Gossip (Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls album)
Gossip | ||||
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Australian Rock | ||||
Length | 81:38 | |||
Label | Mushroom/White (Australia) A&M (U.S.) | |||
Producer | Alan Thorne, Paul Kelly | |||
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls chronology | ||||
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Singles from Gossip | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Los Angeles Times | [2] |
Gossip is the double
At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the album was nominated for Best Australian Album.[6][7]
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls had been named for a lyric in
Background
After relocating from Melbourne to Sydney in 1985, Paul Kelly had recorded and released a solo album Post.[3][4] Kelly then began to play and record with a full-time band, which included Michael Armiger on bass guitar, Michael Barclay on drums, Steve Connolly on guitar, eventually bassist Jon Schofield, and keyboardist Peter Bull joined.[4] Through a joke based on Lou Reed's song "Walk on the Wild Side", the band became known as Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls.[3][8] Their first release was "From St Kilda to Kings Cross" but it did not chart.[3] The line-up of the Coloured Girls changed rapidly with some stability late in 1985 as Barclay, Bull, Connolly and Schofield.[3][4] Stuart Coupe, Kelly's manager, advised him to sign with Regular Records due to difficulty re-signing with Mushroom's Michael Gudinski.[8] Michelle Higgins, Mushroom's Public relations officer, was a Kelly supporter and locked herself into a Sebel Townhouse Hotel room for nearly a week in mid-1986, refusing to leave until Gudinski had signed Kelly to a two-album recording contract.[8][11]
In September 1986 Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls released the 24-track double
Track listing
All tracks written by Paul Kelly unless otherwise indicated.[14]
- "Last Train to Heaven" – 4:51
- "Leaps and Bounds" (Paul Kelly, Chris Langman) – 3:25
- "Before the Old Man Died" – 2:35 Remixed by Scott Litt for North American issues
- "Down on My Speedway" – 3:25
- "White Train" – 2:47^^
- "Randwick Bells" – 3:38
- "Before Too Long" – 3:24
- "Adelaide" – 3:39^^ Omitted from North American LP and CD issues
- "I Won't Be Torn Apart" – 2:51 Omitted from North American LP issue
- "Going About My Father's Business" – 3:34 Omitted from North American LP issue
- "Somebody's Forgetting Somebody (Somebody's Letting Somebody Down)" – 3:41
- "The Ballroom" – 2:02 Omitted from North American LP and CD issues
- "Tighten Up" – 2:57 Remixed by Scott Litt for North American issues
- "I've Come for Your Daughter" – 3:21 Omitted from North American LP and CD issues, 1993 Australian CD issue
- "So Blue" – 3:32 Omitted from North American LP and CD issues
- "The Execution" – 5:17 Remixed by Scott Litt for North American issues
- "Incident on South Dowling" – 3:13^^
- "Maralinga (Rainy Land)" – 3:57 Omitted from North American LP and CD issues
- "Darling It Hurts" (Kelly, Steve Connolly) – 3:19
- "Look So Fine, Feel So Low" (Kelly, Maurice Frawley) – 3:22^^
- "Stories of Me" – 2:45
- "Don't Harm the Messenger" – 3:47
- "Gossip" (Kelly, Chris Coyne) – 2:56 Omitted from North American LP and CD issues, 1993 Australian CD issue
- "After the Show" – 3:17 Omitted from North American LP and CD issues, 1993 Australian CD issue
^^ = previously recorded on Kelly's 1985 solo release, Post
Personnel
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
- Paul Kelly — vocals
- Michael Armiger — bass guitar (tracks 8, 14, 20)
- Michael Barclay — drums, vocals
- Peter Bull — keyboards, vocals
- Steve Connolly — guitar, vocals
- Chris Coyne — saxophone, saxophone (tenor) (tracks 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 19)
- John Schofield — bass, vocals
Additional musicians
- Richard Burgman — electric rhythm guitar
- Joe Camilleri — saxophone (track 3)
- Mike Cleary — piccolo trumpet
- Wayne Freer — trombone (tracks 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 19)
- Graham Lee — pedal steel guitar(tracks 1, 11, 21)
- Grant McLennan — talking (track 21)
- Astrid Munday — vocals (tracks 7, 17)
- Brian Nixon — timpani
- Dianne Spence — saxophone (track 20)
- Chris Wilson — harmonica (tracks 1, 11, 16)
Recording details
- Producer — Alan Thorne, Paul Kelly
- Engineer — Alan Thorne
- Remixer — Scott Litt (tracks 3, 13, 16 for North American release)
2011 CD Remastered by Rick O'Neil at Turtlerock Mastering. Art work
- Cover Art — Ann Redmond
- Photography — Wayne O'Farrell
Charts
Chart (1986–87) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[15] | 15 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] | 34 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[17] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Format | Country | Label | Catalogue No. | Year |
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LP/Cassette | AUS | Mushroom | L45961/2 | September 1986 |
LP, CD | USA | A&M | SP 5157 | 1987 |
CD | AUS | Mushroom/White | MUSH32282.2 | 1993 |
References
- ^ DeGagne, Mike. "Gossip – Paul Kelly & the Messengers / Paul Kelly". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ Hochman, Steve (23 August 1987). "Aussie Treasure". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Holmgren, Magnus. "Paul Kelly". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1.
- ^ Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
- ^ "Songs from the South: The Best of Paul Kelly". 13 May 1997. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- ^ Horsburgh, Susan (4 June 2007). "Song lines". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- ^ Pareles, John (18 September 1988). "Two Rock Storytellers Hit Their Stride". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the originalon 17 May 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2008. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. Last Train to Heaven
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls – Gossip". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 26 August 2008.