So Much Water So Close to Home

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So Much Water So Close to Home is an album by Australian rock band Paul Kelly and the Messengers and was originally released in August 1989.[1][2] The title comes from a short story of the same name by author Raymond Carver.[3] Carver died in August 1988.[4] Kelly co-wrote the score for the 2006 Australian film Jindabyne, [5] which was also based on the same story.[3] The entire album was recorded in the U.S. with producer Scott Litt,[2] best known for his work with R.E.M. It was released on Mushroom/White Records in Australia & New Zealand and A&M Records for the rest of the world.[2] The album peaked at #10 on the ARIA album charts,[6] but none of its singles, "Sweet Guy", "Careless" and "Most Wanted Man in the World" had any Top 40 chart success.[6] All tracks for the album were written by Kelly,[7] who provided vocals, guitar and harmonica and also co-produced with Litt.[2]

Background

Paul Kelly had formed Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls in 1985, named for a group mentioned by Lou Reed in "Walk on the Wild Side".[1][2][8] For international releases from 1987 on, they used the name Paul Kelly and the Messengers to avoid possible racist interpretations.[1][8] They released Gossip in 1986 on Mushroom Records in Australia and in 1987 on A&M Records for international release.[2] Under the Sun was released in 1987 in Australia and in 1988 internationally.[2]

Their next album, So Much Water So Close to Home was released in 1989 as by Paul Kelly and the Messengers in all markets.[2] It peaked at #10 on the ARIA album charts,[6] but none of its singles reached the ARIA Top 40 Singles charts.[6] The entire album was recorded in the U.S. with producer Scott Litt,[2] best known for his work with R.E.M. Litt had re-mixed some of Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls' tracks from Gossip for its US release as by Paul Kelly and the Messengers.[1][2] So Much Water So Close to Home was released on Mushroom/White Records in Australia and A&M Records in the United States and Europe in 1989.[2]

The title comes from a 1975 short story of the same name by author Raymond Carver[3] (later collected in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love). Album track, "Everything's Turning to White" is based on Carver's short story,[9] it describes the tale of recreational fishermen who find a dead woman's body but continue their trip for three days before reporting their discovery to police.[10] Kelly would go on to co-write the score for the 2006 Australian film Jindabyne,[5] which was also based on the same story.[3] In 1991 Paul Kelly and the Messengers released their next album Comedy.[1][2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Paul Kelly.[7]

Side 1

  1. "You Can't Take It with You" – 2:43
  2. "Sweet Guy" – 3:38
  3. "Most Wanted Man in the World" – 3:38
  4. "I Had Forgotten You" – 2:59
  5. "She's a Melody (Stupid Song)" – 4:31
  6. "South of Germany" – 3:16

Side 2

  1. "Careless" – 2:57
  2. "Moon in the Bed" – 3:03
  3. "No You" – 4:19
  4. "Everything's Turning to White" – 4:11
  5. "Pigeon/Jundamurra" – 2:03
  6. "Cities of Texas" – 3:40

Personnel

Paul Kelly and the Messengers

Additional musicians

Recording details

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (1989) Peak
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Year-end charts

Chart (1989) Position
ARIA Albums Chart[11] 87

Certifications

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References

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