Released 17 February 2007 Release date 17 February 2007 Label EMI Music Australia | Artist Kev Carmody Genre Pop | |
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Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs of Kev Carmody is a 2007 double CD compilation tribute album featuring various artists singing the songs of Australian singer-songwriter Kev Carmody, brought together by rock musician Paul Kelly. Artists featured include Dan Kelly, the John Butler Trio, The Waifs and Clare Bowditch. The first disc is titled The Songs of Kev Carmody. The second disc, titled Originals, contains Carmody's original versions of the same songs presented in the same order.
Contents
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Release and reception
Paul Kelly met Kev Carmody in the 1980s. They co-wrote the song "From Little Things Big Things Grow", released in 1993. Kelly decided to bring together well-known Australian artists to record a tribute album of Carmody's songs, with the intention of bringing Carmody's music to a wider audience. The album, named after Carmody's song "Cannot Buy My Soul", was released on 17 February 2007 on Virgin Records. It entered the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) albums chart at No. 31 and stayed in the chart for three weeks. It won 'album of the year' at the 12th Deadly Awards in September 2007.
Writing for The Courier-Mail, Noel Mengel praised the album and said that it was "more than just another tribute album [...] a powerful album in its own right as well as an introduction to a diverse body of work". He noted the diversity of styles of the cover versions and called Paul Kelly, Augie March and Missy Higgins' version of "Droving Woman" "stunning". Patrick Donovan from The Age said that the album contained a well-chosen selection of tracks. He called Clare Bowditch's version of "Blood Red Rose" "stunning" and said that "This Land Is Mine", sung by Scott Wilson and Dan Sultan, was "evocative". In October 2010, the album was listed in the top 40 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.
Track listing
All songs written by Kev Carmody, except tracks 5 and 10 which were written by Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly.
Songs
I've Been MovedDan Kelly3:39
Thou Shalt Not StealJohn Butler Trio4:47
EllyBernard Fanning4:47