The Merri Soul Sessions
The Merri Soul Sessions | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 12 December 2014 | |||
Recorded | May 2014 Northcote | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 41:08 | |||
Label | Gawdaggie/Universal | |||
Producer | Paul Kelly, Steve Schram | |||
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Singles from The Merri Soul Sessions | ||||
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The Merri Soul Sessions or Paul Kelly Presents: The Merri Soul Sessions is the twentieth studio album by Australian musician,
Background
The Merri Soul Sessions is the twentieth studio album by Australian musician,
The album was recorded live-in-the-studio in Northcote, with Kelly co-producing with Steve Schram (Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes), alongside the Merri Creek, which gave the album its name.[3][4] Kelly explained his concept to Australian Musician's junocreative, "I started to imagine a soul revue type record performed live in the studio with a variety of singers and the one band."[5]
Prior to the album's appearance Kelly released four double A-sided 7" vinyl singles, "The Merri Soul Singles, Volume 1" (July 2014), "The Merri Soul Singles, Volume 2" (August), "The Merri Soul Singles, Volume 3" (October) and "The Merri Soul Singles, Volume 4" (November). Kelly promoted the album with a national tour from January to February 2015.
Reception
On the ARIA Albums Chart, The Merri Soul Sessions peaked at No. 17.[1][2] Noel Mengel of News Limited's website, news.com.au, rated the album as four out of five stars and felt "[i]t's one of those records where you feel the spirit start to finish, nothing too fussed over, no one going through the motions. There's desperation in the lyrics and a lot of joy in the delivery. And all the best soul music has those two essential ingredients."[7]
Michael Dwyer of
Track listing
All tracks are written by
Personnel
- Musicians
- Clairy Browne– lead vocals, backing vocals
- Cameron Bruce – keyboards
- Linda Bull – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Vika Bull – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Dan Kelly – guitar
- Paul Kelly – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Peter Luscombe – drums, percussion
- Bill McDonald – bass guitar
- Ashley Naylor – guitar
- Kira Puru – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Dan Sultan – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Recording details
- Paul Kelly – producer
- Bruce Lucey – mastering
- Steven Schram – engineer, mixing, producer
- Artwork
- Andy Doherty – booklet
- Jeff Fasano – cover art
- Paul Kelly – liner notes
- Mark Roper – cover art
- Peter Salmon-Lomas – artwork, design
Chart performance
Chart (2014/15) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] | 17 |
References
- ^ a b Hung, Steffen. "Discography Paul Kelly". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ a b "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 16 January 2006. pp. 2, 5, 7, 10, 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ a b Bell, Steve (9 December 2014). "Paul Kelly – Paul Kelly Presents – The Merri Soul Sessions". theMusic.com.au. Street Press Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Paul Kelly Presents: The Merri Soul Sessions – Paul Kelly". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 January 2015. Note: User may have to click on tab, e.g. "Credits" to access further information.
- ^ junocreative (3 December 2014). "Paul Kelly's Merri Soul Sessions on CD and on Tour". Australian Musician Magazine. Australian Music Association. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ a b Baroni, Nastassia (28 November 2014). "Paul Kelly Announces Merri Soul Sessions National Tour". Music Feeds. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ Mengel, Noel (13 December 2014). "Album reviews: Paul Kelly's Merri Soul Sessions, Jerry Lee Lewis, Machine Head, King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard, Bryan Ferry, Ra". news.com.au. News Limited. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ a b Dwyer, Michael (5 December 2014). "Paul Kelly: Sweet guy hands his soul to killer vocalists". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ Pitter, Charles. "PopMatters".
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Paul Kelly – THE MERRI SOUL SESSIONS". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 September 2017.