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The schmutter is still as sharp as ever, the man inside is “sour as shit … I have no solutions”.

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Paul Weller – Peacock Suit (1996)Ī high-water mark of Britpop-era classicist Weller, Peacock Suit is essentially one of those swaggering check-me-out 60s mod anthems – I’m the Face Whatcha Gonna Do About It? – rewritten for troubled middle age. Case in point, Carnation’s gently psychedelic Beatles-soul hybrid, topped off with an extraordinary self-baiting lyric. The biggest singles band of their era – four of them went to No 1 – the Jam were also extremely adept at hiding incredible songs away on their albums. But You Do Something to Me is also a supreme bit of songwriting, a genuinely affecting lyric set to a melody so well-turned, it feels like it always existed. Yes, it’s a Weller song that could be played on Mellow Magic – a once-unthinkable notion.

Yes, it’s the dictionary definition of dadrock, complete with footy, kids and Beatles T-shirt in the video. Paul Weller – You Do Something to Me (1995) Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian 22. If you want something smoother, the Drop Out Orchestra remix is laid-back, disco-string-laden, sax-solo-heavy nirvana. The standout from Sonik Kicks, Starlite is a delight in its album version – a breezy, lovely melody floating over scratchy funk guitar, clattering drum machines and a dose of dubby echo. Case in point: the voice of hard-won experience that sings gruff, careworn southern soul ballad The Cranes Are Back, shaking his head at the death of Alan Kurdi as he goes. Paul Weller – The Cranes Are Back (2017)įor an artist who spent the first part of his career fetishising youth – from “I wanna tell you about the young ideas” to Saturday’s Kids – Weller has worn age exceptionally well. “As I was standing by the edge / I could see the faces of those who led / Pissing theirselves laughing.” A single, incredibly. Funeral Pyre has almost no tune, just sprawling guitar noise, a relentless fusillade of drums and a furious, still-relevant lyric. Pigeonholed as traditionalists, the Jam don’t get enough credit for being experimental. From the Floorboards Up, from 2005’s As Is Now, is a short, sharp, exhilarating – and Jam-like – jolt.

And yet, he could still occasionally pull out something that made you sit up and take notice. Prior to the radical reinvention of 2008’s 22 Dreams, Weller’s 00s albums were subject to diminishing artistic returns – not bad, but nothing spectacular. Paul Weller – From the Floorboards Up (2005)

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A fascinating mediation on place and ageing and the ties that bind, plus its sax-driven groove absolutely bangs. In which Weller revisits his home town of Woking in search of inspiration and becomes surprisingly emotional at the sight of the old place – “dear reminders of who I am, the very roots on which I stand”. Paul Weller – Uh Huh Oh Yeh! (Always There to Fool You!) (1992) And Life at a Top People’s Heath Farm should have been a bigger hit: soul horns, electronic funk, a ferociously bitter lyric. The relative commercial failure of Confessions of a Pop Group certainly wasn’t down to the quality of the music it contained – it may be the Style Council’s best album. The Style Council – Life at a Top People’s Health Farm (1988) On his debut solo single, a kind of musical note-to-self, there’s something really thrilling about the way you can hear Weller willing himself along, “into the stars and always up … praying that it has not passed”. After the demise of the Style Council, it took Weller’s dad-cum-manager to talk him into performing again.