989 | So Much Water So Close to Home So Much Water So Close to Home So Much Water, So Close to Home is an album by Australian rock band Paul Kelly and the Messengers and was originally released in August 1989. The title comes from a short story of the same name by author Raymond Carver. Carver had died in August 1988, Kelly would go on to co-write the score for the... |
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| 1991 | Comedy
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| 1992 | Hidden Things Hidden Things Hidden Things is an album by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and was released in 1992 on Mushroom Records 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... |
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| 1994 | Wanted Man
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| 1995 | Deeper Water Deeper Water Deeper Water is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and was released in September, 1995 on Mushroom Records in Australia.The album peaked at #40 on the Australian album charts and resulted in a second consecutive nomination for 'Best Male Artist' at the 1995 ARIA Awards.-Track listing:All songs written... Kerryn Tolhurst Kerryn Tolhurst is a noted Australian musician and songwriter who was based in the USA in the late 1970s and 1980s.His musical career began in Melbourne with the Adderly Smith Blues Band. He subsequently joined Sundown, led by Keith Glass, which was one of Australia's first country-rock groups... , Simon Polinski |
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| 1996 | How to Make Gravy How to Make Gravy How to Make Gravy is a four-track EP by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1996 on White Label Records in Australia.... EP Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact... |
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| 1998 | Words and Music Words and Music (Paul Kelly album) Words And Music is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1998. It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and Vanguard Records in the United States... |
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| 1999 | Smoke
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| Professor Ratbaggy Professor Ratbaggy (album) Professor Ratbaggy is the debut eponymous album by Australian rock/pop band Professor Ratbaggy and originally released on EMI Records in 1999... |
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| 2000 | Roll on Summer Roll on Summer Roll On Summer is an EP by Australian artist Paul Kelly and originally released in October, 2000. It was released on EMI in Australia. "Every Fucking City" was recorded live at The Continental, November 25, 1999... EP |
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| 2001 | Paul Kelly Exclusive CD Paul Kelly Exclusive CD Paul Kelly Exclusive CD is an EP by Paul Kelly, which was provided free with the The Weekend Australian Magazine in August, 2001. It featured songs from Kelly's 2001 album, Nothing But a Dream and his 2000 EP Roll On Summer , and from associated project Professor Ratbaggy's 1999 self-titled album... The Australian The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly.... |
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| Nothing but a Dream Nothing But A Dream ...nothing but a dream is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 2001.It was released on EMI Records in Australia. It was subsequently released in the United States on Cooking Vinyl and included four tracks from Kelly's earlier EP, Roll on Summer.-Track listing:All tracks... Cooking Vinyl Cooking Vinyl is a UK-based independent record company, founded in 1986. Its original orientation was toward contemporary folk music—notably Billy Bragg, and Michelle Shocked's Texas Campfire Tapes, recorded on a Sony Walkman, one of its first releases... |
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| 2003 | Won't You Come Around Won't You Come Around Won't You Come Around is an EP released by Australian folk rock musician Paul Kelly and his band on 3 November 2003 by EMI. The EP peaked at #55 on the Australian Recording Industry Association Australian Singles Charts... EP Tchad Blake Tchad Blake is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer and musician.He has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including State Radio, Apartment 26, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson, Brazilian Girls, Sheryl Crow, November 2nd, Travis, Marike... , Kelly |
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| 2004 | Ways & Means
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| 2005 | Foggy Highway Foggy Highway Foggy Highway is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys and originally released in May 2005 on EMI in Australia and Capitol Records in the US. It peaked at #6 on the Australian Recording Industry Association End of Year - 2005 Country chart. On 18 October 2005 it was re-released... |
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| 2006 | Stardust Five Stardust Five (album) Stardust Five is the self-titled debut album by Stardust Five which was released in 2006. The album was mixed and produced by Tchad Blake .It was released on EMI Music in Australia and Capitol Records in the United States... |
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| 2007 | Stolen Apples Stolen Apples (album) Stolen Apples is the twenty fifth album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was released in July 2007 on EMI Music. The album is Kelly's first solo album since Ways & Means in 2004, and features religious themes throughout.... |
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Compilation albums
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| 1997 | Songs from the South
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Compilation subtitled Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits, also released with a bonus disc featuring "Tease Me" / "It Started with a Kiss". | |||
| 2008 | Songs from the South Volume 2
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Compilation of Kelly related material over the ten years since the earlier compilation. Also released as a 2 CD with Songs from the South, and released with a DVD Paul Kelly – The Video Collection 1985-2008, a collection of Kelly's videos made over the past 23 years together with several live performances. | |||
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Live albums
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| 1992 | Live, May 1992 Live, May 1992 Live, May 1992 is a solo live double album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1992.It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and marked Kelly's solo departure from his band The Messengers. It was recorded at performances in Melbourne and Perth in May 1992...
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| 1996 | Live at the Continental and the Esplanade Live At The Continental And The Esplanade Live At The Continental And The Esplanade is a live album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1996.It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia, and recorded at the Continental in Prahran and the Esplanade Hotel in St Kilda, both in Melbourne... Vanguard Records Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary... |
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| 2010 | A - Z Recordings
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DVDs
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NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| 2004 | Ways and Means
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| 2008 | Live Apples
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Subtitled Stolen Apples Performed Live in its Entirety Plus 16 More Songs from show on 20 September 2007 in Toowoomba, Queensland Toowoomba, Queensland Toowoomba is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city... by Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions. |
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| 2008 | The Video Collection 1985-2008
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Singles
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US Main Mainstream Rock Tracks Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue... |
US Mod Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs... |
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| 1979 | "Recognition" | — | Talk Talk (Paul Kelly album) Talk is the debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Dots and was originally released on 30 March 1981 by Mushroom Records and re-released in 1990. Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons leader Joe Camilleri produced seven of the eleven tracks with the rest produced by either Martin Armiger or... |
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| 1982 | "Clean This House" | — | Manila Manila (album) -Chart positions and releases:-Track listing:All tracks written by Paul Kelly, except where noted.# "Forbidden Street" – 7:30# "Clean this House" – 4:46# "Alive and Well" – 3:10# "Skidding Hearts" – 3:32... |
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| 1985 | "From St. Kilda to Kings Cross" | — | Post Post (Paul Kelly album) Post is the first solo album by Australian singer-songwriter rock musician, Paul Kelly. Kelly had moved to Sydney by January 1985, after leaving his Melbourne-based Paul Kelly Band and the breakup of his marriage to Hilary Brown.... |
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| 1986 | "Before Too Long Before Too Long "Before Too Long" was the first single released by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls from their debut double album, Gossip. The single was released in June 1986 on the original White Label Records, a subsidiary of Mushroom Records. It reached No. 15 on the Australian Kent... " |
15 | — | — | Gossip Gossip (album) Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status... |
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| "Darling It Hurts Darling It Hurts "Darling It Hurts" was the second single by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls released in September 1986 from their debut double album, Gossip. The song, written by Kelly with lead guitarist, Steve Connolly, reached No. 25 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart... " |
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| 1987 | "Leaps and Bounds" / "Bradman" | 51 | — | — | Gossip Gossip (album) Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status... / Under the Sun |
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| "Look So Fine, Feel So Low" | 51 | — | — | Gossip Gossip (album) Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status... |
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| "To Her Door To Her Door "To Her Door" was the first single released by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls ahead of their second album, Under the Sun... " |
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| "The Execution" | — | — | — | Gossip Gossip (album) Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status... |
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| 1988 | "Forty Miles to Saturday Night" | 85 | — | — | Under the Sun | ||||||||||
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| "Dumb Things" | 36 | — | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | "Sweet Guy" | 42 | — | — | So Much Water So Close to Home So Much Water So Close to Home So Much Water, So Close to Home is an album by Australian rock band Paul Kelly and the Messengers and was originally released in August 1989. The title comes from a short story of the same name by author Raymond Carver. Carver had died in August 1988, Kelly would go on to co-write the score for the... |
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| 1990 | "Most Wanted Man in the World" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Pouring Petrol on a Burning Man" | — | single-only release | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | "Don't Start Me Talking" | 92 | — | — | Comedy | ||||||||||
| "Keep It to Yourself" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Wintercoat" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | "Hey Boys" | 62 | single-only release | ||||||||||||
| "When I First Met Your Ma" | — | single-only release | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | "He Can't Decide" | — | single-only release | ||||||||||||
| "Last Train" | 93 | single-only release, duet with Christine Anu Christine Anu -Early life:Anu was born in Cairns, Queensland to a Torres Strait Islander mother from Saibai and Mabuiag Islands.-Career:Anu began performing as a dancer and later went on to sing back-up vocals for The Rainmakers, which included Neil Murray of the Warumpi Band. Her first recording was in 1993... |
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| 1994 | "Song from the Sixteenth Floor" | — | — | — | Wanted Man | ||||||||||
| "Love Never Runs on Time" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "God's Hotel" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | "Give into My Love" | — | — | — | Deeper Water Deeper Water Deeper Water is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and was released in September, 1995 on Mushroom Records in Australia.The album peaked at #40 on the Australian album charts and resulted in a second consecutive nomination for 'Best Male Artist' at the 1995 ARIA Awards.-Track listing:All songs written... |
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| "Deeper Water" / "Behind the Bowler's Arm" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | "How to Make Gravy" | — | — | — | How to Make Gravy How to Make Gravy How to Make Gravy is a four-track EP by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1996 on White Label Records in Australia.... EP |
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| 1997 | "Tease Me" / "It Started with a Kiss" | 69 | — | — | Songs from the South bonus disc | ||||||||||
| "Before Too Long" | — | — | — | re-released as a single-only | |||||||||||
| "Nothing on My Mind" | — | — | — | Words and Music Words and Music (Paul Kelly album) Words And Music is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1998. It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and Vanguard Records in the United States... |
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| 1998 | "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "I'll Be Your Lover" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | "Melting" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2000 | "Roll on Summer" | 40 | — | — | Roll on Summer Roll on Summer Roll On Summer is an EP by Australian artist Paul Kelly and originally released in October, 2000. It was released on EMI in Australia. "Every Fucking City" was recorded live at The Continental, November 25, 1999... EP |
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| 2001 | "Somewhere in the City" | — | — | — | Nothing but a Dream Nothing But A Dream ...nothing but a dream is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 2001.It was released on EMI Records in Australia. It was subsequently released in the United States on Cooking Vinyl and included four tracks from Kelly's earlier EP, Roll on Summer.-Track listing:All tracks... |
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| "Love Is the Law" | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | "If I Could Start Today Again" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "The Gift That Keeps On Giving" | — | — | — | single-only release | |||||||||||
| "Just About to Break" | — | — | — | Nothing But A Dream Nothing But A Dream ...nothing but a dream is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 2001.It was released on EMI Records in Australia. It was subsequently released in the United States on Cooking Vinyl and included four tracks from Kelly's earlier EP, Roll on Summer.-Track listing:All tracks... |
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| 2003 | "Won't You Come Around" | 55 | — | — | Won't You Come Around Won't You Come Around Won't You Come Around is an EP released by Australian folk rock musician Paul Kelly and his band on 3 November 2003 by EMI. The EP peaked at #55 on the Australian Recording Industry Association Australian Singles Charts... EP/Ways & Means |
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| 2004 | "Beautiful Feeling" | — | — | — | Ways & Means | ||||||||||
| 2004 | "I Wish I Was a Train" | — | — | — | single-only release, duet with Troy Cassar-Daley Troy Cassar-Daley Troy Cassar-Daley is a multi-award-winning country musician from New South Wales, Australia.He released his first EP, "Dream Out Loud", in 1994 and was nominated for his first Golden Guitar for Best Male Vocalist the same year... |
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| 2007 | "God Told Me To God Told Me To (song) "God Told Me To" is the first single from Australian songwriter Paul Kelly's album Stolen Apples.The song deals with a fictional character called John Johanna, on trial for murder. To explain his actions, John defends himself by saying that God told him to do this... " |
— | — | — | Stolen Apples Stolen Apples (album) Stolen Apples is the twenty fifth album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was released in July 2007 on EMI Music. The album is Kelly's first solo album since Ways & Means in 2004, and features religious themes throughout.... |
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| 2008 | "To Her Door" (live) | — | — | — | Live Apples (digital download release only) | ||||||||||
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s) |
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| 1982 | "Alive and Well" | Jack Egan |
| 1985 | "From St. Kilda to King's Cross" | Ian Pringle |
| 1986 | "Before Too Long" | John Witteron |
| "Darling It Hurts" | Claudia Castle | |
| 1987 | "Leaps and Bounds" | Mick Bell |
| "Bradman" | Jack Egan | |
| "To Her Door" | Claudia Castle | |
| 1988 | "Forty Miles to Saturday Night" | Sue Davis |
| 1989 | "Dumb Things" | Larry Williams |
| "Sweet Guy" | Claudia Castle | |
| "Careless" | Kimble Rendall Kimble Rendall Kimble Rendall is an Australian director, musician and writer mostly known for his Second unit direction of Matrix Reloaded , Matrix Revolutions , I, Robot , Casanova and Ghost Rider... |
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| 1991 | "Don't Start Me Talking" | John Reddon, John Witteron |
| "Keep It to Yourself" | Rob Wellington | |
| 1992 | "When I First Met Your Ma" | Paul Elliot |
| 1993 | "Last Train" (with Christine Anu) | Paul Elliot, Sally Bongers |
| 1994 | "Love Never Runs on Time" | Ronny Reinhard |
| "Songs from the Sixteenth Floor" | Tony Mahony | |
| 1997 | "Tease Me" | Robbie Douglas Taylor |
| "It Started With a Kiss" | Robbie Douglas Taylor | |
| 1998 | "Nothing on My Mind" | Tony Mahony |
| "I'll Be Your Lover" | Tony Mahony | |
| "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" | Tony Mahony | |
| 1999 | "Our Sunshine" | Tony Mahony |
| "You Can't Take It with You" | Tony Mahony | |
| "Can't Fake It" | Tony Mahony | |
| 2000 | "You're so Fine" | Tony Mahony |
| 2001 | "Somewhere in the City" | Tony Mahony |
| "Love Is the Law" | Tony Mahony | |
| 2002 | "If I Could Start Today Again" | Tony Mahony |
| "Just about to Break" | Ben Saunders | |
| 2003 | "Sure Got Me" | Tony Mahony |
| "Wish I Was a Train" (with Troy Cassar-Daly) | Tony Mahony | |
| 2004 | "Won't You Come Around" | Ben Saunders |
| 2005 | "The Mess We're In" (with Katy Steele) | John Lang |
| "You're Learning" (with Kasey Chambers, Stormwater Boys) | Rod McCormack, Paul Kelly | |
| "They Thought I Was Asleep" (with the Stormwater Boys) | Rod McCormack, Paul Kelly | |
| "How to Make Gravy" (with the Stormwater Boys) | Rod McCormack, Paul Kelly | |
| "Meet Me in the Middle of the Air" (with the Stormwater Boys) | Rod McCormack, Paul Kelly | |
| 2007 | "Shane Warne Shane Warne Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet... " |
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| "God Told Me To God Told Me To (song) "God Told Me To" is the first single from Australian songwriter Paul Kelly's album Stolen Apples.The song deals with a fictional character called John Johanna, on trial for murder. To explain his actions, John defends himself by saying that God told him to do this... " |
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| 2008 | "To Her Door" (live) | Paul Drane |
| "Stolen Apples Are the Sweetest" | Paul Drane | |
Soundtracks
| Year | Name | Soundtrack / Score | Notes |
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| 1992 | Funerals and Circuses | Funerals and Circuses score | Musical score composed 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... , for the play written by Roger Bennett Roger Bennett Roger Bennett was an Arrernte man from Central Australia, an actor, and a playwright. His best known works are Up the Ladder and Funerals and Circuses.... . |
| 1993 | Seven Deadly Sins: Music from the ABC TV Series | Seven Deadly Sins soundtrack | Tracks co-composed and performed by Kelly and others, for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster... TV miniseries. |
| 1994 | Everynight... Everynight | Everynight ... Everynight Everynight ... Everynight Everynight ... Everynight is an Australian drama film directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos and released in 1994. Based on a play of the same name, written by Ray Mooney, the film details the early life of contract killer Christopher Dale Flannery and is set inside Melbourne's HM Prison Pentridge's... score |
Composed by Kelly and Shane O'Mara, both members of Paul Kelly Band. |
| 2000 | The Big House | The Big House score | Composed by Kelly for the short film directed by Rachel Ward Rachel Ward Rachel Claire Ward, AM is a British actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter who has primarily pursued her career in Australia.-Early life:... . |
| 2001 | One Night the Moon: Original Soundtrack | One Night the Moon One Night the Moon One Night the Moon is a 2001 Australian musical non-feature film starring husband and wife team Paul Kelly, a singer-songwriter, and Kaarin Fairfax, a film and television actress, and their daughter Memphis Kelly. Directed by Rachel Perkins and written by Perkins with John Romeril, it was filmed on... score / soundtrack |
Composed by Kelly, 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... , Maireed Hannah; for the short film directed by Rachel Perkins. Kelly starred as Jim, real life wife Kaarin Fairfax Kaarin Fairfax Kaarin Fairfax is an Australian actress who played the role of 'Dolour Darcy' in two TV miniseries The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange based on books of the same names by Ruth Park. She has also acted in other Australian television series throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and... as his wife Rose and their daughter Memphis Kelly as daughter Emily. |
| Music for the Feature Film Lantana | Lantana Lantana (film) Lantana is a 2001 Australian film, directed by Ray Lawrence and featuring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey. It is based on the play Speaking In Tongues by Andrew Bovell, which premiered at Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company... score / soundtrack |
Composed by Kelly, Stephen Hadley, Bruce Haymes and Peter Luscombe (also members of Professor Ratbaggy Professor Ratbaggy Professor Ratbaggy is a sometime four-piece band based in Melbourne, Australia. Sometimes thought of as a side-project of iconic Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, the band is in fact its own entity: Kelly is one of the four members .The band's name is derived from the 1960s Australian TV... ) and Shane O'Mara, who are all members of Paul Kelly Band. |
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| Silent Partner | Silent Partner score | Composed by Kelly, Gerry Hale (of Uncle Bill). | |
| 2004 | Fireflies: Songs of Paul Kelly | Fireflies Fireflies (TV series) Fireflies is an Australian television show which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia and RTÉ One in Ireland. It debuted on 7 February 2004 and screened as 22 episodes. The series was set in the fictional country town of Lost River, population 487... score / soundtrack |
Composed by Kelly and Stephen Rae, Kelly also provided the theme song "Beautiful Feeling" from Ways & Means. The original soundtrack CD includes songs by Kelly, Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions, Professor Ratbaggy, Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill, and Boon Companions featuring Sian Prior. |
| Tom White | Tom White score | Composed by Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions. | |
| 2006 | Jindabyne | Jindabyne Jindabyne (film) Jindabyne is a 2006 Australian drama film by director Ray Lawrence and starring an ensemble cast including Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness and John Howard. Jindabyne was filmed entirely on location in and around the town of the same name: Jindabyne, New South Wales, situated next... score |
Composed by Kelly and Dan Luscombe, both members of Stardust Five Stardust Five Stardust Five is five-piece surf rock/pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The members of the band Dan Kelly, Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald have played, in other bands including The Last Gasp, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Max Q, The Blackeyed Susans and Michelle... and of Paul Kelly Band. |
See also
- List of awards and nominations received by Paul Kelly – full listing of all awards won by the artist.
External links
- Paul Kelly, Paul Kelly and the Messengers, Paul Kelly and the Dots at MusicBrainzMusicBrainzMusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open content music database. Similar to the freedb project, it was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the CDDB...
- Paul Kelly at Rate Your MusicRate Your MusicRate Your Music is a metadata database where musical albums, EPs, singles, videos, bootlegs, and movies are rated and reviewed by users. This data is then used to generate recommendations for users and to create rated lists of albums...
- Official Paul Kelly website