Talk (Paul Kelly album)

Talk
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Studio album by
Released30 March 1981 (1981-03-30)
StudioBalance Sound, Armstrong's, EMI Studios 301
GenreAustralian rock
Length37:47
LabelMushroom
ProducerJoe Camilleri, Martin Armiger, Trevor Lucas
Paul Kelly and the Dots chronology
Talk
(1981)
Manila
(1982)
Singles from Talk
  1. "Recognition"
    Released: 1979
  2. "Billy Baxter"
    Released: 20 October 1980
  3. "Lowdown"
    Released: 3 May 1981

Talk is the debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Dots and was originally released on 30 March 1981 by Mushroom Records and re-released in 1990.[1] Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons leader Joe Camilleri produced seven of the eleven tracks with three tracks produced by Martin Armiger (The Sports) and one by Trevor Lucas (ex-Fairport Convention, Fotheringay).[1][2] The album spawned the singles, "Recognition", "Billy Baxter" and "Lowdown". Only "Billy Baxter" appeared on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart it peaked at No. 38.[3] The album peaked at No. 44 on the related Albums Chart.[3] All tracks were written by Kelly, including two co-written with guitarist Chris Langman.[4]

  1. ^ a b Holmgren, Magnus. "Paul Kelly". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Paul Kelly'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  4. ^ "APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 18 September 2008. Note: APRA search engine requires user to input song title, e.g. Promise Not to Tell