Conversations with Ghosts
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{{Infobox album
| name = Conversations with Ghosts
| type = live
| artist = Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey & ANAM Musicians
| cover = Conversations_with_Ghosts.png
| alt =
| released = August 2013
| recorded = October 2012
| venue =
| studio = Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne
| genre =
| length =
| label = ABC Music
| producer =
| chronology = Paul Kelly albums
| prev_title = Spring and Fall
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Goin' Your Way
| next_year = 2013
}}
Conversations with Ghosts is a live album by Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey & ANAM Musicians.{{cite web |last=Strahle |first=Graham |title=Conversations with Ghosts (Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey and ANAM) |work=The Australian |date=August 10, 2013 |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/conversations-with-ghosts-paul-kelly-james-ledger-genevieve-lacey-and-anam/story-fn9n8gph-1226694165060 |accessdate=May 6, 2016}} The album was recorded at Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne in October 2012,{{cite web | url = http://abcmusic.com.au/discography/conversations-ghosts-paul-kelly-james-ledger-genevieve-lacey-anam-musicians | title = Conversations with Ghosts – Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey & ANAM Musicians | publisher = ABC Music. Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date = 16 August 2013 | access-date = 31 October 2013 }} and released through ABC Music in August 2013.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2013, the album won ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.{{Cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2013 | title = 2013 ARIA Awards Winners By Year |publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date = 20 October 2013 }}
At the APRA Music Awards of 2013, the album was nominated for Work of the Year – Vocal or Choral.{{cite web | url = http://www.apraamcos.com.au/awards/2013-awards/art-music-awards/work-of-the-year-vocalchoral/ | title = Work of the Year – Vocal or Choral | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australian Music Centre (AMC) | year = 2013 | accessdate = 23 March 2015 }}
Track listing
- "The Lake Isle of Innisfree (William Butler Yeats) - 8:07
- "Bound to Follow" (Paul Kelly) - 4:33
- "One Need Not Be a Chamber to Be Haunted" (Emily Dickinson) - 3:17
- "Sailing to Byzantium (W.B. Yeats) - 4:33
- "Night Ride" (Paul Kelly) - 3:52
- "Five Bells" (Kenneth Slessor) - 12:16
- "Basking Shark" (Norman MacCaig) - 4:40
- "Once in a Lifetime, Snow" (Les Murray) - 2:39
- "Woman to Man" (Judith Wright) - 3:22
- "The Chimes at Midnight" (Paul Kelly) - 3:48
- "Ring Out, Wild Bells (From In Memoriam) (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) - 5:25
- "I'm Not Afraid of the Dark Anymore" (Innisfree Reprise) (Paul Kelly) - 4:22
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2013)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2013/08/chart-watch-74/|title=CHART WATCH 74|website=auspOp|date=August 2013|access-date=6 November 2021}}
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