release date: May 15, 1995
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,48]
producer: Paul Weller, Brendan Lynch
label: Go! Discs - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "The Changingman" - 3. "I Walk On Gilded Splinters" - 4. "You Do Something to Me" (4,5 / 5) (live) (live with Adele) - 5. "Woodcutter's Son" (live) - 9. "Out of The Sinking" (4 / 5) - 10. "Pink on White Walls" - 12. "Wings of Speed"
3rd studio album by Paul Weller. The album is one of Weller's best reputed solo albums. It's more pop / rock founded, and after being lauded by almost all the new bands and artists in britpop as a national icon - as the source to the style of contemporary British working class pop / rock, Weller himself takes a sort of a look down memory lane. Stanley Road hosted his childhood residence in Woking.
The album was released positive reviews and has found its way to Mojo's "The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime" (2006).
I have never loved this particular album all that much, although, I find it slightly betting his solo debut. Yes, it does contain great songs, and the level is above most other pop / rock releases, but overall, and being anything but mediocre, it simply lacks more than just a general appeal to me, anyway.
[ allmusic.com 3,5 / 5, Rolling Stone 3 / 5, Uncut Magazine 4 / 5, Mojo 5 / 5 stars ]
[ allmusic.com 3,5 / 5, Rolling Stone 3 / 5, Uncut Magazine 4 / 5, Mojo 5 / 5 stars ]
