Songs from the South | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 13 May 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1985–1997 | |||
Genre | Australian rock | |||
Label | Mushroom/White | |||
Paul Kelly chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Artist Direct | [2] |
Songs from the South, subtitled Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits, is a greatest hits album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly. It was released on 13 May 1997 by Mushroom Records. [3] The album peaked at No. 2 on the Australian Recording Industry Association Albums Chart. [4] [5] It was certified 7× platinum by 2017. [6]
The songs are drawn from Kelly's previously released albums issued between 1985 and 1996. Two tracks on the album are exclusive to this release: a live recording of "Everything's Turning to White", and a newly-recorded acoustic version of "When I First Met Your Ma". Kelly later released similarly titled compilation albums, Songs from the South Volume 2 (Paul Kelly 98–08) (November 2008) and Songs from the South: 1985–2019 (November 2019).
All tracks are written by Paul Kelly, unless otherwise noted
No. | Title | Album | Length |
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1. | " From St Kilda to Kings Cross" | Post (1985) | 2:54 |
2. | " Leaps and Bounds" (Kelly, Chris Langman) | Gossip (1986) | 3:24 |
3. | " Before Too Long" | Gossip (1986) | 3:22 |
4. | " Darling It Hurts" (Kelly, Steve Connolly) | Gossip (1986) | 3:16 |
5. | "Look So Fine, Feel So Low" (Kelly, Maurice Frawley) | Gossip (1986) | 3:00 |
6. | " Dumb Things" | Under the Sun (1987) | 2:29 |
7. | " To Her Door" | Under the Sun (1987) | 3:16 |
8. | " Bradman" | Under the Sun (1987) | 7:25 |
9. | "Everything's Turning to White" | Recorded Live at the Museum of Contemporary Art, for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Sunday program concert (1996) | 4:38 |
10. | " Sweet Guy" | So Much Water So Close To Home (1989) | 3:29 |
11. | " Careless" | So Much Water So Close to Home (1989) | 2:50 |
12. | "Wintercoat" | Comedy (1991) | 3:19 |
13. | " From Little Things Big Things Grow" (Kelly, Kev Carmody) | Comedy (1991) | 6:51 |
14. | "When I First Met Your Ma" | 1997 Re-recorded, previously unreleased acoustic version, original version appears on Hidden Things (1992) | 4:45 |
15. | "Pouring Petrol on a Burning Man" | Hidden Things (1992), previously released as a single in 1990 | 2:54 |
16. | "Love Never Runs on Time" | Wanted Man (1994) | 2:58 |
17. | "Song from the Sixteenth Floor" (Kelly, John Clifforth) | Wanted Man (1994) | 3:47 |
18. | " Deeper Water" (Kelly, Randy Jacobs) | Deeper Water (1995) | 4:26 |
19. | "Give In to My Love" | Deeper Water (1995) | 3:56 |
20. | " How to Make Gravy" | How to Make Gravy (EP, 1996) | 4:26 |
Chart (1997+) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA) [7] | 2 |
New Zealand Albums ( RMNZ) [8] | 17 |
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Australian ( ARIA Charts) [9] | 10 |
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
Australian ( ARIA Charts) [9] | 68 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia ( ARIA) [10] | 7× Platinum | 490,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |