Songs from the South
Songs from the South | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Paul Kelly | ||||
Released | 13 May 1997 (1997-05-13) | |||
Recorded | 1985–1997 | |||
Genre | Australian rock | |||
Label | Mushroom/White | |||
Paul Kelly chronology | ||||
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Songs from the South, subtitled Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits, is a greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly. It was released on 13 May 1997 by Mushroom Records.[3] The album peaked at No. 2 on the Australian Recording Industry Association Albums Chart.[4][5] It was certified 7× platinum by 2017.[6]
The songs are drawn from Kelly's previously released albums issued between 1985 and 1996. Two tracks on the album are exclusive to this release: a live recording of "Everything's Turning to White", and a newly-recorded acoustic version of "When I First Met Your Ma". Kelly later released similarly titled compilation albums, Songs from the South Volume 2 (Paul Kelly 98–08) (November 2008) and Songs from the South: 1985–2019 (November 2019).
Track listing
All tracks are written by Paul Kelly, unless otherwise noted
No. | Title | Album | Length |
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1. | "From St Kilda to Kings Cross" | Post (1985) | 2:54 |
2. | "Leaps and Bounds" (Kelly, Chris Langman) | Gossip (1986) | 3:24 |
3. | "Before Too Long" | Gossip (1986) | 3:22 |
4. | "Darling It Hurts" (Kelly, Steve Connolly) | Gossip (1986) | 3:16 |
5. | "Look So Fine, Feel So Low" (Kelly, Maurice Frawley) | Gossip (1986) | 3:00 |
6. | "Dumb Things" | Under the Sun (1987) | 2:29 |
7. | "To Her Door" | Under the Sun (1987) | 3:16 |
8. | "Bradman" | Under the Sun (1987) | 7:25 |
9. | "Everything's Turning to White" | Recorded Live at the Museum of Contemporary Art, for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Sunday program concert (1996) | 4:38 |
10. | "Sweet Guy" | So Much Water So Close To Home (1989) | 3:29 |
11. | "Careless" | So Much Water So Close to Home (1989) | 2:50 |
12. | "Wintercoat" | Comedy (1991) | 3:19 |
13. | "From Little Things Big Things Grow" (Kelly, Kev Carmody) | Comedy (1991) | 6:51 |
14. | "When I First Met Your Ma" | 1997 Re-recorded, previously unreleased acoustic version, original version appears on Hidden Things (1992) | 4:45 |
15. | "Pouring Petrol on a Burning Man" | Hidden Things (1992), previously released as a single in 1990 | 2:54 |
16. | "Love Never Runs on Time" | Wanted Man (1994) | 2:58 |
17. | "Song from the Sixteenth Floor" (Kelly, John Clifforth) | Wanted Man (1994) | 3:47 |
18. | "Deeper Water" (Kelly, Randy Jacobs) | Deeper Water (1995) | 4:26 |
19. | "Give In to My Love" | Deeper Water (1995) | 3:56 |
20. | "How to Make Gravy" | How to Make Gravy (EP, 1996) | 4:26 |
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1997+) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 2 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8] | 17 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Australian (ARIA Charts)[9] | 10 |
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
Australian (ARIA Charts)[9] | 68 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[10] | 7× Platinum | 490,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Artist Direct review
- ^ Holmgren, Magnus. "Paul Kelly". Australian Rock Database. Archived from the original on 21 April 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Discography Paul Kelly". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
- ^ Kent, David (2006). Australian Chart Book 1993-2005. Turramurra, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2006 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Paul Kelly – Songs from the South". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Paul Kelly – Songs from the South". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 152.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
Further reading
- Forster, Robert (April 2009). "Thoughts in the middle of a career". The Monthly. 44: 62–64. Retrieved 31 October 2014. Reviews Paul Kelly's Songs from the South and Songs from the South Volume 2.
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- Talk
- Manila
- Post
- Gossip
- Under the Sun
- So Much Water So Close to Home
- Comedy
- Hidden Things
- Wanted Man
- Deeper Water
- Words and Music
- Smoke
- Nothing But a Dream
- Ways & Means
- Foggy Highway
- Stardust Five
- Stolen Apples
- Spring and Fall
- The Merri Soul Sessions
- Seven Sonnets & a Song
- Death's Dateless Night
- Life Is Fine
- Nature
- Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds
- Please Leave Your Light On
- Paul Kelly's Christmas Train
- Fever Longing Still
- Live, May 1992
- Live at the Continental and the Esplanade
- Songs from the South
- Songs from the South – Volume 2
- The A to Z Recordings
- Conversations with Ghosts
- Goin' Your Way
- Live at the Sydney Opera House
- Songs from the South: 1985–2019
- "Billy Baxter"
- "From St Kilda to Kings Cross"
- "Before Too Long"
- "Darling It Hurts"
- "Leaps and Bounds"/"Bradman"
- "To Her Door"
- "Dumb Things"
- "Sweet Guy"
- "Careless"
- "Last Train"
- "How to Make Gravy"
- "God Told Me To"
- "Every Day My Mother's Voice"
- Seven Deadly Sins: Music from the ABC TV Series
- Everynight ... Everynight
- One Night the Moon: Original Soundtrack
- Lantana: Music for the Feature Film
- Silent Partner
- Fireflies: Songs of Paul Kelly
- Tom White
- Jindabyne
- Discography
- Awards
- Members
- Professor Ratbaggy
- Stardust Five
- Paul Kelly – Stories of Me
- Before Too Long: Triple J's Tribute to Paul Kelly