Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
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Artist: Paul WellerBrand: Weller
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-07-22
Music Label: Yep Roc Records
Soundtracks:
- Light Nights
- 22 Dreams
- All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)
- Have You Made Up Your Mind
- Empty Ring
- Invisible
- Song For Alice
- Cold Moments
- The Dark Pages of September Lead to the New Leaves of Spring
- Black River
- Why Walk When You Can Run
- Push It Along
- A Dream Reprise
- Echoes Round the Sun
- One Bright Star
- Lullaby F??r Kinder
- Where er Ye Go
- God
- 111
- Sea Spray
- Night Lights
Free Music Notes for 22 Dreams
Free Music Review: Mixed bag
Hit: 3 Stars
I own every one of Paul Weller's solo recordings. I enjoy them all greatly and listen to them regularly. Except this one. This is a decided mixed bag of work. There are some truly fine cuts but there are a number of throw away numbers and a few failed experiments. Some cuts are either too folky (in a British folk style) or lack the typical Weller punch. Mr. Weller would have done well to have edited it down to a dozen or so dreams rather than the full 22 (21.) Not an essential recording but it still has it's merits.
22 Dreams Poster
''After As Is Now I thought the time was right to make the sort of record Iwanted to make,'' says Paul Weller of the creative process which led
to his striking ninth solo album 22 Dreams. ''Instead of worrying about
anyone else, I wanted to really push the boat out. I think the result is going
to surprise a few people.'' Surprises have always been part of the artistic
vernacular for the man who changed rock forever with The Jam, explored a host of eclectic influences with The Style Council and cemented his position as the patriarch of Brit pop with his legendary solo work. 22 Dreams is the latest chapter in a creative journey spanning 30 years, with material spanning the full breadth of popular music rock to classical, avant garde to funk and spoken word to experimental. In addition to a cast of Weller s frequent collaborators including Steve Cradock and producer Simon Dine, 22 Dreams also features some of the largest beneficiaries of Weller s
incalculable musical influence. Noel Gallagher and Gem from Oasis lend
their talents to Echoes Around the Sun, a writing collaboration between
Weller and Gallagher. Ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon appears on Black
River. The spirit of collaboration and an in-the-moment creative approach
have resulted in one of Weller s most spirited works and one that is sure to
expand the artistic canon of the one and only Modfather.
It's never too long between Paul "The Modfather" Weller albums. Yet the starlet's prolific solo output over the last decade or so hasn't often reached the artistic heights of his work with The Jam or The Style Council. While consistent enough, recent projects have been marred by a certain complacency--a tendency to settle for the middle ground instead of the soaring, surprising heights of yesteryear. But on 22 Dreams, some of the old punk fire returns. Buoyed by a stellar Britpop cast including former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and Oasis members Noel Gallagher and Gem Archer, 22 Dreams is the sound of Weller finally taking an unexpected artistic leap after a series of steady steps. Working across a wide range of genres--rock, funk, soul, free jazz, krautrock, classical music, electronica, even spoken word--Weller presents an hour-plus odyssey full of eccentric surprises and loveable chaos. From the blue-eyed soul of "Have You Made Up Your Mind?" and the eerily brilliant "Echoes Around the Sun" (a Weller/Gallagher collaboration), to experimental offerings such as "111" and acid-folk opener "Light Nights", Weller digs deep into his magician's hat, and pulls out rabbit after rabbit. Some of the more off-the-wall moments--"God" for example--won't be for everyone, but the way everything collides together in a haphazard, devil-may-care manner serves to remind us that we should never write off our beloved veterans--you never know when they're going to take an unexpected artistic risk.--Danny McKenna
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