Paul Weller (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Paul Weller
Type = Album
Artist = Paul Weller


Released = 1992
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 53:36
Label = Go! Discs Records
828343
Producer = Paul Weller, Brendan Lynch
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1dq6g4ettv2z link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/paulweller/albums/album/94390/review/5946295/paul_weller link]
Last album =
This album = "Paul Weller" (1992)
Next album = "Wild Wood" (1993)

"Paul Weller" is Paul Weller's first solo album, released in 1992.

After disbanding The Style Council and leaving label Polydor in 1989, Weller formed The Paul Weller Movement in 1990, releasing a single, "Into Tomorrow", on his own Freedom High record label, in October 1991. Its success - reaching #36 in the UK chart - led to Weller being offered a new record deal with Go! Discs, and the resulting album was released on September 1st, 1992, reaching #8 on the UK album chart. In addition to "Into Tomorrow", included on the album, two further singles were released from the album - "Uh Huh Oh Yeh", on August 15th, 1992, reaching #18, and "Above The Clouds" on October 10th, 1992, reaching #47.

The album represents something of a return to Weller's 'roots', with "Into Tomorrow" and "Uh Huh Oh Yeh" in particular being heavily influenced by 60s R&B, whilst the album as a whole retained some of the funk influences displayed by The Style Council, particularly on "I Didn't Mean To Hurt You" and "Remember How We Started". Tellingly, however, the political leanings of The Style Council are - explicitly at least - abandoned, the lyrical themes visited on the album being much more personal.

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Weller except where noted
#"Uh Huh Oh Yeh" – 3:13
#"I Didn't Mean to Hurt You" – 3:27
#"Bull-Rush" – 4:43
#"Round & Round" – 4:25
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#"Remember How We Started" – 3:44
#"Above the Clouds" – 4:13
#"Clues" – 4:24
#"Into Tomorrow" – 3:07
#"Amongst Butterflies" – 3:13
#"The Strange Museum" – 3:17 (Weller/Mick Talbot)
#"Bitterness Rising" – 3:53
#"Kosmos" – 11:57

References

* [http://www.paulweller.com/index.php Paul Weller Official Site]