Paul Weller - Wild Wood - Deluxe Edition
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Artist: Paul WellerEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-02-05
Music Label: Yep Roc Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Sunflower
- Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)
- Wild Wood
- Instrumental One (Part 1)
- All The Pictures On The Wall
- Has My Fire Really Gone Out?
- Country
- Instrumental Two
- 5th Season
- The Weaver
- Instrumental One (Part 2)
- Foot Of The Mountain
- Shadow Of The Sun
- Holy Man (Reprise)
- Moon On Your Pyjamas
- Hung Up (single)
- Wild Wood ( Portishead remix)
- Magic Bus
- Ends Of The Earth
- This Is No Time
- Another New Day
- The Loved
- Sunflower (demo)
- Wildwood (demo)
- Pictures On The Wall (demo)
- Country (demo)
- 5th Season (demo version 2)
- The Weaver (demo)
- Shadow Of The Sun (demo)
- Moon On Your Pyjamas (demo)
- Ends Of The Earth (demo)
- Love Of The Loved (demo)
- Price To Pay (demo)
- Changes (demo)
- I m Only Dreaming
- Ohio (demo version)
- Oh Happy Day
- Greetings
- Wild Wood (demo version)
- Weaver Of Dreams (demo version 2)
- Foot Of The Mountain (BBC session)
- Hung Up (BBC session)
- Black Sheep Boy (BBC session)
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Free Music Review: Weller's second great peak, grandly expanded to two CDs
Hit: 5 Stars
Jam fans that didn't follow Weller to the ersatz modern soul and balladry of his follow-on project, The Style Council, found his re-emergence as a rock-based solo artist in 1992 more to their liking. Stripping away the synthesized layers, Weller looked back to earlier eras of rock and soul, blending echoes of Motown and Stax with the heavier sounds of 1970s UK rock. His eponymous re-debut turned out to be only a warm-up for the following year's "Wild Wood," an album whose earthy title portends its organic sound. Weller's love of soul emotion is still to be heard, but couched in jazzier changes that brought to mind UK greats like Traffic and Humble Pie. The combination of gutsy guitar, commanding vocals and polished production combine the energy of The Jam with Weller's soul influences without devolving into retro imitation of either.
The opening "Sunflower" is a good example of the album's alchemy, combining memorable electric guitar playing, rumbling bass and drums, impassioned vocald and soulful harmonies, wrapped with little production touches (processed vocal doubles, phase shifts and passing keyboard accents) that add a modern edge to the more rustic '70s vibe. The album's lyrics find Weller in the transition of his mid-30s, lamenting lost relationships and moving on, seeking guidance and questioning the future, offering reconciliation and recovery, and navigating introspective ennui. Weller wonders aloud "Has My Fire Really Gone Out," and answers his own question 'no' with a superb pop-psych jam to close the song. The adolescent unrest of his youth fueled the Jam, the know-it-all-comfort of his 20s spawned Style Council, and the uncertainty of his 30s led here.
Yep Roc's expanded two-disc reissue augments the album's fifteen original tracks with remixes, B-sides, live versions, covers and previously unreleased tracks, all of which help illuminate the album's musical background. Highlights include Portishead's modernization of the title track, B-sides from the album's singles (including "The Loved," "Ends of the Earth" and the original "Magic Bus"), and covers of The Small Faces' "I'm Only Dreaming," Edwin Hawkins' "Oh Happy Day," and Neil Young's "Ohio." Also included are demos of album tracks that demonstrate how songs evolved to final form. A pair of demos for "Sunflower," for example, shows the path from folky original to drum-heavy final. The extras enrich an already rich LP, giving the best look yet at the beginnings of Weller's third phase. [©2008 hyperbolium dot com]
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The 1993 release of Wild Wood single handedly changed Weller's persona. No longer was he only 'Paul Weller of The Jam/Style Council', now he was the larger than life 'Modfather,' the patriarch of Britpop, championed by groups like Oasis and all things hip. Led by a renewed creative spark and expanded influences including Nick Drake, Traffic and even Crosby, Stills & Nash, Weller produced, according to Q Magazine, a 'pastoral coming of age masterpiece.' Wild Wood single-handedly defined Weller as a solo artist while simultaneously wrenching British rock from the grips of techno in the UK and the imposing influence of grunge from the west. This Deluxe Edition reissue includes a 32-page booklet with extensive new liner notes by Lois Wilson, including brand new interviews with Weller and others. Musically, there is an expanse of bonus material including b sides, demos, BBC session versions and unreleased tracks reinforcing the fact that Wild Wood, as Uncut Magazine put it, '...made the Modfather, and changed British rock.'Alternative Rock Music CDs
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