Life Is Fine

Studio album by Paul Kelly

Released

11 August 2017

Recorded

2017

Genre

Folk rock

Label

EMI Music Australia, Cooking Vinyl

Paul Kelly chronology

Death's Dateless Night
(2016)

Life Is Fine
(2017)

Singles from Life Is Fine

"Firewood and Candles"
Released: 23 June 2017

Life Is Fine is the 23rd studio album by Australian musician Paul Kelly, set for release on 11 August 2017.

Background and recording

Life Is Fine is Kelly's first solo album of original material since 2012's Spring and Fall, and follows on from two releases in 2016: Seven Sonnets and a Song, which saw Kelly putting the words of William Shakespeare to music; and Death's Dateless Night, a collaborative album with Charlie Owen primarily consisting of covers and funeral songs. The album was recorded in the first half of 2017 with Kelly's classic backing band, who return to playing with Kelly in 2014 following the Spring and Fall tour. The album takes its title from a poem by American poet Langston Hughes, and its words are put to music on the closing title track.^[1]

The album's first single, "Firewood and Candles," was released on 23 June 2017. An accompanying music video was released on 3 August 2017.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Kelly, except "Life is Fine;" written by Langston Hughes.^[3] All music written by Paul Kelly and Bill McDonald.

"Rising Moon"
"Finally Something Good"
"Firewood and Candles"
"My Man's Got a Cold"
"Rock Out on the Sea"
"Leah: The Sequel"
"Letter in the Rain"
"Josephina"
"With the One I Love"
"I Smell Trouble"
"Petrichor"
"Life Is Fine"

Personnel

Adapted from the Life Is Fine electronic press kit.^[1]

Paul Kelly – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
Bill McDonald – bass guitar, arrangement
Cameron Bruce – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
Ashley Naylor – lead guitar, backing vocals
Peter Luscombe – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Vika Bull – vocals
Linda Bull – vocals

References

1 2 Kelly, Paul. "Paul Kelly - Life Is Fine EPK". YouTube. YouTube.com. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
↑ Sen, Prad. "Paul Kelly - Firewood and Candles - official video". YouTube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
↑ "Life Is Fine PAUL KELLY". JBHiFi.com. JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

Paul Kelly
Studio albums	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 Professor Ratbaggy Nothing But a Dream Ways & Means Foggy Highway Stardust Five Stolen Apples Spring and Fall The Merri Soul Sessions Seven Sonnets and a Song Death's Dateless Night Life Is Fine
Compilation / live albums	Live, May 1992 Live at the Continental and the Esplanade Songs from the South Songs from the South - Volume 2 The A – Z Recordings Goin' Your Way (with Neil Finn)
EPs	How to Make Gravy Roll on Summer Paul Kelly Exclusive CD Won't You Come Around
Singles	"Recognition" "Seeing Is Believing" "Billy Baxter" "Love Is the Law" "Lowdown" "Clean this House" "Alive and Well" "Rocking Institution" "From St Kilda to Kings Cross" "Before Too Long" "Darling It Hurts" "Leaps and Bounds"/"Bradman" "Look So Fine, Feel So Low" "To Her Door" "The Execution" "Forty Miles to Saturday Night" "Don't Stand So Close to the Window" "Dumb Things" "Sweet Guy" "Careless" "Most Wanted Man in the World" "Pouring Petrol on a Burning Man" "Don't Start Me Talking" "Keep it to Yourself" "Wintercoat" "Hey Boys" "When I First Met Your Ma" "Last Train" "Song from the Sixteenth Floor" "Love Never Runs on Time" "God's Hotel" "Give In to My Love" "Deeper Water" "How to Make Gravy" "Tease Me" "Before Too Long" "Nothing on my Mind" "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" "I'll Be Your Lover" "Melting" "Roll on Summer" "Somewhere in the City" "Love Is the Law" "If I Could Start Today Again" "The Gift That Keeps on Giving" "Just About to Break" "Won't You Come Around" "Beautiful Feeling" "God Told Me To" "I Wish I Was a Train" "To Her Door (Live)" "New Found Year"
DVDs / videos	Leaps and Bounds – The Early Videos Paul Kelly and the Messengers 1986–1992 Live at the Athenaeum, May 1992 Songs from the South: Greatest Hits Ways and Means Live Apples The Video Collection 1985-2008
Score / soundtrack albums	Funerals and Circuses Seven Deadly Sins: Music from the ABC TV Series Everynight ... Everynight The Big House One Night the Moon: Original Soundtrack Lantana: Music for the Feature Film Silent Partner Fireflies: Songs of Paul Kelly Tom White Jindabyne Conversations with Ghosts
Tribute albums	Women at the Well Stories of Me Before Too Long: Triple J's Tribute to Paul Kelly
Related articles	Awards Discography Professor Ratbaggy Stardust Five Paul Kelly: Stories of Me
Categories	Members Albums Songs

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