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Foggy Highway

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Released
  
30 May 2005

Release date
  
30 May 2005

Label
  
Dramatico

Foggy Highway (2005)
  
Stolen Apples (2007)

Producer
  
Paul Kelly

Genre
  
Folk rock

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Artists
  
Paul Kelly, The Stormwater Boys

Similar
  
Paul Kelly albums, Folk rock albums

Paul kelly the stormwater boys 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 (ARIA) End of Year - 2005 Country chart. On 18 October 2005 it was re-released by Cooking Vinyl and included a four track bonus disc. In October 2010, the May 2005 version of Foggy Highway was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums at No. 66, with Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls' album, Gossip (1986) at No. 7.

Contents

The album is similar in nature to Kelly's earlier album Smoke in that the songs were a mixture of new songs in addition to songs Kelly had recorded on previous albums, all performed here in a folk/bluegrass style. The songs to appear on previous albums were "Rally Round the Drum" and "Ghost Town" (appearing on Hidden Things), "Don't Stand So Close to the Window" (appearing on Under the Sun), "Foggy Highway" (appearing on Live, May 1992), and "Cities of Texas" (appearing on So Much Water So Close to Home).

Track listing

All songs were written by Paul Kelly, except where noted.

  1. "Stumbling Block" – 4:06
  2. "Rally Round the Drum" (Kelly, Archie Roach) – 5:29
  3. "Ghost Town" – 3:23
  4. "Song of the Old Rake" – 2:48
  5. "Don't Stand So Close to the Window" (Kelly, Alex McGregor) – 2:58
  6. "Passed Over" – 3:25
  7. "They Thought I Was Asleep" – 3:36
  8. "You're Learning" (Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin) – 2:26
  9. "Foggy Highway" – 3:03
  10. "Down to My Soul" – 3:57
  11. "Cities of Texas" – 5:49
  12. "Meet Me in the Middle of the Air" – 2:37

Limited edition bonus disc

  1. "Little Boy Don't Lose Your Balls" – 1:59
  2. "Rank Stranger" (A. Brumley Snr) – 3:22
  3. "Erina Valley Breakout" (Mick Albeck, James Gillard, Paul Kelly, Rod McCormack, Ian Simpson, Trevor Warner) – 2:04
  4. "Surely God Is a Lover" (Paul Kelly, J. Shaw-Neilson) – 2:25

Personnel

Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys
  • Paul Kelly - vocals/guitars
  • Mick Albeck - fiddle
  • James Gillard - double bass
  • Rod McCormack - guitars
  • Ian Simpson - banjo
  • Trevor Warner - mandolin
  • Tracks 6 and 10

  • Jim Fisher - guitar
  • Gerry Hale - mandolin
  • Fred Kuhnl - double bass
  • Nigel McClean - fiddle
  • Ian Simpson - banjo
  • Track 4

  • Scott Owen - Double Bass
  • Credits

  • Engineered, Mastered and Mixed by Ted Howard
  • Engineered by Simon Polinski
  • Produced by Paul Kelly and Rod McCormack
  • Photography by Ted Howard and Rod McCormack
  • Cover by Reg Mombassa
  • Songs

    1Stumbling Block4:07
    2Rally Round the Drum5:29
    3Ghost Town3:24

    References

    Foggy Highway Wikipedia