Nature (Paul Kelly album)
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| Studio album by Paul Kelly | ||||
| Released | 12 October 2018 | |||
| Label | EMI Music Australia | |||
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Nature is the 24th studio album by Australian musician Paul Kelly, released on 12 October 2018.[3]
Background and recording
In August 2017, Paul Kelly released his 23rd studio album Life Is Fine. The album was a success, giving Kelly his first ever ARIA number-one album, and winning four ARIA Music Awards at the ARIA Music Awards of 2017. With most of the songs written over the course of several years and dating back to the recording sessions for albums such as The Merri Soul Sessions, Seven Sonnets & a Song and Life Is Fine, Nature focuses on human nature's small place in the natural world. Kelly said: "I didn't realise I had the makings of another album until I put the songs in a folder and saw the titles staring me in the face. Sometimes you don't know what you're doing until you look back. I think of Nature as a companion piece to Life Is Fine, itself full of moons, rain, rocks, rivers, seas, smells and lovers."[4][5]
Track listing
All music written by Paul Kelly and Bill McDonald.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "And Death Shall Have No Dominion" | Dylan Thomas | 2:26 |
| 2. | "With the One I Love" | Paul Kelly | 2:29 |
| 3. | "A Bastard Like Me" | Kelly | 2:34 |
| 4. | "Little Wolf" | Kelly | 2:54 |
| 5. | "With Animals" | Walt Whitman | 2:23 |
| 6. | "Bound to Follow (Aisling Song) (featuring Kate Miller-Heidke)" | Kelly | 4:06 |
| 7. | "Seagulls of Seattle" | Kelly | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Morning Storm" | Kelly | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Mushrooms" | Sylvia Plath | 2:56 |
| 10. | "The River Song" | Kelly | 2:12 |
| 11. | "God's Grandeur" | Gerard Manley Hopkins | 2:17 |
| 12. | "The Trees" | Philip Hanley | 2:23 |
Personnel
- Paul Kelly – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
- Bill McDonald – bass guitar, arrangement
- Cameron Bruce – piano, keyboards, organ, backing vocals
- Ashley Naylor – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Dan Kelly - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Peter Luscombe – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Kate Miller-Heidke - backing vocals on "Bound to Follow (Aisling Song)"
- Vika Bull - backing vocals
- Linda Bull - backing vocals
- Madeleine Kelly - backing vocals
- Memphis Kelly - backing vocals
- Alice Keath - backing vocals
References
- ↑ "Paul Kelly is Back with a Brand New Single". Triple M. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ↑ "Paul Kelly 'A Bastard Like Me' Is About Charles Perkins". Noise11. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ "Nature by Paul Kelly". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ "Paul Kelly has announced details of his upcoming album, 'Nature'". ToneDeaf. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ "Paul Kelly to release new album Nature in October". Double J. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.