Honey Steel's Gold

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Honey Steel's Gold
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1991
Recorded1991
Genre Alternative rock
Length43:48
74:43 (2000 re-release)
Label Hot
Producer Ed Kuepper
Ed Kuepper chronology
Today Wonder
(1990)
Honey Steel's Gold
(1991)
Black Ticket Day
(1992)

Honey Steel's Gold is the fifth solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper recorded in 1991 and released on the Hot label. [1] The album was re-released in 2000 with six bonus tracks: four from Kuepper's No Wonder EP, and early recordings of "The Way I Made You Feel" and "Everything I've Got Belongs to You".

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Rolling Stone Australia Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Reviewing the album in Rolling Stone Australia at the time of release, John Encarnacao said "Much of this album seems to be about the conjuring of mood rather than unfolding songs in a narrative manner." Encarnacao noted the contribution of Chris Abrahams, and predicted the song "Everything I've Got Belongs to You" would be a hit if released as a single. [3]

The AllMusic review by Ned Raggett awarded the album 4½ stars and states "Honey Steel's Gold is Kuepper in many ways at his most dramatic and expansive". [2] In October 2010, it was listed in the top 50 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums . [4]

A 3313 book written by John Encarnação analysing the album is to be released on 2 November 2023. [5]

Commercial performance

The album spent 12 weeks in the Australian charts in 1992 peaking at number 28. [6] Honey Steel's Gold was nominated for an ARIA for the Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 1992. [7]

Track listing

All writing by Ed Kuepper, except where indicated.

  1. "King of Vice" – 9:53
  2. "Everything I've Got Belongs to You" – 4:15
  3. "Friday's Blue Cheer/Libertines of Oxley" – 8:03
  4. "Honey Steel's Gold" – 5:23
  5. "The Way I Made You Feel" – 5:20
  6. "Not Too Soon" – 3:12
  7. "Closer" – 4:16
  8. "Summerfield" – 3:41
  9. "Indian Reservation" (John D. Loudermilk) – 3:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Steamtrain" (Ray Davies) – 7:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "No Wonder Medley: No Wonder/Built for Comfort/Cypress Grove Blues" (Kuepper, Mark Dawson/Willie Dixon/Skip James) – 8:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Milk Cow Blues" (Sleepy John Estes) – 2:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
  13. "The Way I Made You Feel 2" – 5:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Everything I've Got Belongs to You 2" – 4:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Electric Avenue, Sydney, Australia in mid-1991.

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Honey Steel's Gold
Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 28

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References

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