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Paul Weller - Wild Wood (CD 1993)

Track Listing
1. Sunflower
2. Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)
3. Wild Wood
4. Instrumental (Part 1)
5. All The Pictures On The Wall
6. Has My Fire Really Gone Out
7. Country
8. Fifth Season
9. Weaver
10. Instrumental (Part 2)
11. Foot Of The Mountain
12. Shadow Of The Sun
13. Holy Man (Reprise)
14. Moon On Your Pyjamas

Details
Number of CDs:1
Producer:Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller
Recording Type:Studio
Distributor:Universal Music
Recording Mode:Stereo

Album Notes
Personnel: Paul Weller (vocals, guitar, strings, harmonica, piano, Hammond organ, Mellotron, Moog, bass, percussion); Steve Craddock, Robert Howard, Dave Liddle (guitar); Jacko Peake (flute, horns); Helen Turner (organ); Mick Talbot (Hammond organ); Max Beesley (Wurlitzer, percussion, background vocals); Brendan Lynch (MiniMoog, Mellotron, Stylophone, percussion); Marco Nelson (bass, background vocals); Yolanda Charles (bass); Steve White (drums); Dee C. Lee, Simon Fowler (background vocals).Recorded at The Manor, Oxford, England from April to May, 1993.Arguably Weller's best solo album, and certainly the one where all his influences first congealed into something uniquely his own. WILD WOOD's template would once again seem to be Traffic--Weller's surprisingly soulful vocals most often recall a gruffer version of Steve Winood, and there's even a jazz flute in the concluding "Holy Man" jam. Weller's songs however, are not so easily pigeonholed; an achingly beautiful acoustic ballad like "Country," for example, owes a stylistic debt to no one except its composer.

Editorial Reviews
Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums Of The 1990s.
Q (12/01/1999)

Included in Q's The Best Male Angst Albums Of All Time
Q (07/01/2000)

Performance: Extraordinary / Recording: Good - ...Weller has always possessed the uncanny ability to interlace the personal with the political, crafting lyrics that can be read on both levels. But it is as a musical force that Weller looms most impressively on WILD WOOD...
Stereo Review (07/01/1994)

Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums Of The 1990s.Q (6/00, p.63) - Ranked #77 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums - A warm, raw, uplifting but endlessly self-questioning record....this is the sound of an artist finding a more emotional voice...Q (7/00, p.141) - Included in Q's The Best Male Angst Albums Of All TimeRolling Stone (10/20/94, p.146) - 3.5 Stars - Good - ...Resolutely pre-punk in its spirit, this album gives retrochic an unexpected twist. With its echoes of vintage Traffic...WILD WOOD could have been recorded in 1970...Entertainment Weekly (5/27/94, p.88) - ...pits the gruff-punk charge of the band against the refinement and musicality of his later group, the genre-hopping Style Council....It's a record full of intricate nooks and crannies that begs for exploration.... - Rating: A-Stereo Review (7/94, p.86) - Performance: Extraordinary / Recording: Good - ...Weller has always possessed the uncanny ability to interlace the personal with the political, crafting lyrics that can be read on both levels. But it is as a musical force that Weller looms most impressively on WILD WOOD... Q (1/94, p.86) - Included in Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - ...showcases an artist maturing before our very eyes...
Q (12/01/1999)

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  wild wood
Review created: 25/05/08
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this album by the modfather is a must have in anybodys collection so all you whipper snapper's out there check it out and be blowed away by weller's magic it won't disappoint later's pudgester


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  his best album ever
Review created: 21/11/06

the songs on the album never date.I bought it years ago when it was first released,over time it went on permanent walk about.It was wonderful to hear ballads that took me back to younger days.


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  Wild Wood (CD 1993)
Review created: 04/07/06
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This album is a classic and Mr Weller is totally at his best. The whole album has a great mood to it throughout. From the pure energy of Sunflower to the mellow acoustic tones of Wild Wood - the band is totally together and you realise that these musicians are working together and not laying down one track on top of another. Anyone that cannot find a place for this album in their collection needs to be tested. If this is the only album you buy from Paul Weller it would be worth it....but believe me...you'll be back for more!
I gave my own copy away to someone that was totally taken by it .... but I had to replace it fast...it's that good!


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