Spring and Fall (album)

Last updated

Spring and Fall
SpringFallAlbum2012.jpg
Studio album by
Paul Kelly
Released19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)
RecordedJuly–August 2012
South Gippsland
Genre Folk rock
Length35:18
Label Gawd Aggie, Universal
Producer Paul Kelly, Dan Kelly, Greg "J" Walker
Paul Kelly chronology
The A – Z Recordings
(2010)		Spring and Fall
(2012)		 The Merri Soul Sessions
(2014)
Singles from Spring and Fall
  1. "New Found Year"
    Released: 1 October 2012

Spring and Fall is the nineteenth studio album by Australian folk rock singer-songwriter Paul Kelly which was issued in October 2012 on his own label, Gawd Aggie and distributed via Universal Music. It is due to be issued in Europe and United States in November. The release is his first studio album since Stolen Apples in 2007, and is a concept album as a song cycle "which focuses on a love story told from different points of view". [1] It was produced by Kelly, Dan Kelly (his nephew), and Greg "J" Walker (C. W. Stoneking, The Whitlams) and was available as a digipak or digital download. The lead single, "New Found Year", was released in early October ahead of the album's release. The album debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number eight.

Folk rock is a hybrid music genre combining elements of folk music and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival and the influence that the Beatles and other British Invasion bands had on members of that movement. Performers such as Bob Dylan and the Byrds—several of whose members had earlier played in folk ensembles—attempted to blend the sounds of rock with their preexisting folk repertoire, adopting the use of electric instrumentation and drums in a way previously discouraged in the U.S. folk community. The term "folk rock" was initially used in the U.S. music press in June 1965 to describe the Byrds' music.

Paul Kelly (Australian musician) Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player

Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. 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".

<i>Stolen Apples</i> (album) album by Paul Kelly

Stolen Apples is the twenty fifth album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was released in July 2007 on EMI Music. The album was Kelly's first solo album since Ways & Means in 2004, and features religious themes throughout. It peaked at No. 8 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Contents

Background

Spring and Fall is the nineteenth studio album by Paul Kelly, an Australian singer-songwriter. [2] After releasing his live 8× CD box set, The A – Z Recordings in September 2010, for about a year-and-a-half, Kelly was performing and being filmed for a musical documentary, Paul Kelly: Stories of Me (November 2012) produced by Shark Island Productions. [3] Afterwards Kelly began work on Spring and Fall – its recording started in July 2012 using an old country hall in South Gippsland where he was joined by his nephew, Dan Kelly, and Machine Translations' Greg "J" Walker. [3] [4] It was mixed by Andy Stewart (Gotye, The Whitlams, C.W. Stoneking, Brighter Later) at The Mill in mid-August and was produced by Kelly, Dan and Walker (C. W. Stoneking, The Whitlams). [3] [5] Kelly is due to tour in support of the album in February and March 2013. [3]

<i>The A – Z Recordings</i> live album

The A – Z Recordings is an eight-volume live album by Australian rock musician, Paul Kelly, which was released on 24 September 2010 on Gawd Aggie Records in Australia and Universal Import in North America. It had been recorded from a series of performances from 2004 to 2010 on Kelly's A – Z Tours in various locations. The tours led to Kelly writing his memoir, How to Make Gravy, also in September 2010. Kelly's A – Z Tours continued until March 2012. Rolling Stone's Jason Cohen described the release as "a 106-track, eight-CD boxed set culled from Kelly's now-trademark A to Z live performances" and, with the associated memoir, Kelly "might be creating the world's longest CD liner notes" at 568 pages.

Shark Island Productions is an award-winning documentary film production company based in Sydney, Australia.

South Gippsland region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia

South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promontory, the southernmost point of Victoria and mainland Australia. Rivers are generally very short and impossible to dam owing to the lack of potential storage sites, but groundwater of good quality is readily available. The major industries are forestry and dairy farming, and the principal towns include Cowes, Leongatha, Korumburra, Wonthaggi and Foster.

Kelly had written about two-thirds of the album's tracks over the previous year-and-a-half but some were up to five years-old. [6] Kelly developed a song cycle which encouraged people to listen to the album in its entirety with each track leading into the next. [6]

The lead single, "New Found Year", a digital download only release, was released on 1 October 2012 [7] ahead of the album. "New Found Year" is a love song that borrows words from 16th Century English poet, John Donne's "To His Mistress Going to Bed". [8] [9]

Poet person who writes and publishes poetry

A poet is a person who creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be a writer of poetry, or may perform their art to an audience.

John Donne 16th and 17th-century English poet and cleric

John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Age Favourable [2]
The BragStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
FasterLouderStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

The Age 's reviewer Chris Johnson found that Spring and Fall was "a beautiful and simple album, with so much of the beauty to be found in its simplicity. Stripped back and raw, the 11 tracks ... amount to a gently piercing musical experience that is hard to turn away from. This is Kelly at his finest – finest songwriting, singing and musicianship". [2] The Brag's Natalie Arnat praised how even though "each song is strong enough to stand alone, the album is most rewarding when listened to in its entirety. The songs blossom when they flow on from one another, with lushly layered instruments adorning the arrangements, from harmonica and dobro to violin". [5] ABC Sunshine Coast's Annie Gaffney was impressed by the cover painting "it's a bit Gauguin ... beautiful soft image of a man and a woman". While Kelly felt "it looks like a painting from the ... 20s or 30s, it looks very European". [5]

<i>The Age</i> Melbourne daily newspaper

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854. Owned and published by Nine, The Age primarily serves Victoria but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered in both hardcopy and online formats. The newspaper shares many articles with other Fairfax Media metropolitan daily newspapers, such as The Sydney Morning Herald.

Paul Gauguin French artist

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinctly different from Impressionism. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia, and most of his paintings from this time depict people or landscapes from that region.

The album debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number eight. [11]

ARIA Charts main Australian music sales charts

The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report which had been Australia's national charts since 1974.

Track listing

All tracks written by Paul Kelly unless otherwise indicated. [12]

  1. "New Found Year" (Paul Kelly, Dan Kelly) – 3:39
  2. "When a Woman Loves a Man" – 3:50
  3. "For the Ages" (Paul Kelly, Dan Kelly) – 2:37
  4. "Gonna Be Good" – 3:33
  5. "Someone New" – 3:18
  6. "Time and Tide" (Paul Kelly, Alan Pigram) – 3:20
  7. "Sometimes My Baby" – 2:50
  8. "Cold As Canada" – 2:40
  9. "I'm on Your Side" (Paul Kelly, Dan Kelly) – 3:19
  10. "None of Your Business Now" – 3:05
  11. "Little Aches and Pains" – 3:07

Some (maybe all?) copies of the CD have a hidden bonus track included with track 11. "Little Aches & Pains" goes for around 3:00 minutes followed by about 67 seconds of silence and then from 4:07 there is an uncredited song of 2:00 minutes length probably called "Oh Mistress Mine" with 12-string guitar backing. This latter song may also draw from John Donne's poetry as noted for track 1.

Regarding the hidden track "Mistress Mine", the following information from Paul Kelly's web site sheds light on the song: "Dan and I played to a rambunctious crowd last night at the beautiful old Cadogan Hall. Sang “Mistress Mine”, the hidden track from Spring and Fall, for the first time ever in public. Lyrics by Will Shakespeare. Messed them up so hope to do better by the Bard next time. Today we drive to Glasgow. Dan’s looking for good vegie food, I’m looking for good coffee. Any tips? PK."

Personnel

Core musicians

Guest musicians

Production work

Art work

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
scope="row"Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] 8

Related Research Articles

<i>Ways & Means</i> (album) album by Paul Kelly

Ways & Means is a double album recorded by Australian artist Paul Kelly and originally released in February 2004, which peaked at #13 on the ARIA Albums Charts. It won the 2004 ARIA Music Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. It was issued on EMI in Australia and Cooking Vinyl in the US. Kelly's backing band were later called The Boon Companions and consisted of his nephew Dan Kelly on guitar, Peter Luscombe on drums and his brother Dan Luscombe on guitar and keyboards, and Bill McDonald on bass guitar. "Beautiful Feeling" was used as the theme song for the ABCTV series Fireflies (2004).

<i>...Nothing but a Dream</i> album by Paul Kelly

...nothing but a dream is a studio album recorded by Australian singer-songwriter, Paul Kelly. It was released on 13 August 2001 via EMI Records, which peaked at No. 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart and No. 46 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart. It was also released in the United States on Cooking Vinyl and included four tracks from Kelly's earlier extended play, Roll on Summer (2000). In Australia and New Zealand the album provided three singles, "Somewhere in the City", "Love Is the Law" (October) and "If I Could Start Today Again".

<i>Words and Music</i> (Paul Kelly album) album by Paul Kelly

Words And Music is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1998. It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and Vanguard Records in the United States. The US release include one additional track, "How to Make Gravy", which was released as a separate Extended Play prior to the release of Words and Music in Australia and was nominated as 'Song of the Year' at the 1997 Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards.

<i>Wanted Man</i> (Paul Kelly album) album by Paul Kelly

Wanted Man is a folk rock album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in July 1994. It was issued on Mushroom Records in Australia and was Kelly's first solo studio album after disbanding his previous group, The Messengers. Tracks 1–10 were recorded at three Los Angeles studios while tracks 11–13 were recorded in Melbourne. It was produced by Kelly, Randy Jacobs and David Bridie. The cover art for Wanted Man is a colophon rendering of Australia's legendary outlaw Ned Kelly as a guitarist and was painted by David Band.

The Whitlams Australian rock band

The Whitlams are an Australian indie rock/piano rock group formed in late 1992. The original line-up was Tim Freedman on keyboards and lead vocals, Andy Lewis on double bass and Stevie Plunder on guitar. Other than mainstay, Freedman, the line-up has changed numerous times. Since 2001 he has been joined by Warwick Hornby on bass guitar, Jak Housden on guitar and Terepai Richmond on drums. Four of their studio albums have reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 20: Eternal Nightcap, Love This City, Torch the Moon and Little Cloud. Their highest charting singles are "Blow Up the Pokies" and "Fall for You" – both reached number 21. The group's single, "No Aphrodisiac" was listed at number one on the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997 by listeners of national radio station, Triple J. In January 1996 Stevie Plunder was found dead at the base of Wentworth Falls. Andy Lewis committed suicide in February 2000.

Machine Translations Stage name of Australian singer/songwriter J Walker

Machine Translations is the performing name of Greg James Walker, an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; who is also a producer as J Walker. Walker started out recording all instruments himself in a home studio and later branched out to include a band.

Chris Wilson (Australian musician) Australian blues musician born 1956

Christopher John Wilson was an Australian blues musician who sang and played harmonica, saxophone and guitar. He performed as part of the Sole Twisters, Harem Scarem and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, and fronted his band Crown of Thorns. Wilson's solo albums are Landlocked, The Long Weekend, Spiderman (2000), King for a Day, Flying Fish (2012) and the self titled Chris Wilson (2018).

From Little Things Big Things Grow

"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 Australian struggle for land rights and reconciliation. Kelly and Carmody performed the song together on 5 November 2014 at the public memorial service at Sydney Town Hall for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who is the "tall stranger" referred to in the song.

The Blackeyed Susans are an Australian rock band, which formed in Perth in 1989. Long serving members are Phil Kakulas on bass guitar, guitar and vocals; and Rob Snarski on vocals and guitar. They have released seven studio albums, Welcome Stranger, All Souls Alive, Mouth to Mouth, Spin the Bottle, Dedicated to the Ones We Love, Shangri-La and Close Your Eyes and See.

Dan Kelly (musician) Australian musician

Daniel "Dan" Kelly is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist.

<i>Stardust Five</i> (album) album by Stardust Five

Stardust Five is the self-titled debut album by Stardust Five which was released in 2006. The album was mixed and produced by Tchad Blake.

<i>Wont You Come Around</i> 2003 extended play by Paul Kelly

Won't You Come Around is an EP released by Australian folk rock musician Paul Kelly and his band on 3 November 2003 by EMI. The EP peaked at No. 55 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Australian Singles Charts. Kelly's nephew, Dan Kelly joins the Paul Kelly Band to share vocals, guitar and songwriting.

Bands and accompanying musicians of Paul Kelly Wikimedia list article

Paul Kelly is an Australian rock musician. He started his career in 1974 in Hobart, Tasmania and has performed as a solo artist, in bands as a member or has led bands named after himself. Some backing bands recorded their own material under alternate names, Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five, with Kelly as an individual member. As of September 2017, Paul Kelly's current band members are Cameron Bruce on keyboards and piano, Vika and Linda Bull on backing vocals and lead vocals, his nephew Dan Kelly on lead guitar and backing vocals, Peter Luscombe on drums and Bill McDonald on bass guitar.

<i>The Merri Soul Sessions</i> album by Paul Kelly

The Merri Soul Sessions or Paul Kelly Presents: The Merri Soul Sessions is the twentieth studio album by Australian musician, Paul Kelly, which was issued on 12 December 2014 on his own label, Gawdaggie Records, and distributed by Universal Music Australia. Kelly provided lead vocals on two of its eleven tracks, the rest featured vocals by either Clairy Browne, sisters Vika and Linda Bull, Kira Puru, or Dan Sultan. The album debuted at No. 17 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

<i>Deaths Dateless Night</i> album by Paul Kelly

Death's Dateless Night is the 22nd studio album by Paul Kelly and is a collaboration with fellow Australian musician, Charlie Owen, which was issued via Gawd Aggie/Universal Music Australia on 7 October 2016. It was co-produced by Kelly, Owen and J. Walker, which peaked at No. 16 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was nominated for Best Blues and Roots Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2017.

<i>Life Is Fine</i> album by Paul Kelly

Life Is Fine is the 23rd studio album by Australian musician Paul Kelly, released on 11 August 2017. The album debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart with sales of 6,198 units. It is Kelly's first number-one album in Australia.

Seven Sonnets & a Song is the twenty-first studio album by Australian musician, Paul Kelly, which was issued on 22 April 2016 on his own label, Gawdaggie Records, and distributed by Universal Music Australia. Kelly composed music for seven sonnets by William Shakespeare and a poem, "My True Love Hath My Heart", by Philip Sidney. The album debuted at No. 9 on the ARIA Albums Chart, becoming Kelly's fourth top 10. It was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Sarah (20 September 2012). "Exclusive: Cover Art, Tracklist for New Paul Kelly". FasterLouder. Sound Alliance . Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Johnson, Chris (18 October 2012). "Spring and Fall". The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 O'Keefe, Anne (18 October 2012). "Paul Kelly Opens up about His New Doco and Album". Drive with Tim Cox. 612 ABC Brisbane. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Maddox, Garry (21 October 2012). "Kelly Country". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Arnat, Natalie (15 October 2012). "Music: Album Review Paul Kelly – Spring and Fall". The Brag. Adam Zammit, Rob Furst.
  6. 1 2 Bartholomew, Kylie (19 October 2012). "Paul Kelly Spills the Beans on Spring and Fall". Mornings with Annie Gaffney. ABC Sunshine Coast. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "New Found Year". Paul Kelly Official Website . Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  8. ↑ Shedden, Iain (6 October 2012). "Revered songwriter Paul Kelly is back with a new album Spring and Fall". The Australian . Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  9. ↑ Ford, Andrew (26 October 2012). "More than the sum of their parts". Inside Story. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "Paul Kelly – Spring and Fall". FasterLouder. Sound Alliance. 9 November 2012.
  11. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Paul Kelly". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  12. ↑ "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Search Engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 October 2012. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. New Found Year
  13. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Paul Kelly – SPRING & FALL". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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.