Foggy Highway


Foggy Highway is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys and originally released in May 2005 on EMI in Australia and Capitol Records in the US. It peaked at #6 on the Australian Recording Industry Association End of Year - 2005 Country chart. On 18 October 2005 it was re-released by Cooking Vinyl and included a four track bonus disc. In October 2010, the May 2005 version of Foggy Highway was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums at No. 66, with Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls' album, Gossip at No. 7.
The album is similar in nature to Kelly's earlier album Smoke in that the songs were a mixture of new songs in addition to songs Kelly had recorded on previous albums, all performed here in a folk/bluegrass style. The songs to appear on previous albums were "Rally Round the Drum" and "Ghost Town", "Don't Stand So Close to the Window", "Foggy Highway", and "Cities of Texas".

Track listing

All songs were written by Paul Kelly, except where noted.
  1. "Stumbling Block" – 4:06
  2. "Rally Round the Drum" – 5:29
  3. "Ghost Town" – 3:23
  4. "Song of the Old Rake" – 2:48
  5. "Don't Stand So Close to the Window" – 2:58
  6. "Passed Over" – 3:25
  7. "They Thought I Was Asleep" – 3:36
  8. "You're Learning" – 2:26
  9. "Foggy Highway" – 3:03
  10. "Down to My Soul" – 3:57
  11. "Cities of Texas" – 5:49
  12. "Meet Me in the Middle of the Air" – 2:37

    Limited edition bonus disc

  13. "Little Boy Don't Lose Your Balls" – 1:59
  14. "Rank Stranger" – 3:22
  15. "Erina Valley Breakout" – 2:04
  16. "Surely God Is a Lover" – 2:25

    Personnel

;Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys
Tracks 6 and 10
Track 4
Track 8