Gossip | ||||
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Released | September 1986 (AUS) July 1987 (USA) | |||
Recorded | March–May 1986 | |||
Studio | Trafalger Studios, Sydney | |||
Genre | Australian Rock | |||
Length | 81:38 | |||
Label | Mushroom/White (Australia) A&M (U.S.) | |||
Producer | Alan Thorne, Paul Kelly | |||
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls chronology | ||||
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Singles from Gossip | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Los Angeles Times | [2] |
Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls.[3] Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly,[4] it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart,[5] and achieved gold record status.[3] There was commercial success for "Before Too Long" which peaked at No. 15 and "Darling It Hurts" reached No. 25 on the related Singles Chart.[5] Gossip was released in different forms, initially as a double album with 24 tracks, it was edited down to a single 15-track LP for North American and European release on A&M Records, when released on CD in North America, it featured 17 tracks.[4]
At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the album was nominated for Best Australian Album.[6][7]
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls had been named for a lyric in Lou Reed's song "Walk on the Wild Side", but all North American and European releases were credited to Paul Kelly and the Messengers due to possible racist interpretations.[8] "Darling It Hurts" peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart in 1987.[9] The initial 1987 Australian CD release contained 21 tracks; in 2005, a special deluxe 2-CD version was released in Australia which contained all 24 tracks.[4] In October 2010, it was listed at No. 7 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[10]