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Comedy (Paul Kelly and The Messengers album)

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Released
  
1991

Comedy (1991)
  
Hidden Things (1992)

Label
  
Doctor Dream Records

Length
  
59:24

Release date
  
1991

Genres
  
Folk, Pop

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Producer
  
Alan Thorne, Paul Kelly

Similar
  
Talk, Stardust Five, Hidden Things, Live at the Continental and the E, Words and Music

Comedy is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and originally released in 1991. It was the last album released before the partnership of Kelly and The Messengers was dissolved.

Contents

It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and Doctor Dream Records in the United States.

Track 9, "Take Your Time" is featured in the 1997 Australian movie The Castle.

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Kelly, except where noted.

  1. "Don't Start Me Talking" – 3:30
  2. "Stories of Me" – 2:56
  3. "Wintercoat" – 3:58
  4. "It's All Downhill from Here" – 3:03
  5. "Leaving Her for the Last Time" (Steve Connolly) – 2:10
  6. "Brighter" – 4:25
  7. "Your Litter Sister (Is a Big Girl Now)" – 3:02
  8. "I Won't Be Your Dog Anymore" – 5:40
  9. "Take Your Time" – 2:32
  10. "Sydney from a 727" – 2:46
  11. "Buffalo Ballet" (John Cale) – 3:52
  12. "I Can't Believe We Were Married" – 2:30
  13. "From Little Things Big Things Grow" (Paul Kelly, Kev Carmody) – 6:51
  14. "Blue Stranger" – 3:04
  15. "Keep It to Yourself" – ?:??
  16. "(You Can Put Your) Shoes Under My Bed" – 3:31
  17. "Invisible Me" – 4:14
  18. "Little Boy Don't Lose Your Balls" – 1:20
  19. "David Gower" (hidden track) – ?:??

Personnel

Credits:

  • Paul Kelly - guitar, harmonica, vocals,
  • Michael Barclay - percussion, drums, vocals
  • Peter Bull - accordion, keyboards
  • Paul Burton - bass
  • Steve Connolly - guitar, vocals
  • Ray Pereira - percussion, cardboard box
  • John Schofield - bass
  • John Schofield - vocals
  • Ian Simpson - guitar, banjo, mandolin, pedal steel
  • Kaarin Fairfax - vocals
  • Shelagh Hannan - vocals

    • Credits

  • Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly
  • Engineered by Alan Thorne, assisted by David Mackie and Tristin Norwell
  • Recorded & mixed at Trafalgar Studio, Sydney

    • Songs

    1Don't Start Me TalkingPaul Kelly & The Messengers3:36
    2Stories of MePaul Kelly & The Messengers3:00
    3Winter CoatPaul Kelly & The Messengers3:20

    References

    Comedy (Paul Kelly & The Messengers album) Wikipedia
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