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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
From The Mists of an Eighties Fog, October 9, 2007
For Fans of Rock, the Mid-Eighties were like a Dark Cloud of Hair-Bands, Cheesy Sythesisers & Drum Machines. Here in America, it seemed All was Lost. But, in the Southern Hemisphere, this Great Record was released (in 86) without our Knowledge. What a loss that is for all of us, we missed out on Something Great: "Gossip" by Paul Kelly.
This was Second Record by Paul, I heard way back in the Winter of 93 (July) during a holiday in Sydney (After: "Under The Sun"). This One Turned my Ear Sideways with the very First Listen. This Artist is a Major Talent, and it's all Right here. This was a Double Lp (Remember Those?), 21 Tracks, 72 Minutes of Fantastic Music.
The Opener: "Last Train To Heaven" is like a Chant from a Bayou, It's very Dreamlike & Hypnotic. "Leaps and Bounds" must have been a Hit Single, It's too Good not to have been one. Also, the Great Rocker: "Before Too Long", which I heard on the Car Radio while driving through Kansas.
Paul's Songs tell Stories: "Before The Old Man Died","White Train" and "Randwick Bells" seem right outta little incidents he experienced. There are Flat-out Rockers; "Down On My Speedway","Darling, It Hurts" mixed right in with more reflective pieces: "Somebody's Forgetting Somebody","Maralinga" (Rainy Land) that feature Paul's, Acoustic playing well. The amount of Musical Styles presented Vary with a touch of Rockabilly,Folk-Rock and down right Pop (and that can be a Good Thing) to traces of Reggae, Jazz and Country Music. Paul, took his place in the Oz Music Scene as this Record became Big Down Under and he is STILL a Major Force in his Home Country to this day. I have Purchased many more of his Great Records, Since buying this Gem, and I still feel Lucky to have Stumbled across this Wonderful Artist by chance way back in that Record Store on another Continent way back in that other Century. Start Here, Listen to Paul Kelly, You won't be sorry...This is Great Music...Four Stars !!!
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The full gamut, May 25, 1999
By A Customer
Paul Kelly has made some great albums. This is his best. The quality of song writing is from the top drawer and the 17 tracks are stylistically diverse. And yet the album is fluent and coherent. The playing is simple and crisp, enhancing the songs in a rare and oganic fashion. Lyrically, it is the album in which he came of age. There had been hints at this depth but not this consistency.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Australia Fair., July 31, 2002
I'm a New Zealander, so take it from me, this guy is good. He's not in danger of toppling Neil Finn from his antipodean throne, but this is a truly evocative and strangely catchy little album.
It is quintessentially Australian. The anthem "Adelaide" is this collection's brilliant cornerstone, and elsewhere it boasts little rippers like "Before The Old Man Died", "I Won't Be Torn Apart" and "Leaps And Bounds".
Just buy it if you think you might like it. You can always give it away. Go on, it's good, I promise.
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