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May 25, 2022 · To provide an overview of Weller’s long and diverse career, Goldmine has chosen five songs from each era: The Jam, The Style Council and solo. While some of the songs are well known, we have included a few tunes that are more obscure to paint a full picture of Weller’s diverse output since 1977.
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- ‘Into Tomorrow’
- ‘Above The Clouds’
- ‘Wild Wood’
- ‘The Changingman’
- ‘You Do Something to Me’
- ‘Stanley Road’
- ‘Peacock Suit’
- ‘Friday Street’
- ‘It’s Written in The Stars’
- ‘The Bottle’
Our collection begins before Paul was even sure he wanted to release music under his own name rather than a band set-up, with a staging-post 1991 single by the Paul Weller Movement. As he told Q magazine in 1993: “The turning point for me was writing ‘Into Tomorrow’ on my first solo album. Up until then I thought I’d lost it. Sometimes you just hav...
The albeit modest Top 40 appearance of “Into Tomorrow” in the UK reassured Weller to follow his instincts. That in turn led to a new deal with the highly-regarded independent Go! Discs label and Paul’s impressive, self-titled first solo album the following year. A Top 10 album in the UK – modest by his former and indeed future standards – also incl...
From the hugely successful 1990s period in which he was embraced again by old fans, discovered by new ones and ultimately crowned the Modfather — whether he liked it or not — there’s the title hit from Wild Wood. It was another courageous departure into acoustic, folk-influenced territory. The bucolic feel was an acknowledgement that everyone, incl...
The first single from the landmark Stanley Roadalbum was the infectious rocky “The Changingman,” which gave Weller a new UK Top 10 single, his first as a solo artist. A flagship composition with Brendan Lynch, the song was an exciting encapsulation of Paul’s creative restlessness, and a track with a descending chord progression drawn from deep in h...
“You Do Something To Me” is perhaps one of the musician’s most universal compositions, and probably the song that comes quickest to mind whenever anyone thinks of a Weller ballad. With its open-hearted lyric and winning melody, it became another Top 10 hit and continues to be a signature of his solo catalog. “This definitely strikes a chord in peop...
The Stanley Road album, from which we hear the title song, was named after the street in Woking, Surrey, where Paul grew up. He continues to regard the album, which featured such guests as Steve Winwoodand Noel Gallagher, as a particular high point of his career, a nod both to his youth and to his present and future.
Weller’s album output has always reflected his love of 1960s-influenced rock, as on “Peacock Suit” from Heavy Soul. The single became his highest-placed solo hit in the UK, reaching No.5, and wooed fans with its typically gritty update of the mod sound of his earliest musical recollection.
The seasoned singer-songwriter was in more acoustic, troubadour mood for “Friday Street” from the same album. The set was again produced by confidant Brendan Lynch, also known for his work with Primal Scream and Ocean Colour Scene. The song won comparisons with Weller’s mid-to-late Jam period with its guitar work and harmonies.
Jumping ahead to 2002, during Weller’s spell with Independiente Records, the Illumination album (his second UK No.1, after Stanley Road) was co-produced with Simon Dine. Collaborators included Noel Gallagher and Gem Archer of Oasis and Kelly Jones of Stereophonics. Its highlights included the soul-jazz-inflected “It’s Written In The Stars,” a flavo...
2004’s Studio 150 was named after the small studio where it was recorded in Amsterdam. This time, one of the most prolific writers in rock devoted his time to a collection of covers (and anyone who has ever been to a Weller show, from his earliest Jam days to the present, knows of his ability to reinhabit so many of his favorite songs to great effe...
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- Paul Weller - You Do Something To Me. The third single from the acclaimed Stanley Road album, this is one of Weller’s most emotional, powerful and honest ballads.
- Paul Weller - The Changingman. Taking its cue from the guitar riff Jeff Lynne and ELO’s debut single 19538 Overture, this track came as The Modfather was being hailed by a whole new generation of Britpop musicians, and the lyric acknowledges Weller’s chameleonic approach the different genres of music.
- Paul Weller - Broken Stones. The Stanley Road album is named after the Woking street where Weller grew up, and this nostalgic song looks back at the changes that take place across a life, like pebbles tossed around on a beach.
- The Style Council - You’re The Best Thing. When Weller called time on The Jam in December 1982, he collaborated with keyboardist Mick Talbot of Mod revivalists The Merton Parkas and singer Dee C Lee to form The Style Council.
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John William “Paul” Weller, Jr. (born 25 May 1958) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam.
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