Songs from the South: 1985–2019

Songs from the South: 1985–2019
Songs from the South: 1985–2019
Greatest hits album by Paul Kelly
Released	15 November 2019
Recorded	1985–2019
Length	2:38:00
Label	Gawd Aggie; EMI;
Paul Kelly chronology

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.

Background and release

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

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"From St Kilda to Kings Cross" (from Post, 1985)	Paul Kelly	2:55
2.	"Before Too Long" (with the Coloured Girls; from Gossip, 1986)	Kelly	3:23
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)	Kelly Maurice Frawley	3:21
6.	"To Her Door" (with the Coloured Girls; from Under the Sun, 1987)	Kelly	3:18
7.	"Dumb Things" (with the Coloured Girls; from Under the Sun)	Kelly	2:31
8.	"Careless" (with the Messengers; from So Much Water So Close to Home, 1989)	Kelly	2:57
9.	"Sweet Guy" (with the Messengers; from So Much Water So Close to Home)	Kelly	3:37
10.	"Everything's Turning to White" (live version (recorded 1996); original with the Messengers from So Much Water So Close to Home)	Kelly	4:49
11.	"From Little Things Big Things Grow" (with the Messengers; from Comedy, 1991)	Kelly Kev Carmody	6:54
12.	"Winter Coat" (with the Messengers; from Comedy)	Kelly	3:38
13.	"Bradman" (with the Coloured Girls; single release, 1987)	Kelly	7:31
14.	"When I First Met Your Ma" (live version from The A to Z Recordings, 2010; original with the Messengers from Hidden Things, 1992)	Kelly	4:42
15.	"Love Never Runs on Time" (from Wanted Man, 1994)	Kelly	2:58
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)	Kelly	4:28
19.	"Nothing on My Mind" (from Words and Music, 1998)	Kelly Peter Luscombe Steve Hadley	4:55
20.	"Love Letter" (performed by Professor Ratbaggy; from Professor Ratbaggy, 1999)	Kelly	3:31

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Our Sunshine" (with Uncle Bill; from Smoke, 1999)	Paul Kelly Mick Thomas	4:23
2.	"Every Fucking City" (live version from The A to Z Recordings, 2010; original from Roll on Summer, 2000)	Kelly	3:36
3.	"If I Could Start Today Again" (from ...Nothing but a Dream, 2001)	Kelly	2:50
4.	"Midnight Rain" (from ...Nothing but a Dream)	Kelly Wendy Matthews	4:54
5.	"The Oldest Story in the Book" (from Ways & Means, 2004)	Kelly Dan Luscombe	4:29
6.	"Your Lovin' Is on My Mind" (from Ways & Means)	Kelly	3:37
7.	"They Thought I Was Asleep" (with the Stormwater Boys; from Foggy Highway, 2005)	Kelly	3:35
8.	"Meet Me in the Middle of the Air" (with the Stormwater Boys; from Foggy Highway, 2005)	Kelly	2:38
9.	"You're 39, You're Beautiful and You're Mine" (from Stolen Apples, 2007)	Kelly	3:35
10.	"God Told Me To" (from Stolen Apples)	Kelly	3:42
11.	"Time and Tide" (from Spring and Fall, 2012)	Kelly Alan Pigram	3:19
12.	"I'm on Your Side" (from Spring and Fall)	Paul Kelly Dan Kelly	3:18
13.	"Thank You" (from The Merri Soul Sessions, 2014)	Kelly	2:59
14.	"Sonnet 18" (from Seven Sonnets & a Song, 2016)	Kelly William Shakespeare	3:20
15.	"Rising Moon" (from Life Is Fine, 2017)	Kelly Billy Miller	3:51
16.	"Firewood and Candles" (from Life Is Fine)	Kelly Miller	2:56
17.	"Finally Something Good" (from Life Is Fine)	Kelly	3:24
18.	"Letter in the Rain" (from Life Is Fine)	Kelly	3:01
19.	"With the One I Love" (from Nature, 2018)	Kelly	2:30
20.	"A Bastard Like Me (For Charlie Perkins)" (from Nature)	Kelly	2:37
21.	"And Death Shall Have No Dominion" (from Nature)	Kelly Dylan Thomas	2:28
22.	"Every Day My Mother's Voice" (with Dan Sultan; single release, 2019)	Kelly	4:04
23.	"When We're Both Old & Mad" (with Kasey Chambers; previously unreleased)	Kelly	2:22

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	57
Chart (2020)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	58

References

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

[1] "Paul Kelly has a chunk of albums and a chunk of dates". Noise11. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[ac_Australia_Paul_Kelly-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.

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