Words and Music (Paul Kelly album)

Words And Music is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1998. It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and Vanguard Records in the United States. The US release include one additional track, "How to Make Gravy", which was released as a separate Extended Play prior to the release of Words and Music in Australia.

The album peaked at #17 on the ARIA albums chart^[1] and #44 on the NZ album charts,^[2] and was certified gold.^[3] The album included three singles that did not reach the Top 40 singles chart.^[1]

Kelly was nominated and won an ARIA Award in the category 'Best Male Artist' for Words and Music in 1998.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Little Kings" - 5:17
2. "I'll Be Your Lover" - 4:12
3. "Nothing On My Mind" - 4:55
4. "Words and Music" - 4:40
5. "Gutless Wonder" - 4:56
6. "Tease Me" - 4:08
7. "I'd Rather Go Blind" - 3:12
8. "She Answers the Sun (Lazy Bones)" (with Rebecca Barnard) - 5:24
9. "Beat of Your Heart" - 5:48
10. "It Started with a Kiss" - 4:15
11. "Glory Be to God" - 4:07
12. "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" - 4:06
13. "Charlie Owen's Slide Guitar" - 3:47
14. "Melting" (with Monique Brumby) - 5:12

Personnel

• Rebecca Barnard - vocals ("She Answers the Sun", "Beat of your Heart")
• John Barrett - saxophone ("Gutless Wonder")
• Monique Brumby - vocals ("Melting")
• Renee Geyer - vocals ("Beat of your Heart")
• Steve Hadley - bass
• Spencer P. Jones - guitar
• Paul Kelly - guitar, vocals
• Bruce Haymes - keyboards
• Laurence Maddy - horns ("Words and Music")
• Peter Luscombe - drums
• Shane O'Mara - guitar
• Russell Smith - horns ("Words and Music")

Credits

• Producer - Paul Kelly
• Producer - Mark Opitz (tracks: 6, 10, 14)
• Producer - Simon Polinski (track: 7)
• Engineer - Chris Dickie (tracks: 6, 10, 14)
• Engineer - Laurence Maddy (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9, 11 to 13)
• Assistant Engineer - Charlie Macneil (tracks 6, 10, 14)

References