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Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No.&nbsp;15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status.

Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls had been named for a lyric in Lou Reed's song "Walk on the Wild Side", but all North American and European releases were credited to Paul Kelly and the Messengers due to possible racist interpretations. "Darling It Hurts" peaked at No.&nbsp;19 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart in 1987. The initial 1987 Australian CD release contained 21 tracks; in 2005, a special deluxe 2-CD version was released in Australia which contained all 24 tracks.

Background

After relocating from Melbourne to Sydney in 1985, Paul Kelly had recorded and released a solo album Post.

In September 1986 Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls released the 24-track double LP Gossip. Gossip peaked at No.&nbsp;15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Charts, with singles chart success for "Before Too Long" which peaked at No.&nbsp;15 and "Darling It Hurts" reaching No.&nbsp;25.

Track listing

All tracks written by Paul Kelly unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Last Train to Heaven" – 4:51
  2. "Leaps and Bounds" (Paul Kelly, Chris Langman) – 3:25
  3. "Before the Old Man Died" – 2:35 <small>Remixed by Scott Litt for North American issues</small>
  4. "Down on My Speedway" – 3:25
  5. "White Train" – 2:47^^
  6. "Randwick Bells" – 3:38
  7. "Before Too Long" – 3:24
  8. "Adelaide" – 3:39^^ <small>Omitted from North American LP and CD issues</small>
  9. "I Won't Be Torn Apart" – 2:51 <small>Omitted from North American LP issue</small>
  10. "Going About My Father's Business" – 3:34 <small>Omitted from North American LP issue</small>
  11. "Somebody's Forgetting Somebody (Somebody's Letting Somebody Down)" – 3:41
  12. "The Ballroom" – 2:02 <small>Omitted from North American LP and CD issues</small>
  13. "Tighten Up" – 2:57 <small>Remixed by Scott Litt for North American issues</small>
  14. "I've Come for Your Daughter" – 3:21 <small>Omitted from North American LP and CD issues, 1993 Australian CD issue</small>
  15. "So Blue" – 3:32 <small>Omitted from North American LP and CD issues</small>
  16. "The Execution" – 5:17 <small>Remixed by Scott Litt for North American issues</small>
  17. "Incident on South Dowling" – 3:13^^
  18. "Maralinga (Rainy Land)" – 3:57 <small>Omitted from North American LP and CD issues</small>
  19. "Darling It Hurts" (Kelly, Steve Connolly) – 3:19
  20. "Look So Fine, Feel So Low" (Kelly, Maurice Frawley) – 3:22^^
  21. "Stories of Me" – 2:45
  22. "Don't Harm the Messenger" – 3:47
  23. "Gossip" (Kelly, Chris Coyne) – 2:56 <small>Omitted from North American LP and CD issues, 1993 Australian CD issue</small>
  24. "After the Show" – 3:17 <small>Omitted from North American LP and CD issues, 1993 Australian CD issue</small>

^^ = previously recorded on Kelly's 1985 solo release, Post

Personnel

Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls

  • Paul Kelly &mdash; acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Michael Armiger &mdash; bass guitar (tracks 8, 14, 20)
  • Michael Barclay &mdash; drums, vocals
  • Peter Bull &mdash; keyboards, vocals
  • Steve Connolly &mdash; guitar, vocals
  • Chris Coyne &mdash; saxophone, saxophone (tenor) (tracks 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 19)
  • John Schofield &mdash; bass, vocals

Additional musicians

  • Richard Burgman &mdash; electric rhythm guitar
  • Joe Camilleri &mdash; saxophone (track 3)
  • Mike Cleary &mdash; piccolo trumpet
  • Wayne Freer &mdash; trombone (tracks 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 19)
  • Graham Lee &mdash; pedal steel guitar (tracks 1, 11, 21)
  • Grant McLennan &mdash; talking (track 21)
  • Astrid Munday &mdash; vocals (tracks 7, 17)
  • Brian Nixon &mdash; timpani
  • Dianne Spence &mdash; saxophone (track 20)
  • Chris Wilson &mdash; harmonica (tracks 1, 11, 16)

Recording details

  • Producer &mdash; Alan Thorne, Paul Kelly
  • Engineer &mdash; Alan Thorne
  • Remixer &mdash; Scott Litt (tracks 3, 13, 16 for North American release)

2011 CD Remastered by Rick O'Neil at Turtlerock Mastering.

Art work

  • Cover Art &mdash; Ann Redmond
  • Photography &mdash; Wayne O'Farrell

Charts

{| class="wikitable"

!Chart (1986–87)

!Peak<br />position

|-

|Australia (Kent Music Report)

|align="center"|15

|-

|}

Certifications

Release history

{| class="wikitable"

!Format

!Country

!Label

!Catalogue No.

!Year

|-

|LP/Cassette

|AUS

|Mushroom

|L45961/2

|September 1986

|-

|LP, CD

|USA

|A&M

|SP 5157

|1987

|-

|CD

|AUS

|Mushroom/White

|MUSH32282.2

|1993

|-

|}

References