Almost Heaven

Infobox Album
Name = Almost Heaven
Type = studio
Artist = The Kelly Family


Released = 1996
Recorded = Sound Studio N
(Cologne, Germany)
Capri Digital Studio
(Capri, Italy)
Genre = Pop, rock pop, folk
Length = 48:35
Label = Kel-Life
Producer = Kathy Kelly, Paddy Kelly
Reviews =
Last album = "Christmas for All"
(1995)
This album = "Almost Heaven"
(1996)
Next album = "Growin' Up"
(1997)

"Almost Heaven" is the tenth regular studio album by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. Based on concept by Dan Kelly, it was co-produced by Kathy and Paddy Kelly and released in 1996 (see 1996 in music) throughout most of Europe.

Following the major success of previous albums "Over the Hump" and "Christmas for All" and the number-one single "I Can't Help Myself," the album debuted number-one in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It also entered the top 5 in the Netherlands and Norway and made it to the top 20 in Belgium. "Almost Heaven" eventually sold more than 3 million domestically, making it the band's second biggest-selling release to date. [cite web|title=Die Kelly Family|date=1997-11-23|work=Berliner Kurier|url=https://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1997/1123/szene/0015/index.html|accessdate=2008-09-24|language=German]

Track listing

# "When the Boys Come into Town" (lead vocals: John, Kathy, Maite) – 3:15
# "Every Baby" (lead vocals: Maite) – 2:56
# "I Can't Help Myself" (lead vocals: Angelo, Paddy) – 3:03
# "Nanana" (lead vocals: Jimmy, Maite) – 4:03
# "You Belong to Me" (lead vocals: Patricia, Kathy, Paddy) – 3:15
# "Staying Alive" (lead vocals: Joey) – 3:35
# "Come Back to Me" (lead vocals: Kathy) – 3:11
# "Fell in Love with an Alien" (lead vocals: Paddy, Kathy) – 3:11
# "Hey Diddle Diddle" (lead vocals: Paddy, Maite, Angelo, Barby) – 2:43
# "Like a Queen" (lead vocals: Barby) – 2:54
# "Stars Fall From Heaven" (lead vocals: Patricia, Maite) – 3:23
# "Thunder" (lead vocals: Himmy) – 3:45
# "Calling Heaven" (lead vocals: Paddy) – 4:54
# "Nothing like Home" (lead vocals: Kathy, John) – 3:42

Credits and personnel

* Johan Daansen - mouth harp
* Angelo Kelly - drums, percussion, washboard, timbales, vocals
* Barby Kelly - vocals
* Jimmy Kelly - acoustic guitar, electric-zither, spoons, vocals
* Joey Kelly - acoustic guitars, electric guitars, vocals
* John Kelly - acoustic guitars, electric guitar, percussions, vocals
* Kathy Kelly - accordeon, keyboards, hammond, organ, piano, violin, vocals
* Maite Kelly - percussions, vocals
* Patricia Kelly - harp, vocals
* Paddy Kelly - banjo, bass, guitars, keyboards, mandoline, tabla, percussions

Production

* Album concept: Dan Kelly
* Writing: The Kelly Family
* Recording: Jan Shurman
* Mastering: Georgi Nedelschev, Dieter Wegner
* Mixing: Günther Kasper, G. Nedelschev, Kathy Kelly, Paddy Kelly, Max Volume
* Engineers: Günther "Mr. Cool" Kasper, Max Carola, Max Volume, Jürgen Lusky
** Engineering assistance: Alessandro Benedetti
* Photography: Thomas Stachelhaus
* Styling: Uschi Ries
* Litho: RGI Dortmund Germany

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.kellyfamily.de/ KellyFamily.de] — official site