Weller has now had 50 top 40 albums across The Jam, The Style Council and his solo releases, including seven number ones-the latest, Fat Pop, was released in May 2021. Today, Paul Weller remains a true British icon, with a career in music spanning nearly five decades.
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Illumination has a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeve and a 16-page booklet.īoth were cut at London’s Metropolis Studios. The double album Days of Speed has a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeves and a one-page insert. These 2021 reissues feature faithful original packaging replication. With soul taking center stage and displaying effortless production and songwriting, Illumination includes the hit singles ‘It’s Written in the Stars’ and ‘Leafy Mysteries’ and features guest performances from Carleen Anderson, Jocelyn Brown, Kelly Jones and Noel Gallagher. Originally released in September 2002 on Independiente, Illumination was Paul’s sixth solo studio album and his second solo number one. Sun 03.00 EDT I n the kitchen of a recording studio, down a long lane, off a village high street, stands the wiry, wired figure of Paul Weller, looking at his shoes. Here he sounds intimate and alive, as if he were performing his favourite songs in your front room. This is Weller presenting his songs unplugged and in the raw. The tracklisting features old classics which sit beautifully with Paul’s later catalogue and include The Jam’s ‘That’s Entertainment’, The Style Council’s ‘Headstart for Happiness’ and solo hits ‘You Do Something to Me’ and ‘Wild Wood’. Originally released on Independiente in 2001, Days Of Speed is an acoustic, double live album featuring songs which were performed solo and acoustic at various venues around Europe. Craft Recordings are finally and faithfully re-releasing both albums in beautifully packaged 180-gram black vinyl sets.
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The original vinyl versions of these fan favourites have been much sought after over the years.
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The long-awaited vinyl reissue releases of Paul Weller’s early ’00s long-players Days of Speed and Illumination will be released on October 15, 2021. DecemLONDON, 2022 ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA Thrilled to announce that Paul will be playing another outdoor show in London in 2022 Taking place at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea The show will see the glorious courtyard transformed into one of the most stunning and unique concert venues in the country.