So Much Water So Close to Home is an album by Australian rock band Paul Kelly and the Messengers and was originally released in August 1989.

[9] All tracks for the album were written by Kelly,[10] who provided vocals, guitar and harmonica and also co-produced with Litt.

[4][5][11] For international releases from 1987 on, they used the name Paul Kelly and the Messengers to avoid possible racist interpretations.

[5] Their next album, So Much Water So Close to Home was released in 1989 as by Paul Kelly and the Messengers in all markets.

Album track, "Everything's Turning to White" is based on Carver's short story,[12] it describes the tale of recreational fishermen who find a dead woman's body but continue their trip for three days before reporting their discovery to police.