Foggy Highway
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Foggy Highway is an album recorded by Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly (musician)
Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

 and the Stormwater Boys and originally released in May 2005 on EMI
EMI
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 in Australia and Capitol Records
Capitol Records
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 in the US. It peaked at #6 on the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
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 (ARIA) End of Year - 2005 Country chart. On 18 October 2005 it was re-released by Cooking Vinyl
Cooking Vinyl
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 and included a four track bonus disc. In October 2010, the May 2005 version of Foggy Highway was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums
100 Best Australian Albums
100 Best Australian Albums is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell. The book was published on 25 October 2010 by Hardie Grant Books...

with Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls' album, Gossip
Gossip (album)
Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status...

(1986) at No. 7.

Track listing

  1. "Stumbling Block" - 4:06
  2. "Rally Round The Drum" (Paul Kelly, Archie Roach
    Archie Roach
    Archie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.- Biography :In his own words,...

    ) - 5:29
  3. "Ghost Town" - 3:23
  4. "Song Of The Old Rake" - 2:48
  5. "Don't Stand So Close To The Window" (Paul Kelly, A. McGregor) - 2:58
  6. "Passed Over" - 3:25
  7. "They Thought I Was Asleep" - 3:36
  8. "You're Learning" (C. Louvin, I. Louvin) - 2:26
  9. "Foggy Highway" - 3:03
  10. "Down To My Soul" - 3:57
  11. "Cities of Texas" - 5:49
  12. "Meet Me In The Middle Of The Air" - 2:37
  13. "Little Boy Don't Lose Your Balls" - 1:59 included on limited edition bonus disc
  14. "Rank Stranger" (A. Brumley Snr) - 3:22 included on limited edition bonus disc
  15. "Erina Valley Breakout" (Mick Albeck, James Gillard, Paul Kelly, Rod McCormack, Ian Simpson, Trevor Warner) - 2:04 included on limited edition bonus disc
  16. "Surely God Is a Lover" (Paul Kelly, J. Shaw-Neilson) - 2:25 included on limited edition bonus disc

Personnel

  • Paul Kelly - vocals/guitars
  • Mick Albeck - fiddle
  • James Gillard - double bass
  • Rod McCormack - guitars
  • Ian Simpson - banjo
  • Trevor Warner - mandolin


Tracks 6 and 10
  • Jim Fisher - guitar
  • Gerry Hale - mandolin
  • Fred Kuhnl - double bass
  • Nigel McClean - fiddle
  • Ian Simpson - banjo


Track 4
  • Scott Owen
    Scott Owen
    Scott Bradley Owen plays the double bass in the Australian rock band The Living End. After playing the piano for many years, he decided that the keys would not work for a rockabilly band, so at age 17 he purchased and taught himself double bass, letting him play rockabilly with best friend and...

     - Double Bass

Credits

  • Engineered, Mastered and Mixed by Ted Howard
  • Engineered by Simon Polinski
  • Produced by Paul Kelly
    Paul Kelly (musician)
    Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

     and Rod McCormack
  • Photography by Ted Howard and Rod McCormack
  • Cover by Reg Mombassa
    Reg Mombassa
    Reg Mombassa is the pseudonym of Chris O'Doherty, a New Zealand born artist and musician. Resident in Australia, he is as well known there for his musical exploits — founder and former member of the popular Australian band Mental As Anything and member of Dog Trumpet - as he is for his art...

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