''Goin' Your Way'' is a live album collaboration recorded by

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and Paul Kelly during a performance at the Sydney Opera House on 10 March 2013. It was released on 8 November as a stand-alone 2× CD, Blu-ray or DVD; or in a Limited Edition Deluxe version with all three formats. From 18 February to 18 March, Finn and Kelly undertook a joint tour of Australia, they performed tracks from their respective careers, including re-interpreting each other's work. The CD album peaked at No. 5 on the

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while the DVD reached No. 1 on the related Music DVD Chart.

Background

''Goin' Your Way'' was recorded on 10 March 2013 at the Sydney Opera House by

and Paul Kelly. Both artists have a long association. Back in 1980 Finn, as a member of New Zealand band

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on 26 August 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2013. In October 1984 TV music series ''Rock Arena'', hosted by Suzanne Dowling, broadcast Kelly's group performing " Billy Baxter" while Split Enz provided " I Got You". In 1987 Kelly and his band The Messengers opened for Finn's next group, Crowded House, on the initial dates of that group's United States tour. Kelly and The Messengers then headlined their own US tour. Finn provided backing vocals on "Hey Boys", a duo single by

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(of Hunters & Collectors) and Kelly, which was released in May 1992. In 1993 Finn and Kelly had started discussions about a collaborative tour over a social game of tennis – both were living in St Kilda. By 1998 Crowded House had disbanded and former members Finn,

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and Nick Seymour (Mark's brother) shared a stage, on an episode of TV series ''Hessie's Shed''. Finn and the show's host, Hester, performed " Not the Girl You Think You Are" with Largest Living Things – the show band, before being joined by Seymour for " Sister Madly" and a version of Kelly's " Leaps and Bounds", which also featured Kelly on vocals. In November 2010 Kelly and folk musician Angus Stone covered a Crowded House track, "

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", for a tribute album, ''He Will Have His Way'' – it was co-written by Neil with his brother

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(ex-Split Enz, Crowded House). In April 2011 Neil Finn and Kelly co-headlined a show at Red Hill Auditorium in Perth; it was the first music concert at the new venue.

Collaborative tour

In November 2012 after further discussions about collaborating for a tour, Finn and Kelly announced the first ten dates of their Australia-wide Goin' Your Way Tour for February and March in the following year. Kelly told a press conference that "I sent Neil a list of his songs I wanted us to do, he sent me a list, the same for me. We also went through tracks songs we could do good harmony singing on". They also indicated the support act for those dates would be

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. The tour was organised by Finn and Kelly with Live Nation Australasia by arrangement with Artist Voice. By January 2013 additional dates had been added to the tour without Mitchell supporting. Finn and Kelly used a backing band of Kelly's nephew, Dan Kelly on guitar, Finn's son Elroy on drums, and Zoe Hauptmann on bass guitar. They started their 20-date tour on 18 February at Melbourne's Palais Theatre and finished at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on 18 March – their fifth performance at that venue. The final show was streamed internationally via

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as ''Neil Finn and Paul Kelly Live at Sydney Opera House''. One of the final tracks performed at each gig was a cover version of

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's " Moon River" with the chorus "Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker / Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way". The last phrase provided the album's title. Jon Jobbagy of The AU Review caught their first performance at the Sydney Opera House and noted the stage backdrop was designed by

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(ex-Split Enz) and Sally Mill. Jobbagy felt that Finn was the "most versatile musician of the pair" and "their repertoire is colossal so it was basically hit after hit". On 29 July 2013 at the 13th Helpmann Awards Finn and Kelly won the Best Australian Contemporary Concert category for the tour. At the

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they were nominated for Best Australian Live Act.

Critical reception

Sean Palmer of ''

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'' felt the album allowed one to "enjoy these musical stalwarts jamming together". He compared Kelly's "country-tinged voice" with Finn's "blend of Lennon and McCartney at their grandest", while " gether on stage, they are magic".

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's Justine McNamara was impressed by the "quality of the recording" where "both singers' voices are perfect". Rachael McArthur of ''

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'' was disappointed by the band " ere is a bad kind of looseness. It feels as though the band has not perhaps had a huge amount of time to learn the 29 songs required"; and Finn's "piano work is at times a bit off". Nevertheless, McArthur "did like the album and enjoyed listening to songs that have become so deeply ingrained in Australian culture".

Commercial performance

In the week ending 24 November 2013 ''Goin' Your Way'' 2× CD album debuted at No. 5 on the

. Meanwhile, the DVD version reached No. 1 on the related Music DVD Chart that same week.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals, piano, acoustic guitar * Paul Kelly – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica * Elroy Finn – drums * Zoe Hauptmann – bass guitar, double bass * Dan Kelly – guitar

Production

*Pete Henderson – producer, engineer * Leon Zervos – mastering at Studios 301, Sydney *

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– mixer *Jason Blackwell – recording engineer, web stream audio director *Paul Goldman – visual direction

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

General * Note: Archived copy at WHAMMO (Worldwide Home of Australasian Music and More Online) homepage of '' Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop''. Specific

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goin' Your Way (Album) 2013 live albums 2013 video albums ARIA Award-winning albums Live video albums Neil Finn albums Paul Kelly (Australian musician) albums