What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

PAUL KELLY & THE COLOURED GIRLS "under the sun" cd, 1987

career stats:
studio albums.......20
singles.................53

this album stats..............#19 AU
singles:
"to her door"...................................#14 AU
"forty miles to Saturday night"..........#85 AU
"dumb things".................................#36 AU
"don't stand so close to the window....no chart action

Kelly's fifth studio album....
was issued as a double vinyl set back in the day....
for those who don't know, his music is folk tinged, mixed with a bit of country
along with some, what we'd call now, alt-rock, I guess?....
his lyrics are detailed with imagery and almost poetic for the most part...
they tell stories of everyday life, mundane working class man stuff like
relationships, breakdown of relationships, the old trying to get somewhere in life
and of/for the downtrodden, but the music is usually upbeat to counteract the dark
nature of his lyrics...
he has a twang in his vocal style, slightly nasally...sort of like an in tune Dylan, LOL!....
this is his best album IMO, not that I have that many, maybe four or five from memory...
its not very often you find a double album with little filler, but this one has no filler at all.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: pastures of plenty
best track: to her door

[video=youtube;Vzd_bcVDnJQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzd_bcVDnJQ[/video]

tracks:

1...dumb things ***
2...same old walk ***
3...big heart **
4...don't stand so close to the window ***
5...forty miles to Saturday night ***
6...I don't remember a thing ***
7...know your friends **
8...to her door ***
9...under the sun **
10.untouchable **
11.desdemona ***
12.happy slave **
13.crosstown ***
14.bicentennial ***
15.bradman ***
16.pastures of plenty **

3s=10
2s=6
1s=0

rating: 2.6