Cannot Buy My Soul

Last updated

Cannot Buy My Soul
Cannot Buy My Soul.jpg
Compilation album tribute by
Various artists
Released17 February 2007 (2007-02-17)
Genre
  • Folk
  • country
  • bluegrass
  • pop
Length142:41
Label

Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs of Kev Carmody, or more simply Cannot Buy My Soul, is a 2007 double-CD compilation tribute album featuring various artists performing tracks by Australian singer-songwriter Kev Carmody. They were brought together by rock musician, Paul Kelly, who also performs on a track. Artists include Dan Kelly (Paul's nephew), the John Butler Trio, the Waifs and Clare Bowditch.

Contents

The first disc is sub-titled, The Songs of Kev Carmody while the second disc, sub-titled, Originals, is a compilation of Carmody's original versions of the same tracks presented in the same order. [1]

It entered the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) albums chart at No. 31 and stayed in the top 50 for three weeks. It won Album of the Year at Deadly Awards 2007. [2]

On 9 July 2020, EMI Music Australia announced a re-release of Cannot Buy My Soul with six new recordings, to be released on August 21. The 2020 edition will feature new recordings of Kev Carmody songs from Courtney Barnett, Kasey Chambers & Jimmy Barnes, Mo’Ju & Birdz (produced by Trials), Kate Miller-Heidke, Alice Skye and Electric Fields. This will be the first time the album will be available on vinyl. [3]

Release and reception

Paul Kelly met Kev Carmody in the 1980s. [4] They co-wrote a track, "From Little Things Big Things Grow", which was first recorded in 1991 by Kelly and his group, Carmody and Kelly released a version as a single in 1993.

Kelly decided to bring together fellow Australian artists to record a tribute album of Carmody's songs, with the intention of bringing Carmody's music to a wider audience. [5] The album, named after Carmody's song, "Cannot Buy My Soul", was released on 17 February 2007 on EMI Music Australia/Virgin Records. [6]

Writing for The Courier-Mail , Noel Mengel praised the album and said that it was "more than just another tribute album [...] a powerful album in its own right as well as an introduction to a diverse body of work." [7] He noted the diversity of styles of the cover versions and called Paul Kelly, Augie March and Missy Higgins' version of "Droving Woman", "stunning". [7] Patrick Donovan from The Age said that it contained a well-chosen selection of tracks. [1] He felt Clare Bowditch's version of "Blood Red Rose", was "stunning" and said that "This Land Is Mine", sung by Scott Wilson and Dan Sultan, was "evocative". [1]

In October 2010 the tribute album was listed in the top 40 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums . [8]

Track listing

2007 release

All tracks are written by Kev Carmody unless otherwise shown.

The Songs of Kev Carmody
No.TitleArtistLength
1."I've Been Moved" Dan Kelly 3:39
2."Thou Shalt Not Steal" John Butler Trio 4:50
3."Elly" Bernard Fanning 4:47
4."The Young Dancer Is Dead" The Last Kinection 3:02
5."From Little Things Big Things Grow" (Paul Kelly, Carmody) The Waifs 5:13
6."River of Tears" The Drones 4:24
7."On the Wire" Troy Cassar-Daley 3:43
8."Cannot Buy My Soul" Archie Roach 2:47
9."Moonstruck" Sara Storer 3:15
10."This Land Is Mine" (Kelly, Carmody)Scott Wilson, Dan Sultan 4:06
11."Darkside" Tex Perkins 5:46
12."Blood Red Rose" Clare Bowditch 4:59
13."Comrade Jesus Christ" The Herd 4:14
14."Images of London" Steve Kilbey 5:15
15."Droving Woman" Paul Kelly, Augie March, Missy Higgins 8:44
16."Eulogy for a Black Man" The Pigram Brothers 4:42
Originals
No.TitleLength
1."I've Been Moved"2:50
2."Thou Shalt Not Steal"4:54
3."Elly"4:53
4."The Young Dancer Is Dead"3:34
5."From Little Things Big Things Grow"5:49
6."River of Tears"2:32
7."On the Wire"4:39
8."Cannot Buy My Soul"2:34
9."Moonstruck"4:37
10."This Land Is Mine"2:56
11."Darkside"5:23
12."Blood Red Rose"3:22
13."Comrade Jesus Christ"2:13
14."Images of London"5:22
15."Droving Woman"9:17
16."Eulogy for a Black Man"4:12

2020 Edition

CD3
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Black Bess" Kasey Chambers & Jimmy Barnes 3:49
2."Rider in the Rain 2020" Mojo Juju, Trials & Birdz3:47
3."Blue You" Alice Skye 4:24
4."From Little Things Big Things Grow" Electric Fields 5:13
5."Blood Red Rose" Kate Miller-Heidke 4:27
6."Just for You" Courtney Barnett 4:06
7."Black Bess"Kev Carmody3:59
8."Rider in the Rain"Kev Carmody6:40
9."Blue You"Kev Carmody with Andy White and Liam O'Maonlai6:04
10."From Little Things Big Things Grow"Kev Carmody with Paul Kelly and Tiddas 5:50
11."Blood Red Rose"Kev Carmody3:21
12."Just for You"Kev Carmody2:58

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 31
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 6

Release history

RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
AustraliaFebruary 2007
Standard Virgin Records / EMI Music 377741 2
Various21 August 2020 [9] [12] [3]
2020 EditionEMI Music0737156 / 0717073

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Kelly (Australian musician)</span> Australian musician

Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five. Kelly's music style has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output straddles folk, rock and country. His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and landscape of Australia by chronicling life about him for over 30 years. David Fricke from Rolling Stone calls Kelly "one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise". Kelly has said, "Song writing is mysterious to me. I still feel like a total beginner. I don't feel like I have got it nailed yet."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sara Storer</span> Musical artist

Sara Bettine Storer is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and former teacher. She won a record breaking seven Golden Guitar awards in the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 2004, and as of 2017, she has won 21 in total. Three of her six studio albums have reached the top 30 on the ARIA Albums Chart, Firefly, Lovegrass and Silos. Silos also won Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016. Storer has been a member of a country music trio, Songbirds (2007–09) alongside Beccy Cole and Gina Jeffries. Her older brother, Greg Storer, is also a country music singer-songwriter and the siblings have recorded and performed together.

<i>Hidden Things</i> 1992 studio album by Paul Kelly & the Messengers

Hidden Things is an album by Australian folk rock group Paul Kelly & the Messengers released in March 1992 on Mushroom Records, which reached No. 29 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It also reached the Top 40 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. It is a collection of tracks recorded by Kelly and both his backing bands, the Coloured Girls and the Messengers, from 1986 to 1991, but were not issued on previous studio albums. The album spawned a single, "When I First Met Your Ma", which was issued in April. Messenger band members provide lead vocals on "Hard Times" from its writer Steve Connolly, "Rock 'n' Soul" from its writer Jon Schofield. "Sweet Guy Waltz" is a slower version of "Sweet Guy" which was on 1989's So Much Water So Close to Home. The album was re-released in 2011 as Hidden Things: B-sides & Rarities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Butler (musician)</span> Australian American musician, songwriter, record label owner and producer

John Charles Wiltshire-Butler, professionally known as John Butler, is an American-Australian singer, songwriter, and music producer. He is the front man for the John Butler Trio, a roots and jam band that formed in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1998.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clare Bowditch</span> Musical artist

Clare Bowditch is an Australian musician, actress, radio presenter and business entrepreneur.

Kevin Daniel Carmody, better known by his stage name Kev Carmody, is an Aboriginal Australian singer-songwriter and musician, a Murri man from northern Queensland. He is best known for the song "From Little Things Big Things Grow", which was recorded with co-writer Paul Kelly for their 1993 single. It was covered by the Get Up Mob in 2008 and peaked at number four on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) singles charts.

<i>One Night the Moon</i> 2001 film by Rachel Perkins

One Night the Moon is a 2001 Australian musical non-feature film starring husband and wife team Paul Kelly, a singer-songwriter, and Kaarin Fairfax, a film and television actress, along with their daughter Memphis Kelly. The film was directed by Rachel Perkins and co-written by Perkins with John Romeril. In 2009 Romeril adapted the script as a musical theatre work.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">From Little Things Big Things Grow</span> 1993 song by Paul Kelly & The Messengers

"From Little Things Big Things Grow" is a protest song recorded by Australian artists Paul Kelly & The Messengers on their 1991 album Comedy, and by Kev Carmody on his 1993 album Bloodlines. It was released as a CD single by Carmody and Kelly in 1993 but failed to chart. The song was co-written by Kelly and Carmody, and is based on the story of the Gurindji strike and Vincent Lingiari as part of the Indigenous people's struggle for land rights in Australia and reconciliation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Missy Higgins</span> Australian musician

Melissa Morrison Higgins, known professionally as Missy Higgins, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her Australian number-one albums are The Sound of White (2004), On a Clear Night (2007) and The Ol' Razzle Dazzle (2012), and her singles include "Scar", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". Higgins was nominated for five ARIA Music Awards in 2004 and won 'Best Pop Release' for "Scar". In 2005, she was nominated for seven more awards and won five. Higgins won her seventh ARIA in 2007. Her third album, The Ol' Razzle Dazzle, was released in Australia in June 2012. As of August 2014, Higgins' first three studio albums had sold over one million units.

<i>Grand National</i> (album) 2007 studio album by John Butler Trio

Grand National is the fourth album by the John Butler Trio. Somewhere between 22 and 25 songs were considered for this album, some created during or before Sunrise Over Sea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dan Sultan</span> Indigenous Australian singer

Daniel Leo Sultan is an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, actor and author. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010 he won Best Male Artist and Best Blues & Roots Album for his second album, Get Out While You Can. At the 2014 ceremony he won Best Rock Album for Blackbird, which had reached number four on the ARIA Albums Chart. In 2017, Sultan's record Killer was nominated for three ARIA awards: Best Male Artist, Best Rock Album, and Best Independent Release. Sultan's debut children's music album Nali & Friends was named Best Children's Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kate Miller-Heidke discography</span>

The discography of Kate Miller-Heidke, an Australian singer-songwriter, consists of five studio albums, four extended plays, and twenty-three singles.

Corroboration, or Corroboration: A Journey Through the Musical Landscape of 21st Century Australia, is a 2001 compilation album by various Australian artists which was released on the Festival Mushroom Records imprint, Sputnik. It was the result of a project put together by Kurt Luthy. It brought together Indigenous and non-Indigenous musicians and bands from various genres, with the majority of the songs especially written for the compilation. It reached No. 92 on ARIA Top 100 Albums chart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jimmy Barnes discography</span>

This is a discography of the Scottish-born Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes. As of 2019, Barnes has been certified with 48 platinum awards for his solo work and a further 20 platinum awards for his work with Cold Chisel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dumb Things</span> 1989 single by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls

"Dumb Things" or "I've Done all the Dumb Things" is a song by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, released as the fourth single from their second album, Under the Sun. It was released by Mushroom Records imprint White Label Records in January 1989 and reached No. 36 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart. In the US, it was released under the band name, Paul Kelly and the Messengers, which reached No. 16 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. A music video, directed by Larry Williams, was provided for the single – a still from the clip is used as the single's cover.

The discography of Kasey Chambers, an Australian singer-songwriter, consists of twelve studio albums; five of which have peaked at number one on the ARIA Charts.

Our Home, Our Land is a compilation album released in Australia by CAAMA in 1995. It was released to celebrate the victory in the Mabo case. It focused on the importance of land to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander beliefs. It was nominated for a 1996 ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electric Fields</span>

Electric Fields are an Aboriginal Australian electronic music duo made up of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and keyboard player and producer Michael Ross. Electric Fields combine modern electric-soul music with Aboriginal culture and sing in Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and English. The duo have released an EP and several singles.

The National Indigenous Music Awards 2017 are the 14th annual National Indigenous Music Awards.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Donovan, Patrick (22 February 2007), "Kev Carmody: Cannot buy my soul", The Age , Fairfax Media , retrieved 4 June 2010
  2. ↑ Braithwaite, Alyssa; AAP (28 September 2007), "Mauboy artist of the year", The Courier-Mail , News Limited , retrieved 5 June 2010
  3. 1 2 3 "Cannot Buy My Soul: Songs Of Kev Carmody (2020 REISSUE) LP". JB HiFi. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kev Carmody — Cannot Buy My Soul", Message Stick , Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 12 February 2007, retrieved 4 June 2010
  5. ↑ Whyte, Pat, "Cannot Buy My Soul — The Campfire Storyteller" (PDF), kevcarmody.com.au, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2010, retrieved 8 June 2010
  6. ↑ Ferguson, Tom (3 March 2007), "Obita Opening Doors", Billboard , e5 Global Media, p. 43, retrieved 5 June 2010
  7. 1 2 Mengel, Noel (16 February 2007), "Why Kev Carmody rules, OK", The Courier-Mail, News Limited, retrieved 5 June 2010
  8. ↑ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums . Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN   978-1-74066-955-9.
  9. 1 2 "Cannot Buy My Soul (2020 Edition)". Apple Music. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Compilation – CANNOT BUY MY SOUL - THE SONGS OF KEV CARMODY (ALBUM)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Cannot Buy My Soul: Songs Of Kev Carmody (2020 REISSUE)". JB HiFi. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.