Cannot Buy My Soul

Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs of Kev Carmody, or more simply Cannot Buy My Soul, is a 2007 double-CD compilation tribute album featuring various artists performing tracks by Australian singer-songwriter Kev Carmody. They were brought together by rock musician, Paul Kelly, who also performs on a track. Artists include Dan Kelly (Paul's nephew), the John Butler Trio, the Waifs and Clare Bowditch. The first disc is sub-titled, The Songs of Kev Carmody. The second disc, sub-titled, Originals, is a compilation of Carmody's original versions of the same tracks presented in the same order.[1]

Cannot Buy My Soul
Compilation album tribute by
Various artists
Released17 February 2007 (2007-02-17)
Genre
  • Folk
  • country
  • bluegrass
  • pop
Length142:41
Label

Release and reception

Paul Kelly met Kev Carmody in the 1980s.[2] They co-wrote a track, "From Little Things Big Things Grow", which was first recorded in 1991 by Kelly and his group, Carmody and Kelly released a version as a single in 1993. Kelly decided to bring together fellow Australian artists to record a tribute album of Carmody's songs, with the intention of bringing Carmody's music to a wider audience.[3] The album, named after Carmody's song, "Cannot Buy My Soul", was released on 17 February 2007 on EMI Music Australia/Virgin Records.[4] It entered the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) albums chart at No. 31 and stayed in the top 50 for three weeks.[5] It won Album of the Year at the 12th Deadly Awards in September 2007.[6]

Writing for The Courier-Mail, Noel Mengel praised the album and said that it was "more than just another tribute album [...] a powerful album in its own right as well as an introduction to a diverse body of work."[7] He noted the diversity of styles of the cover versions and called Paul Kelly, Augie March and Missy Higgins' version of "Droving Woman", "stunning".[7] Patrick Donovan from The Age said that it contained a well-chosen selection of tracks.[1] He felt Clare Bowditch's version of "Blood Red Rose", was "stunning" and said that "This Land Is Mine", sung by Scott Wilson and Dan Sultan, was "evocative".[1] In October 2010 the tribute album was listed in the top 40 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kev Carmody,[9] unless otherwise shown.

The Songs of Kev Carmody
No.TitleArtistLength
1."I've Been Moved"Dan Kelly3:39
2."Thou Shalt Not Steal"John Butler Trio4:50
3."Elly"Bernard Fanning4:47
4."The Young Dancer Is Dead"The Last Kinection3:02
5."From Little Things Big Things Grow" (Paul Kelly, Carmody)The Waifs5:13
6."River of Tears"The Drones4:24
7."On the Wire"Troy Cassar-Daley3:43
8."Cannot Buy My Soul"Archie Roach2:47
9."Moonstruck"Sara Storer3:15
10."This Land Is Mine" (Kelly, Carmody)Scott Wilson, Dan Sultan4:06
11."Darkside"Tex Perkins5:46
12."Blood Red Rose"Clare Bowditch4:59
13."Comrade Jesus Christ"The Herd4:14
14."Images of London"Steve Kilbey5:15
15."Droving Woman"Paul Kelly, Glenn Richards, Missy Higgins8:44
16."Eulogy for a Black Man"The Pigram Brothers4:42
Originals
No.TitleLength
1."I've Been Moved"2:50
2."Thou Shalt Not Steal"4:54
3."Elly"4:53
4."The Young Dancer Is Dead"3:34
5."From Little Things Big Things Grow"5:49
6."River of Tears"2:32
7."On the Wire"4:39
8."Cannot Buy My Soul"2:34
9."Moonstruck"4:37
10."This Land Is Mine"2:56
11."Darkside"5:23
12."Blood Red Rose"3:22
13."Comrade Jesus Christ"2:13
14."Images of London"5:22
15."Droving Woman"9:17
16."Eulogy for a Black Man"4:12

References
  1. Donovan, Patrick (22 February 2007), "Kev Carmody: Cannot buy my soul", The Age, Fairfax Media, retrieved 4 June 2010
  2. "Kev Carmody — Cannot Buy My Soul", Message Stick, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 12 February 2007, retrieved 4 June 2010
  3. Whyte, Pat, "Cannot Buy My Soul — The Campfire Storyteller" (PDF), kevcarmody.com.au, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2010, retrieved 8 June 2010
  4. Ferguson, Tom (3 March 2007), "Obita Opening Doors", Billboard, e5 Global Media, p. 43, retrieved 5 June 2010
  5. "Cannot Buy My Soul — The Songs of Kev Carmody (Album)", Australian charts portal, Hung Medien, retrieved 5 June 2010
  6. Braithwaite, Alyssa; AAP (28 September 2007), "Mauboy artist of the year", The Courier-Mail, News Limited, retrieved 5 June 2010
  7. Mengel, Noel (16 February 2007), "Why Kev Carmody rules, OK", The Courier-Mail, News Limited, retrieved 5 June 2010
  8. O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
  9. "'I've Been Moved' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 1 July 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
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