Seventy (album)

Seventy
Studio album by Paul Kelly
Released	7 November 2025 (2025-11-07)
Length	42:14
Label	EMI
Producer	Paul Kelly Steven Schram
Paul Kelly chronology
Fever Longing Still (2024) Seventy (2025)
Singles from Seventy
"Rita Wrote a Letter" Released: 15 August 2025 [1] "The Body Keeps the Score" Released: 24 September 2025 [2]

Seventy is the thirtieth studio album by Australian musician Paul Kelly, released on 7 November 2025. The album's title refers to Kelly's age. Upon announcement in August 2025, Kelly said the album is his "most varied album yet". ^{[1] [3]}

Singles

"Rita Wrote a Letter" was released on 15 August 2025 as the album's lead single as is the sequel to Kelly's 1996 song, "How to Make Gravy". ^[1] Kelly said "I've been mulling over the idea of a sequel to 'How to Make Gravy' from Rita's point of view for quite some time. About five years ago I wrote down the words, 'Rita wrote a letter' and thought, 'There’s my title'." ^[4]

"The Body Keeps the Score", named after the book of the same name by Bessel van der Kolk, was released on 24 September 2025. At the time of its release, Kelly said in a statement: "It's an investigation into the complex effects of trauma, how it can become buried in our bodies. How it can surface unexpectedly and cause harm not only to the person who experienced the trauma but to those who love them. I carried the title with me ever since that drive until one day last year at Bill Miller's place, playing around with a tune, the words started to come out." ^[2]

Track listing

Seventy track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Tell Us a Story (Part A)"	Paul Kelly	P. Kelly	3:49
2.	"Don't Give Up on Me" (featuring Meg Washington)	Sam Dixon Meg Washington	P. Kelly Dixon Washington	3:26
3.	"Rita Wrote a Letter"	Dan Kelly	P. Kelly D. Kellly	4:14
4.	"The Body Keeps the Score"	P. Kelly Billy Miller	Miller	3:27
5.	"I Keep on Coming Back for More"	P. Kelly	P. Kelly	3:15
6.	"Take It Handy"	P. Kelly	P. Kelly	2:46
7.	"Happy Birthday, Ada Mae"	P. Kelly	P. Kelly	3:22
8.	"The Magpies"	Denis Glover	P. Kelly	2:42
9.	"Made for Me" (featuring Rebecca Barnard)	P. Kelly	P. Kelly	3:21
10.	"Sailing to Byzantium"	W. B. Yeats	P. Kelly James Ledger	3:22
11.	"My Body Felt No Pain"	P. Kelly	P. Kelly	2:14
12.	"I'm Not Afraid of the Dark"	P. Kelly	P. Kelly Ledger	3:45
13.	"Tell Us a Story (Part B)"	P. Kelly	P. Kelly	2:31
Total length:				42:14

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. ^[5]

• Paul Kelly – vocals, production (all tracks); guitar (tracks 1, 2, 6–13), harmonica (2)
• Steven Schram – production, mixing
• Adam Ayan – mastering
• Bill McDonald – bass guitar
• Dan Kelly – guitar (1–7, 9–13), background vocals (1, 6, 12), banjo (8)
• Cameron Bruce – keyboards (1–7, 9, 10), organ (8, 12), piano (11), background vocals (12)
• Ashley Naylor – guitar (1–4, 6–13)
• Peter Luscombe – drums (2–13)
• Megan Washington – vocals (2)
• Maddy Kelly – background vocals (7)
• Alice Keath – background vocals (8, 12)
• Rebecca Barnard – vocals (9)
• Billy Miller – background vocals (12)

References

1. Newstead, Al (14 August 2025). ""Rita Wrote a Letter" is Paul Kelly's 'black comedy' sequel to How To Make Gravy". Double J . Archived from the original on 14 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025– via ABC News.
2. "Paul Kelly Releases Haunting New Single 'The Body Keeps The Score' and Prepares for Red Hot Summer 2026". noise11. 24 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
3. "Paul Kelly to Release Seventy at 70". noise11. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
4. "Paul Kelly Marks 70th Year with New Album and Darkly Comic Sequel to "How to Make Gravy"". Rolling Stone Australia . 15 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
5. "Seventy / Paul Kelly / Credits". Tidal . Retrieved 4 September 2025.