Stanley Road - Paul Weller

While new albums come and go, one that has stayed consistently in my CD player over the years is Paul Weller's Stanley Road. I was first introduced to Weller by my dad listening to Jam albums when I was much younger and from there I started to take a keen interest in all of his music from The Jam to The Style Council and on to the more recent solo stuff. This album is possibly his best material to date as a solo artist and certainly rates up there with the best stuff he has written in any guise. The Mod father is still going strong and even though this album is 10 years old it doesn't sound dated at all. It's one of those albums that a lot of people seem to ...  Read the complete review

This Album is Paul Weller through and through because he not only sung every song but he also wrote them all, played every instrument except drum s and he even co-produced it too. Paul has in his career been part of various bands, most notably the Jam but for me always performs best as a solo artist. Whilst I have bought hundreds of CD`s in my time and since the days of downloads and MP3 player, changed my play listings on a regular basis, one album that has stayed with me on CD and now is always on my MP3 player is Stanley Road - Paul Weller. The first track on the album grabs you and then the whole album never lets go, the first track is Changing man, ...  Read the complete review

We all have a favourite album, and this is mine. I cannot believe it has taken me this long to review it. The album gets off to a rocking start with “The Changingman”. As with the majority of Paul Weller songs, this is lyrically brilliant, and the music, especially the guitar is superb. Weller puts in an angry performance, and sums up his attitude with one line, “I light a bitter fuse”. Weller has never apologised for being himself, and he knows that at times this had held him back, but he knew when he released this album, that it was so brilliant, nobody could criticise him for what he was doing anymore. “Porcelain ...  Read the complete review

This was the first Paul Weller album I bought after a couple of singles. It was summer of 96 when life was easy and relaxed so this album takes me back to evenings on the patio with friends and wine with Mr weller crooning in the background. Lovely. It seems that Paul Weller has progressed in a 'Jools Holland' kind of way from his a bit angry Jam days. Jools is now the much respected and admired musician and so is Mr Weller. Quite deservedly so to both of them. At least he has got rid of those army surplus parkers! As an album, it calls back to the memories of childhood, development and change into adulthood then maturity. A good ...  Read the complete review

I’d never really heard any Paul Weller tunes before I got my hands on this little beauty of an album. It’s the kind of thing that plays well wherever you are, on the beach, at a barbecue, having a romantic meal or simply just driving to work on a Monday morning. Mr Weller serves you up a hearty meal of rock made up from all of the ingredients he's gathered from his lengthy carrer. He's literaly taken all of the decent bits from his own tunes and others from the 70's-80's(ish)-90's and brought them together in an up-to date history of rock. The album starts of with the rocking guitar sounds of Changing Man with Weller ...  Read the complete review