Songs from the South: 1985–2019

Songs from the South: 1985–2019 is a career-spanning greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly. It was released on 15 November 2019 through Gawd Aggie and EMI Music Australia, and debuted atop the Australian albums chart.

Songs from the South: 1985–2019
Greatest hits album by
Released15 November 2019
Recorded1985–2019
Length2:38:00
Label
Paul Kelly chronology
Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds
(2019)
Songs from the South: 1985–2019
(2019)
Forty Days
(2020)

Background and release

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In 1997, Paul Kelly released his first compilation Songs from the South. A second volume, Songs from the South Volume 2 was released in 2008. Eleven years later, the collection is getting a third upgrade. The 2019 album includes the brand new song "When We're Both Old & Mad" with Kasey Chambers.[1]

Track listing

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Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."From St Kilda to Kings Cross" (from Post, 1985)Paul Kelly2:55
2."Before Too Long" (with the Coloured Girls; from Gossip, 1986)Kelly3:23
3."Leaps and Bounds" (with the Coloured Girls; from Gossip)
  • Kelly
  • Chris Langman
3:24
4."Darling It Hurts" (with the Coloured Girls; from Gossip)
  • Kelly
  • Steve Connolly
3:19
5."Look So Fine, Feel So Low" (with the Coloured Girls; from Gossip; original from Post)3:21
6."To Her Door" (with the Coloured Girls; from Under the Sun, 1987)Kelly3:18
7."Dumb Things" (with the Coloured Girls; from Under the Sun)Kelly2:31
8."Careless" (with the Messengers; from So Much Water So Close to Home, 1989)Kelly2:57
9."Sweet Guy" (with the Messengers; from So Much Water So Close to Home)Kelly3:37
10."Everything's Turning to White" (live version (recorded 1996); original with the Messengers from So Much Water So Close to Home)Kelly4:49
11."From Little Things Big Things Grow" (with the Messengers; from Comedy, 1991)6:54
12."Winter Coat" (with the Messengers; from Comedy)Kelly3:38
13."Bradman" (with the Coloured Girls; single release, 1987)Kelly7:31
14."When I First Met Your Ma" (live version from The A to Z Recordings, 2010; original with the Messengers from Hidden Things, 1992)Kelly4:42
15."Love Never Runs on Time" (from Wanted Man, 1994)Kelly2:58
16."Song from the Sixteenth Floor" (from Wanted Man)
  • Kelly
  • John Clifforth
3:58
17."Deeper Water" (from Deeper Water, 1995)
  • Kelly
  • Randy Jacobs
4:32
18."How to Make Gravy" (from How to Make Gravy, 1996)Kelly4:28
19."Nothing on My Mind" (from Words and Music, 1998)4:55
20."Love Letter" (performed by Professor Ratbaggy; from Professor Ratbaggy, 1999)Kelly3:31
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Our Sunshine" (with Uncle Bill; from Smoke, 1999)4:23
2."Every Fucking City" (live version from The A to Z Recordings, 2010; original from Roll on Summer, 2000)Kelly3:36
3."If I Could Start Today Again" (from ...Nothing but a Dream, 2001)Kelly2:50
4."Midnight Rain" (from ...Nothing but a Dream)4:54
5."The Oldest Story in the Book" (from Ways & Means, 2004)4:29
6."Your Lovin' Is on My Mind" (from Ways & Means)Kelly3:37
7."They Thought I Was Asleep" (with the Stormwater Boys; from Foggy Highway, 2005)Kelly3:35
8."Meet Me in the Middle of the Air" (with the Stormwater Boys; from Foggy Highway, 2005)Kelly2:38
9."You're 39, You're Beautiful and You're Mine" (from Stolen Apples, 2007)Kelly3:35
10."God Told Me To" (from Stolen Apples)Kelly3:42
11."Time and Tide" (from Spring and Fall, 2012)3:19
12."I'm on Your Side" (from Spring and Fall)
3:18
13."Thank You" (from The Merri Soul Sessions, 2014)Kelly2:59
14."Sonnet 18" (from Seven Sonnets & a Song, 2016)3:20
15."Rising Moon" (from Life Is Fine, 2017)3:51
16."Firewood and Candles" (from Life Is Fine)
  • Kelly
  • Miller
2:56
17."Finally Something Good" (from Life Is Fine)Kelly3:24
18."Letter in the Rain" (from Life Is Fine)Kelly3:01
19."With the One I Love" (from Nature, 2018)Kelly2:30
20."A Bastard Like Me (For Charlie Perkins)" (from Nature)Kelly2:37
21."And Death Shall Have No Dominion" (from Nature)2:28
22."Every Day My Mother's Voice" (with Dan Sultan; single release, 2019)Kelly4:04
23."When We're Both Old & Mad" (with Kasey Chambers; previously unreleased)Kelly2:22

Charts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Paul Kelly has a chunk of albums and a chunk of dates". Noise11. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Paul Kelly – Songs from the South - 1985-2019 - Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  3. ^ "ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.