Live at the Continental and the Esplanade by Paul Kelly 2024 NEUF

Tracks:
When I First Met Your Ma
Maralinga
Gods Hotel
Everybody Wants to Touch Me
Somebodys Forgetting Somebody, Somebodys Letting Somebody Down
Just Like Animals
To Her Door
Pouring Petrol on a Burning Man
Dumb Things
Cities of Texas
Shes Rare
Darling it Hurts
Careless
Summer Rain

Performer Notes:

• Audio Mixer: Lawrence Maddy.
• Recording information: The Continental (05/29/1995); The Gershwin Room, The Esplanade Hotel, St. Kilda (05/29/1995); The Continental (09/19/1994-09/20/1994); The Gershwin Room, The Esplanade Hotel, St. Kilda (09/19/1994-09/20/1994).
• Paul Kellys seventh U.S. release is his first domestic live album, and it provides a good sampler of his work, accompanied by a full band rather than the acoustic sets he was playing in America recently. The basic approach, like many singer-songwriters, is melodic folk-rock with electric guitar for bite and often caustic lyrics. Thus, "Gods Hotel" is a twangy reflection on bigotry, and "To Her Door" is a catchy tune about marital discord. Kelly turns to country music, complete with pedal steel, on "Somebodys Forgetting Somebody, Somebodys Letting Somebody Down," but with a punk edge. "Dumb Things," one of his best songs from the Messengers days, retains the feel of a Dire Straits shuffle. One might have wished that, in the live context, Kelly might have displayed more of his personality and not just performed one song after another. But his show is a true representation of his work, and as such, though not his best album, this is one that will give the listener an idea of what to expect on his other ones. ~ William Ruhlmann

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Studio/Live: Live

Release Date: 17 September, 2013

Label: Gawdaggie