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Words and Music (Paul Kelly album)

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Released
  
10 May 1998

Release date
  
10 May 1998

Artist
  
Paul Kelly

Label
  
GawdAggie

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Producer
  
Paul Kelly Mark Opitz Simon Polinski

Words and Music (1998)
  
Nothing But A Dream (2001)

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music, Folk music

Similar
  
Paul Kelly albums, Rock music albums

Paul kelly words and music live 1997


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. The US release include one additional track, "How to Make Gravy", which was released as a separate Extended Play prior to the release of Words and Music in Australia and was nominated as 'Song of the Year' at the 1997 Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards.

Contents

The album peaked at #17 on the ARIA albums chart and #44 on the NZ album charts, and was certified gold. The album included three singles that did not reach the Top 40 singles chart.

Kelly was nominated and won an ARIA Award in the category 'Best Male Artist' for Words and Music in 1998.

Track listing

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

  1. "Little Kings" – 5:17
  2. "I'll Be Your Lover" – 4:12
  3. "Nothing on My Mind" (Kelly, Peter Luscombe, Steve Hadley) – 4:55
  4. "Words and Music" – 4:40
  5. "Gutless Wonder" – 4:56
  6. "Tease Me" (Kelly, Bruce Haymes) – 4:08
  7. "I'd Rather Go Blind" – 3:12
  8. "She Answers the Sun (Lazy Bones)" (with Rebecca Barnard) – 5:24
  9. "Beat of Your Heart" – 5:48
  10. "It Started with a Kiss" (Errol Brown) – 4:15
  11. "Glory Be to God" – 4:07
  12. "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" – 4:06
  13. "Charlie Owen's Slide Guitar" – 3:47
  14. "Melting" (Kelly, Monique Brumby) (with Monique Brumby) – 5:12

Personnel

  • Rebecca Barnard – vocals ("She Answers the Sun", "Beat of your Heart")
  • John Barrett – saxophone ("Gutless Wonder")
  • Monique Brumby – vocals ("Melting")
  • Renee Geyer – vocals ("Beat of your Heart")
  • Steve Hadley – bass
  • Spencer P. Jones – guitar
  • Paul Kelly – guitar, vocals
  • Bruce Haymes – keyboards
  • Laurence Maddy – horns ("Words and Music")
  • Peter Luscombe – drums
  • Shane O'Mara – guitar
  • Russell Smith – horns ("Words and Music")

    • Credits

  • Producer – Paul Kelly
  • Producer – Mark Opitz (tracks: 6, 10, 14)
  • Producer – Simon Polinski (track: 7)
  • Engineer – Chris Dickie (tracks: 6, 10, 14)
  • Engineer – Laurence Maddy (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9, 11 to 13)
  • Assistant Engineer – Charlie Macneil (tracks 6, 10, 14)

    • Songs

    1Little Kings5:18
    2I'll Be Your Lover4:12
    3Nothing On My Mind4:55

    References

    Words and Music (Paul Kelly album) Wikipedia
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