Paul Kelly - Ways & Means (Audio CD - 02/19/2013)

Paul Kelly's previous album, "... nothing but a dream", was a sad album, melancholy and bittersweet. It talks about lost love and dying friends. "Ways and Means" is nearly a polar opposite of that album: bright, uplifting, cheery. On "Ways and Means", Paul Kelly tackles the ubiquituous love song. He noted that writing a happy love song is much more difficult than writing a sad one. But can Australia's best singer-songwriter inject something new into a track that is already well-worn? The answer is a resounding yes. I haven't been able to take this album out of my CD player in more than a month, and I can't imagine that will change anytime soon.

Condition:NEW. Drilled case.

TRACK LISTINGS

Disc 1

1 Gunnamatta (4:12)
2 The Oldest Story in the Book (4:29)
3 Heavy Thing (3:24)
4 Won't You Come Around? (3:50)
5 These Are the Days (4:00)
6 Beautiful Feeling (5:14)
7 Crying Shame (4:34)
8 Sure Got Me (4:33)
9 To Be Good Takes a Long Time (3:08)
10 Can't Help You Now (4:53)
11 Nothing But a Dream (5:06)

Disc 2

1 Little Bit O' Sugar (6:47)
2 Forty-Eight Angels (4:41)
3 Your Lovin' Is on My Mind (3:36)
4 You Broke a Beautiful Thing (4:49)
5 My Way Is to You (4:20)
6 Curly Red (3:42)
7 King of Fools (2:53)
8 Young Lovers (3:04)
9 Big Fine Girl (2:48)
10 Let's Fall Again (5:45)