Paul Weller
Wake Up The Nation
4.25/5
Listen To: Two Fat Ladies
Skip It: She Speaks
Paul Weller teams up with former Jam-mate Bruce Foxton for the first time in 28 years on his tenth solo album Wake Up The Nation. The record is full of varying influences including funk, folk-country, and new-age samples that spice up classic Weller three chord mod-rock.
“Moonshine” employs a wailin’ ‘50s piano and hyper-shaking tambourine amidst space-age sounding keyboards for an attention grabbing album opener. Another twinkling piano appears in “7 & 3 Is The Striker’s Name,” alongside hooky Sha la la’s from Weller.
Ballad-like “Trees” follows a catchy three chord structure while Weller hops around different personas switching along with vocal effects and melody. At one point he is A mother whose Darling children would come from me [him], while later he is back to himself and protests confidently My baby loves me. “Trees” ends by leaving Weller alone with a thunderous piano for a heart-wrenching soliloquy.
‘60s electric organs and funky guitar riffs step out from a base of maraca sounding effects in “Pieces Of A Dream.” Can’t put my finger on it, Can’t put this finger on me Weller boasts in the tune, presumably acknowledging the multiple styles coming together. The sentiment sticks with finishing song “Two Fat Ladies,” an upbeat punk-country pogo fury complete with hair-raising slide guitar fills sailing out from the western-blues rhythm.
Infinite sounds come at you from every direction on Wake Up The Nation, proving Weller isn’t afraid to have some fun while still producing master crafted modern rock. It’s everything you expect from an original British punker with the spirit of ‘77 long gone.
Track Listing:
1. Moonshine
2. Wake Up The Nation
3. No Tears To Cry
4. Fast Car / Slow Traffic
5. Andromeda
6. In Amsterdam
7. She Speaks
8. Find The Torch
9. Aim High
10. Trees
11. Grasp & Still Connect
12. Whatever Next
13. 7 & 3 Is The Striker’s Name
14. Up The Dosage
15. Pieces Of A Dream
16. Two Fat Ladies
Wake Up The Nation
4.25/5
Listen To: Two Fat Ladies
Skip It: She Speaks
Paul Weller teams up with former Jam-mate Bruce Foxton for the first time in 28 years on his tenth solo album Wake Up The Nation. The record is full of varying influences including funk, folk-country, and new-age samples that spice up classic Weller three chord mod-rock.
“Moonshine” employs a wailin’ ‘50s piano and hyper-shaking tambourine amidst space-age sounding keyboards for an attention grabbing album opener. Another twinkling piano appears in “7 & 3 Is The Striker’s Name,” alongside hooky Sha la la’s from Weller.
Ballad-like “Trees” follows a catchy three chord structure while Weller hops around different personas switching along with vocal effects and melody. At one point he is A mother whose Darling children would come from me [him], while later he is back to himself and protests confidently My baby loves me. “Trees” ends by leaving Weller alone with a thunderous piano for a heart-wrenching soliloquy.
‘60s electric organs and funky guitar riffs step out from a base of maraca sounding effects in “Pieces Of A Dream.” Can’t put my finger on it, Can’t put this finger on me Weller boasts in the tune, presumably acknowledging the multiple styles coming together. The sentiment sticks with finishing song “Two Fat Ladies,” an upbeat punk-country pogo fury complete with hair-raising slide guitar fills sailing out from the western-blues rhythm.
Infinite sounds come at you from every direction on Wake Up The Nation, proving Weller isn’t afraid to have some fun while still producing master crafted modern rock. It’s everything you expect from an original British punker with the spirit of ‘77 long gone.
Track Listing:
1. Moonshine
2. Wake Up The Nation
3. No Tears To Cry
4. Fast Car / Slow Traffic
5. Andromeda
6. In Amsterdam
7. She Speaks
8. Find The Torch
9. Aim High
10. Trees
11. Grasp & Still Connect
12. Whatever Next
13. 7 & 3 Is The Striker’s Name
14. Up The Dosage
15. Pieces Of A Dream
16. Two Fat Ladies
Published by Tangible Sounds Music Magazine
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