Wednesday 6 August 2008

PAUL WELLER

�22 Dreams� (Yep Roc): A-

Weller, influential frontman of the Jam and Style Council, is making some of the most vital, ambitious music of his career. This sprawling assembling is familiar but unlike anything the Modfather has done before. Pastoral instrumentals bookend Motown soul (�Cold Moments�) and funky psychedelia (�Echoes Round the Sun,� a coaction with Oasis� Noel Gallagher); Britpop (�Black River�) coexists with hard rock (�Push It Along.�) �22 Dreams� contains 21 songs, because, well, everyone should keep at least one dream private. Download: �Why Walk When You Can Run.�







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