Honey Steel's Gold is the fifth solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper recorded in 1991 and released on the Hot label.[1] The album was re-released in 2000 with six bonus tracks: four from Kuepper's No Wonder EP, and early recordings of "The Way I Made You Feel" and "Everything I've Got Belongs to You".
The songs recorded for the album had been written at different times over the previous decade. Kuepper said, "Something like "King Of Vice", was originally written for Laughing Clowns. I just never liked the way we played it particularly, so it never got recorded. And it was only by the time I got to Honey Steel's Gold that it sort of dawned on me that what I had as a saxophone intro would actually sound really beautiful and much better if it was played on a piano. There were little revelations like that."[2]
Reviewing the album in Rolling Stone Australia at the time of release, John Encarnacao said "Much of this album seems to be about the conjuring of mood rather than unfolding songs in a narrative manner." Encarnacao noted the contribution of Chris Abrahams, and predicted the song "Everything I've Got Belongs to You" would be a hit if released as a single.[4]
The AllMusic review by Ned Raggett awarded the album 4½ stars and states "Honey Steel's Gold is Kuepper in many ways at his most dramatic and expansive".[3] In October 2010, it was listed in the top 50 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[5]
A 331⁄3 book written by John Encarnação analysing the album is to be released on 2 November 2023.[6]
^6th Annual ARIA Awards 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 July 2010.
^"Australiancharts.com – Ed Kuepper – Honey Steel's Gold". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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honey, steel, gold, fifth, solo, album, australian, guitarist, songwriter, kuepper, recorded, 1991, released, label, album, released, 2000, with, bonus, tracks, four, from, kuepper, wonder, early, recordings, made, feel, everything, belongs, studio, album, kue. Honey Steel s Gold is the fifth solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper recorded in 1991 and released on the Hot label 1 The album was re released in 2000 with six bonus tracks four from Kuepper s No Wonder EP and early recordings of The Way I Made You Feel and Everything I ve Got Belongs to You Honey Steel s GoldStudio album by Ed KuepperReleasedNovember 1991Recorded1991GenreAlternative rockLength43 48 74 43 2000 re release LabelHotProducerEd KuepperEd Kuepper chronologyToday Wonder 1990 Honey Steel s Gold 1991 Black Ticket Day 1992 Contents 1 Details 2 Critical reception 3 Commercial performance 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 Charts 7 ReferencesDetails editThe songs recorded for the album had been written at different times over the previous decade Kuepper said Something like King Of Vice was originally written for Laughing Clowns I just never liked the way we played it particularly so it never got recorded And it was only by the time I got to Honey Steel s Gold that it sort of dawned on me that what I had as a saxophone intro would actually sound really beautiful and much better if it was played on a piano There were little revelations like that 2 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Rolling Stone Australia nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Reviewing the album in Rolling Stone Australia at the time of release John Encarnacao said Much of this album seems to be about the conjuring of mood rather than unfolding songs in a narrative manner Encarnacao noted the contribution of Chris Abrahams and predicted the song Everything I ve Got Belongs to You would be a hit if released as a single 4 The AllMusic review by Ned Raggett awarded the album 4 stars and states Honey Steel s Gold is Kuepper in many ways at his most dramatic and expansive 3 In October 2010 it was listed in the top 50 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums 5 A 331 3 book written by John Encarnacao analysing the album is to be released on 2 November 2023 6 Commercial performance editThe album spent 12 weeks in the Australian charts in 1992 peaking at number 28 7 Honey Steel s Gold was nominated for an ARIA for the Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 1992 8 Track listing editAll writing by Ed Kuepper except where indicated King of Vice 9 53 Everything I ve Got Belongs to You 4 15 Friday s Blue Cheer Libertines of Oxley 8 03 Honey Steel s Gold 5 23 The Way I Made You Feel 5 20 Not Too Soon 3 12 Closer 4 16 Summerfield 3 41 Indian Reservation John D Loudermilk 3 10 Bonus track on CD reissue Steamtrain Ray Davies 7 40 Bonus track on CD reissue No Wonder Medley No Wonder Built for Comfort Cypress Grove Blues Kuepper Mark Dawson Willie Dixon Skip James 8 06 Bonus track on CD reissue Milk Cow Blues Sleepy John Estes 2 08 Bonus track on CD reissue The Way I Made You Feel 2 5 21 Bonus track on CD reissue Everything I ve Got Belongs to You 2 4 16 Bonus track on CD reissueRecorded at Electric Avenue Sydney Australia in mid 1991 Personnel editEd Kuepper vocals guitar Mark Dawson drums percussion Sir Alfonso bass guitar Chris Abrahams pianoCharts editChart performance for Honey Steel s Gold Chart 1992 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 9 28References edit The Kuepper Files Discography Retrieved 4 July 2010 Bob Gordon Everything Ed s got belongs to you XPress Mag a b Raggett N Allmusic Review Retrieved 4 July 2010 a b Encarnacao John March 1992 Honey Steel s Gold Ed Kuepper Rolling Stone Australia No 468 Sydney NSW Tilmond Pty Ltd p 84 O Donnell John Creswell Toby Mathieson Craig October 2010 100 Best Australian Albums Prahran Vic Hardie Grant Books ISBN 978 1 74066 955 9 New music book series 33 1 3 Oceania celebrates influential albums from Australia and New Zealand Home Retrieved 1 August 2023 Australian Charts entry Retrieved 4 July 2010 6th Annual ARIA Awards Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 July 2010 Australiancharts com Ed Kuepper Honey Steel s Gold Hung Medien Retrieved 16 June 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Honey Steel 27s Gold amp oldid 1175314997, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
