Reckless
When I First Met Your Ma
Sweet Guy Waltz
Hard Times
Other People’s Houses
Special Treatment
Little Decisions
Rally Round the Drum
Pastures of Plenty
Beggar On the Street of Love
Pouring Petrol On a Burning Man
From St Kilda to Kings Cross
Brand New Ways
Rock ‘n’ Soul
Yil Lull
Bradman
Ghost Town
Elly
Hidden Things collects songs that were recorded by Paul Kelly and both his backup bands, the Coloured Girls and the Messengers, from 1986 to 1991, but weren’t put on to any previous albums (except for “Bradman” and “Pastures of Plenty”). Paul’s genius for telling stories behind the jingle of his acoustic guitar is pure and plentiful throughout this album.
It says a lot about the status of Paul Kelly And The Messengers that this collection of one-off singles, B-sides and unreleased studio material, originally put out in late-1991 to coincide with the band’s break-up, went on to become a chart success in its own right. It was probably a testament to the band’s depth that tracks such as Other People’s Houses, Beggar On The Street Of Love and the band’s brilliant cover of Australian Crawl’s Reckless never found their way onto one of the Messenger’s proper studio albums.
