Please Leave Your Light On

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Please Leave Your Light On
Please Leave Your Light On album.png
Studio album by
Released31 July 2020 (2020-07-31)
RecordedAugust 23–25, 2019
StudioDavid Li Sound Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne
Label EMI Music Australia
Paul Kelly studio chronology
Forty Days
(2020)
Please Leave Your Light On
(2020)
Paul Kelly's Christmas Train
(2021)
Paul Grabowsky chronology
Tryst
(2019)
Please Leave Your Light On
(2020)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."True to You" 3:43
2."Petrichor" 4:05
3."What a Woman Loves a Man" 3:42
4."Sonnet 138"lyrics: William Shakespeare 4:09
5."Time and Tide"Paul Kelly, Alan Pigram 3:00
6."Young Lovers"lyrics: Paul Kelly; music: Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Dan Kelly 4:19
7."Every Time We Say Goodbye" Cole Porter 4:17
8."Please Leave Your Light On" 4:10
9."You Can Put Your Shoes Under My Bed" 3:22
10."Winter Coat" 4:07
11."God's Grandeur"lyrics: Gerard Manley Hopkins 2:20
12."If I Could Start Today Again" 3:05

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for Please Leave Your Light On
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)Position
Australian Top Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [13] 1
Chart (2021)Position
Australian Jazz and Blues Albums (ARIA) [14] 19

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia31 July 2020 [5] [15] [16] EMI Music Australia GAWD031S

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