# PAUL KELLY Toasts to “Drinking”… Out on Sept. 30th!

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/paul-kelly-toasts-to-drinking-out-on-sept-30th/
- Published: 2022-09-19T14:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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“[Paul Kelly] writes some of the most accomplished erotic love songs in pop.” _–_**
_Los Angeles Times_**

“An extraordinary songwriter, with an especially keen eye for lyrical detail.” _–_**
_Trouser Press_**

“One of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise.”_ –_**_
Rolling Stone_**

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**TOASTS **_**DRINKING**_** ON** **HIS LATEST COMPILATION**

**Legendary Australian singer-songwriter serves up a selection of his most sobering,
insightful songs and two new tracks,**
_**“One More Tune” and a live version of “
To Her Door”**_

_**Drinking**_** set for release digitally On September 30** _**via**_** Gawd Aggie/
Cooking Vinyl**

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**PAUL KELLY**
photo credit: Michael Hili

**SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 (Melbourne, Australia)** — Since renowned Australian musician**
Paul Kelly** has contributed his fair share of fine songs about drinking during 
his illustrious four decade-long career, it is only fitting that he chose to stock
the third installation of themed compilations with a bevy of alcohol-involved tunes.
Set for release on **September 30th**, _**Drinking **_follows _**Time**_ and _**
Rivers and Rain**_, the first two titles in this on-going retrospective series from
Gawd Aggie/Cooking Vinyl.

The 18 tracks on _**Drinking**_ stretch from “**Little Decisions**” off Paul Kelly&
The Messengers’ debut, _Gossip _(1986)_, _to the brand new (and previously unreleased)“**
One More Tune**.” Accompanying Messengers-era songs along with his solo material,
Kelly also includes hand-picked pieces from his collaborative efforts with Australian
multi-instrumentalist **Charlie Owen**, Melbourne-based bluegrass outfit **Uncle
Bill**, and the _Merri Soul Sessions_ guest vocalist **Vika Bull** (of Vika & Linda
Bull fame) whose dynamic singing fuels the heart-wrenching song “**Sweet Guy**.”

_**Drinking**_ presents a trio of live performances: a spare rendition of “**King
of Fools**” from his epic _The A to Z Recordings _(2010)_, _the bitter and hilarious“**
Every F\*cking City**” from _Songs of the South _(1997), and a rollicking, never-
before-released recording of his classic “**To Her Door**” from his appearance at**
Sydney’s 2022 Vivid Festival**.  

Paul Kelly - Forty Miles To Saturday Night

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**Paul Kelly “Forty Miles To Saturday Night”**

“For me, drinking is one of the great pleasures of life,” he explains. “A glass 
of wine or two with dinner, the first beer after hard physical work or sport, a 
dark ale and a whisky on a cold night….the beaded bubbles winking at the brim of
the glass on the surf club balcony looking out over the sea…  little buzz on.”

Kelly, being the exquisite songwriter that he is, has found subtle yet resonant 
ways to use drinking as a gateway to explore human nature of both the jovial social
aspect as well as the darker and destructive side. Breakup songs such as “**No You**”
and “**Stories of Me**” aren’t mere “tears in my beers” weepers but are existential
snapshots of someone losing their sense of self. **“I Don’t Remember A Thing**” 
conveys a blackout drunk’s tragic actions and “**Sweet Guy**” delivers a harrowing
account of domestic abuse from the POV of the woman who is confused over her sweet
guy’s polarized behavior. Characters in “**Gonna Be Good**” and “**King of Fool**,”
meanwhile, talk about cleaning up their acts, but they sound far from convincing.

Ranking as one of Australia’s most revered musicians, Paul Kelly holds the prestigious
title of an **Officer of the Order of Australia** for his distinguished service 
to the arts as well as being inducted into the Australian Record Industry Association(
ARIA)_ Hall of Fame_. One of _**Drinking**_’s songs, “**To Her Door**,” ranked among
the top 30 Most Australian songs of all time. _Words & Music _(1998), featuring 
stellar classics, “Nothing On My Mind” and “Tease Me,” earned him ARIA’s Male Artist
of the Year honors. 2004’s _Ways & Means_ (“Crying Shame”) and 2018’s _Nature_ (“
Seagulls of Seattle”) both won ARIA’s Best Adult Contemporary Album awards. Ten 
other albums represented on this collection are part of Kelly’s approximately 80
Australian music award nominations that he has received during his career.  

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_**DRINKING**_

_**DRINKING**_
1. One More Tune – **Previously Unreleased**2. Stories of me – _**
Gossip**_3. Nothing on My Mind – _**Words & Music**_4. [Forty Miles To Saturday Night](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=27fe909128&e=615f2b8493)–_**
Under The Sun**_5. No You – _**So Much Water So Close To House**_6. Gonna Be Good–_**
Spring And Fall**_7. Little Decisions – _**Post**_8. Parting Glass – _**Death’s 
Dateless Night**_   9. King of Fools – _**The A to Z Recordings**_10. Crying Shame–_**
Ways & Means**_11. To Her Door (Live at VIVID 2022) – **Previously Unreleased**12.
Sweet Guy – _**The Merri Soul Sessions**_13. Tease Me – _**Words & Music**_14. Blue
Stranger – _**Comedy**_15. Don’t Stand So Close To The Window – _**Foggy Highway**
_16. I Don’t Remember A Thing – _**Smoke**_17. Seagulls of Seattle – _**Nature**
_18. Every F*cking City – _**Songs From The South**_

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