Cannot Buy My Soul

Paul Kelly met Kev Carmody in the 1980s.{{Citation| title = Kev Carmody — Cannot Buy My Soul| newspaper = Message Stick| publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation| date = 12 February 2007| url = http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/stories/s1865038.htm| access-date =4 June 2010}} They co-wrote a track, "From Little Things Big Things Grow", which was first recorded in 1991 by Kelly and his group, Carmody and Kelly released a version as a single in 1993.

Kelly decided to bring together fellow Australian artists to record a tribute album of Carmody's songs, with the intention of bringing Carmody's music to a wider audience.{{Citation | last = Whyte | first = Pat | title = Cannot Buy My Soul — The Campfire Storyteller | newspaper = kevcarmody.com.au | url = http://www.kevcarmody.com.au/Reviews/KEV%20CARMODY%20PT1.pdf | format = PDF | access-date = 8 June 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100216041228/http://www.kevcarmody.com.au/Reviews/KEV%20CARMODY%20PT1.pdf | archive-date = 16 February 2010 | url-status = dead }} The album, named after Carmody's song, "Cannot Buy My Soul", was released on 17 February 2007 on EMI Music Australia/Virgin Records.{{Citation | last = Ferguson | first = Tom | title = Obita Opening Doors | newspaper = Billboard | publisher = e5 Global Media | date = 3 March 2007 | page = 43 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oRMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43 | access-date =5 June 2010

}}

Writing for The Courier-Mail, Noel Mengel praised the album and said that it was "more than just another tribute album [...] a powerful album in its own right as well as an introduction to a diverse body of work."{{Citation | last = Mengel | first = Noel | title = Why Kev Carmody rules, OK | newspaper = The Courier-Mail | publisher = News Limited | date = 16 February 2007 | url = http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/music/why-kev-carmody-rules-ok/story-e6freqgx-1111113000153 | access-date =5 June 2010

}} He noted the diversity of styles of the cover versions and called Paul Kelly, Augie March and Missy Higgins' version of "Droving Woman", "stunning". Patrick Donovan from The Age said that it contained a well-chosen selection of tracks. He felt Clare Bowditch's version of "Blood Red Rose", was "stunning" and said that "This Land Is Mine", sung by Scott Wilson and Dan Sultan, was "evocative".

In October 2010 the tribute album was listed in the top 40 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.{{Cite book | title = 100 Best Australian Albums | last1 = O'Donnell | first1 = John | author-link1 = John O'Donnell (music journalist) | last2 = Creswell | first2=Toby | author-link2 = Toby Creswell | last3 = Mathieson | first3 = Craig | author-link3 = Craig Mathieson | publisher = Hardie Grant Books | date = October 2010 | location = Prahran, Vic | isbn = 978-1-74066-955-9 }}

{{Track listing

| headline = The Songs of Kev Carmody

| extra_column = Artist

| total_length =

| all_writing = Kev Carmody unless otherwise shown

| title1 = I've Been Moved

| extra1 = Dan Kelly

| length1 = 3:39

| title2 = Thou Shalt Not Steal

| extra2 = John Butler Trio

| length2 = 4:50

| title3 = Elly

| extra3 = Bernard Fanning

| length3 = 4:47

| title4 = The Young Dancer Is Dead

| extra4 = The Last Kinection

| length4 = 3:02

| title5 = From Little Things Big Things Grow

| note5 = Paul Kelly, Carmody

| extra5 = The Waifs

| length5 = 5:13

| title6 = River of Tears

| extra6 = The Drones

| length6 = 4:24

| title7 = On the Wire

| extra7 = Troy Cassar-Daley

| length7 = 3:43

| title8 = Cannot Buy My Soul

| extra8 = Archie Roach

| length8 = 2:47

| title9 = Moonstruck

| extra9 = Sara Storer

| length9 = 3:15

| title10 = This Land Is Mine

| note10 = Kelly, Carmody

| extra10 = Scott Wilson, Dan Sultan

| length10 = 4:06

| title11 = Darkside

| extra11 = Tex Perkins

| length11 = 5:46

| title12 = Blood Red Rose

| extra12 = Clare Bowditch

| length12 = 4:59

| title13 = Comrade Jesus Christ

| extra13 = The Herd

| length13 = 4:14

| title14 = Images of London

| extra14 = Steve Kilbey

| length14 = 5:15

| title15 = Droving Woman

| extra15 = Paul Kelly, Augie March, Missy Higgins

| length15 = 8:44

| title16 = Eulogy for a Black Man

| extra16 = The Pigram Brothers

| length16 = 4:42

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Originals

| total_length =

| title1 = I've Been Moved

| length1 = 2:50

| title2 = Thou Shalt Not Steal

| length2 = 4:54

| title3 = Elly

| length3 = 4:53

| title4 = The Young Dancer Is Dead

| length4 = 3:34

| title5 = From Little Things Big Things Grow

| length5 = 5:49

| title6 = River of Tears

| length6 = 2:32

| title7 = On the Wire

| length7 = 4:39

| title8 = Cannot Buy My Soul

| length8 = 2:34

| title9 = Moonstruck

| length9 = 4:37

| title10 = This Land Is Mine

| length10 = 2:56

| title11 = Darkside

| length11 = 5:23

| title12 = Blood Red Rose

| length12 = 3:22

| title13 = Comrade Jesus Christ

| length13 = 2:13

| title14 = Images of London

| length14 = 5:22

| title15 = Droving Woman

| length15 = 9:17

| title16 = Eulogy for a Black Man

| length16 = 4:12

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = CD3

| extra_column = Artist

| total_length =

| all_writing =

| title1 = Black Bess

| extra1 = Kasey Chambers & Jimmy Barnes

| length1 = 3:49

| title2 = Rider in the Rain 2020

| extra2 = Mojo Juju, Trials & Birdz

| length2 = 3:47

| title3 = Blue You

| extra3 = Alice Skye

| length3 = 4:24

| title4 = From Little Things Big Things Grow

| extra4 = Electric Fields

| length4 = 5:13

| title5 = Blood Red Rose

| extra5 = Kate Miller-Heidke

| length5 = 4:27

| title6 = Just for You

| extra6 = Courtney Barnett

| length6 = 4:06

| title7 = Black Bess

| extra7 = Kev Carmody

| length7 = 3:59

| title8 = Rider in the Rain

| extra8 = Kev Carmody

| length8 = 6:40

| title9 = Blue You

| extra9 = Kev Carmody with Andy White and Liam O'Maonlai

| length9 = 6:04

| title10 = From Little Things Big Things Grow

| extra10 = Kev Carmody with Paul Kelly and Tiddas

| length10 = 5:50

| title11 = Blood Red Rose

| extra11 = Kev Carmody

| length11 = 3:21

| title12 = Just for You

| extra12 = Kev Carmody

| length12 = 2:58

}}

• Note: The 2020 digital edition lists the 22 cover versions first, with the 2020 tracks listed before the 2007 tracks. These are followed by the 20 Kev Carmody songs, again, with the 2020 tracks listed before the 2007 tracks.
• Note: The 2xLP edition features 19 cover versions only. It excludes the tracks "From Little Things Big Things Grow" by The Waifs, "Blood Red Rose" by Claire Bowdich and "Images of London" by Steve Kilbey.

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scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Peak position
{{album chart|Australia|31|artist=Compilation|album=CANNOT BUY MY SOUL - THE SONGS OF KEV CARMODY (ALBUM)|rowheader=true|accessdate=8 March 2020}}

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scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Peak position
scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=31 August 2020|access-date=29 August 2020}} | 6

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Category:2007 compilation albums

Category:Compilation albums by Australian artists

Category:Kev Carmody tribute albums