All Is Forgiven (album)
| All Is Forgiven | ||||
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| Released | 26 September 2005 | |||
| Studio | Electric Avenue Studios | |||
| Length | 54:21 | |||
| Label | Universal Music Australia | |||
| Producer | Tex, Don and Charlie | |||
| Tex, Don and Charlie chronology | ||||
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All Is Forgiven is the second studio album by Australian rock band Tex, Don and Charlie. It was released in September 2005 and peaked at number 58 on the Australian albums chart.
In 2005, The album was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize.[1]
Details[edit]
The song "You're 39, You're Beautiful & You're Mine" was written by Paul Kelly. Perkins said, "I was on a mission to get good songs, no matter where they came from. I basically just spoke to every great songwriter I came across and got down on my knees and said, 'Pleeeeease! I've got nothing! I've got nothing!' So he threw me a bone."[2]
Walker later said of his song "Harry was a Bad Bugger", "The subject matter is a combination of three blokes that I knew when I was young in Grafton. These were older guys who were part of the bodgie generation who had washed up in regional Australia. Guys who were five or ten years older than me and are cunning as all fuck, never short of money but never have any visible means of support, utterly ruthless with anybody around them, and devastatingly attractive because of that."[3]
Promotional video[edit]
The album was promoted with a short film, written and directed by Karen Borger, which included a special edit to be used as the music video for the group's single, Whenever it Snows. Band member Owen said "The record company came up with the idea, instead of making just a video, they thought we could make this so they can show it in other places rather than the rock video format."[4] The short film won Best Film, Wollombi Film Festival (NSW Australia), screened at St Kilda Film Festival (Victoria, Australia) and was selected for 'Best of the Fest' traveling film festival (across Australia). It screened at Woodford Folk Festival, Queensland on New Year's Eve and at the Australian Film Weekend in Toronto, Ontario Canada w. feature film 'The Proposition'. The film has been screened repeatedly on RAGE - ABC TV, Australia.[citation needed]
Reception[edit]
Radio National's Daily Planet said, "The songs on Tex, Don and Charlie's new CD, All is Forgiven have been neglected for years, but that makes them all the more memorable. When Tex Perkins, Don Walker and Charlie Owen first recorded together in 1993, they had hardly played together. The obstacles that got in the way of making this new CD have benefited it - with extra time, the songs became finely honed and alive with unique characters."[5]
"Harry was a Bad Bugger" was described by Chris Johnston as, " a Slim Dusty meets Wolf Creek kind of tune - the Australian song of the year",[6] by Mess & Noise as, "one of the finest Australian compositions of the last 20 years",[7] and The West Australian as a "lyrical masterpiece".[8]
Craig Mathieson in The Sun-Herald called it, "a second dose of ruminative country blues, spinning idiosyncratic Australian tales of drifters and the unhinged. "All Is Forgiven" is assured but never takes the truth for granted."[9] The Daily Telegraph agreed it was, "a stunning collection of tunes about down and out characters set to minimalist piano and guitar with brushstrokes of violin, pedal steel and drums."[10]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Paycheques" | Charlie Owen, Don Walker, Murray Paterson, Tex Perkins | |
| 2. | "A Place to Hide" | Perkins | |
| 3. | "Whenever It Snows" | Paterson, Perkins | |
| 4. | "Jails" | Walker | |
| 5. | "You're 39, You're Beautiful & You're Mine" | Paul Kelly | |
| 6. | "Words Fail Me" | Perkins, Walker | |
| 7. | "Another Night In" | Walker | |
| 8. | "Lost in Space" | Perkins | |
| 9. | "The Singer of the Song" | Walker, Perkins | |
| 10. | "Harry Was a Bad Bugger" | Walker | |
| 11. | "The Price You Had to Pay" | Walker | |
| 12. | "The Healing Power of Helpless Laughter" | Walker, Jim Moginie | |
| 13. | "Someday I'll Forget" | Paterson, Perkins |
Personnel[edit]
- Tex Perkins – vocals, guitar
- Don Walker – vocals, piano, keyboards
- Charlie Owen – guitar, dobro
- Shane Walsh – double bass
- Jim White – drums
- Kim Salmon – jew's harp
- Garrett Costigan – pedal steel guitar[11]
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] | 58 |
Release history[edit]
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 26 September 2005 | 2×CD | Universal Music Australia | 9873330 |
| 2 March 2018[13] | Vinyl (reissue) | 6733579 |
References[edit]
- ^ "The AMP: 2005 Shortlist". TheMusic.com.au. 2005. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ Katrina Lobley. "Tex, Don & Charlie". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Don Walker - Songs: Harry Was A Bad Bugger". YouTube.
- ^ "All is forgiven". The Age. September 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Tex, Don and Charlie". Daily Planet. ABC. October 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ Chris Johnston (30 December 2005). "So, what have you been listening to?". Age. Fairfax. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Aaron Curran (20 February 2013). "Report: All Tomorrow's Parties Day 2". Mess+Noise. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ James Buckley. "Simon Collins". The West Australian.
- ^ Craig Mathieson (2 October 2005). "Hype". The Sun-Herald. p. 29.
- ^ Kathy McCabe and Stephen Downie (29 September 2005). "The Power of Three". The Daily Telegraph. p. 13.
- ^ Perkins, Tex (July 2017). Tex. AU: Pan Macmillan Australia. ISBN 9781925481358.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 296.
- ^ "All Is Forgiven (Vinyl) (Reissue)". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
External links[edit]
- All Is Forgiven at IMDb
- "Cinematic harmony". The Age. 26 May 2006.
- "All Is Forgiven film". Rage. ABC TV.
