...Nothing but a Dream

...nothing but a dream
A silhouette of the artist in left profile. He is carrying a guitar case and standing on rocks in front of a bright but blurred shot of the ocean to his right. His name is in orange, block capitals at chest height. The album title is just below and written in smaller, black, lower case print.
Studio album by
Released13 August 2001 (2001-08-13)
Recorded
  • December 2000
  • April 2001
Studio
  • Sing Sing South, The Shed, Yikesville (Melbourne)
  • Balfour Street (London)
GenrePop
Length41:41
Label
Producer
Paul Kelly chronology
Smoke
(1999)
...nothing but a dream
(2001)
Ways & Means
(2004)
Singles from ...nothing but a dream
  1. "Somewhere in the City"
    Released: 23 July 2001
  2. "Love Is the Law"
    Released: 8 October 2001
  3. "If I Could Start Today Again"
    Released: 28 January 2002

...nothing but a dream is a studio album recorded by Australian singer-songwriter, Paul Kelly. It was released on 13 August 2001 via EMI Records, and peaked at No. 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart and No. 46 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.[1][2] It was also released in the United States on Cooking Vinyl and included four tracks from Kelly's earlier extended play, Roll on Summer (2000). In Australia and New Zealand the album provided three singles, "Somewhere in the City" (July 2001), "Love Is the Law" (October) and "If I Could Start Today Again" (January 2002).[3]

Two days before the album appeared Kelly had issued a five-track EP, Paul Kelly Exclusive CD, which was provided free with The Weekend Australian Magazine – it has two tracks, "The Pretty Place" and "Somewhere in the City", from the album. It was the first CD to be included with an Australian newspaper magazine,[4] although this did cause problems with home deliveries, with many subscribers missing out.[5] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2002 ...nothing but a dream won Best Adult Contemporary Album for Kelly and he was nominated for Best Male Artist.[6]

  1. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Paul Kelly". Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Paul Kelly". New Zealand Charts Portal (Hung Medien). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ^ Eva Blanda, ed. (October 2003). "The Recordings of Paul Kelly as a solo artist". Other People's Houses. Australian Music Website. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ "The Weekend Australian Magazine targets free thinkers". B&T magazine. Archived from the original on 25 September 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Flat newspapers". ABC Radio. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  6. ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2002: 16th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2018.