On the ARIA Albums Chart , '' Seven Sonnets & a Song '' debuted and peaked at No . 9 – it became Kelly 's fourth top 10 . Kelly 's work received his seventh nomination for Best Adult Contemporary Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016 . AllMusic 's Mark Deming rated it as three-and-a-half stars out-of five and explained , " poetry can certainly be adapted to pop songs , and the veteran Australian singer/songwriter Kelly has brought us a surprising and effective example of the latter process in action ... he puts plenty of spirit and soul into the performances ... there 's a bold , easygoing vigor to this music that seems respectful to both the source material and Kelly 's musical instincts . " '' Rolling Stone Australia '' s Dan Lander gave it four stars out-of five and believes it as has " a strange chemistry " with " the opening strains of ' Sonnet 138 ' sound like nothing as much as a Paul Kelly song , lyrics and all . Later , ' Sonnet 18 ' repeats the trick , marrying the timeless struggles of Shakespeare ’s love to that shadowy , earthy sound that Kelly has made his own . Elsewhere , ' Sonnets 44 & 45 ' come together in a haunting piano ballad , while ' Sonnet 60 ' builds to grandeur from Kelly 's idiosyncratic semi-spoken style . " He also states " that the only song that does n't connect " is " My True Love Hath My Heart " which " falls flat amidst an otherwise uplifting album . " Steve Bell on TheMusic.com.au concludes " In lesser hands this could have all been tough going , but Kelly 's clear love of Shakespeare meshed with his own unfettered musicality makes this yet another fascinating landmark in his ever-evolving canon . " Wainwright opined " It sounds great in a convertible " , Kelly responded " That 's good . I make all my records to sound good in a convertible , especially . "
ARIA Music Awards of 2016
ARIA Music Awards of 2016
Seven Sonnets & a Song