Post (Paul Kelly album)

Post
Studio album by
Paul Kelly
ReleasedMay 1985
RecordedJanuary–February 1985
StudioSilverwood Studios, Sydney
GenreAcoustic
LabelWhite Label / Mushroom
ProducerClive Shakespeare, Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly chronology
Manila
(1982) 		Post
(1985) 		Gossip
(1986)
Singles from Post
  1. "From St Kilda to Kings Cross"
    Released: April 1985

Post is the first solo album by Australian singer-songwriter rock musician, Paul Kelly.[1] Kelly had moved to Sydney by January 1985, after leaving his Melbourne-based Paul Kelly Band and the breakup of his marriage to Hilary Brown.[2]

The album was produced by Clive Shakespeare (Sherbet guitarist) and Kelly, and was released in May 1985 by the independent White Records label, leased to Mushroom Records.[3][4] The album failed to chart in Australia, with only one single, "From St Kilda to Kings Cross", released in April which also failed to chart.[5][3] The name of the album, Post relates to both being 'after' significant changes in Kelly's life and to the sense of a 'signpost' to future directions.[2] Kelly dedicated the album to Paul Hewson, keyboardist and songwriter for New Zealand/Australian band Dragon who had died of a heroin overdose in January.[2][6][7] Kelly has described Post as a concept album dealing with addictions – not necessarily heroin addiction – but various forms, he has also denied that the songs were autobiographical but that he wrote about the world around him.[2]

  1. ^ Holmgren, Magnus. "Paul Kelly". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Kelly, Paul; Kate Judith; National Educational Advancement Programs (2005). Don't start me talking: lyrics 1984–2004. Carlton, Vic.: National Educational Advancement Programs. ISBN 978-1-86478-099-4.
  3. ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  4. ^ Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic.: Wilkinson Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference kent1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Dragon". Howlspace. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  7. ^ Album liner notes – Paul Kelly : Post