FAT POP
available on the following formats:
Yellow Vinyl / 6 x 7-inch Box Set / Triple CD set / Cassette
A1. Cosmic Fringes
A2. True
A3. Fat Pop
A4. Shades Of Blue
A5. Glad Times
A6. Cobweb / Connections
B1. Testify
B2. That Pleasure
B3. Failed
B4. Moving Canvas
B5. In Better Times
B6. Still Glides The Stream
We may be cursed to be in the midst a global pandemic, buffeted by all of its stresses and pain. But everyone knows that art provides succour, that music is the most reliable balm. And for many there is further significant comfort to be drawn from the knowledge that Paul Weller is in the midst of an unbelievably prolific purple patch. Paul Weller will not let us down when we need him most.
During spring last year, after his tour dates were postponed, Paul Weller needed something else to focus on. With many ideas for new songs stored on his phone, Paul started to record them on his own with just vocals, piano and guitar which he’d send to his core band members (drummer Ben Gordelier, Steve Craddock on guitar and bassist Andy Crofts) to add their parts. Despite it being strange not being together, it kept the wheels rolling and sanity prevailing. The band reconvened at Weller’s Black Barn studio in Surrey when restrictions were lifted to finish the work with the shape of the album becoming clear to all.
Fat Pop (Volume 1) – Paul adding the “Volume 1” to keep options open for a second volume in the future – is a diverse selection of sounds. No one style dominates. There’s the synth-heavy, future-wave strut of Cosmic Fringes, the stately balladeering of Still Glides The Stream (co-written with Steve Cradock), the chunky percussive groove of Moving Canvas (a tribute to Iggy Pop no less), and the kind of dramatic immediate pop symphonies on Failed, True and Shades of Blue with which Paul Weller has hooked in generation after generation of devotee.
As ever, Fat Pop, sees a number of guests contributing including Lia Metcalfe, the young Liverpudlian singer with The Mysterines who combines her tremendous vocal as well as a song writing credit to True. Andy Fairweather Low adds his distinctive vocals to superfly strutting Testify and Paul’s daughter Leah co-wrote and features on the classic 3 minute pop kitchen sink drama Shades Of Blue which will be the first single taken from the album. Hannah Peel is back in the fray adding her classic string scores to Cobweb Connections and Still Glides The Stream.
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- Paul Weller - Wild Wood + Poster - UK - 10" vinyl - £45.00, $56.25, €52.20 (New Item) (arrived 24-Apr-2024 17:26)on April 25, 2024 at 5:32 am
PAUL WELLER Wild Wood (1993 UK limited edition 10" vinyl single, also includes Ends Of The Earth, housed in an individually numbered stickered sleeve with superb fold-out bonus poster. The cover displays minimal age wear, the vinyl hasa few light surface marks from pressing, whilst the poster has never been displayed GODT104)
- Paul Weller - True Meanings - 180gm Vinyl - VG - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £24.99, $31.24, €28.99 (New Item) (arrived 06-Mar-2024 15:13)on April 25, 2024 at 5:32 am
PAUL WELLER True Meanings (2018 UK limited edition 14-track double LP pressed on 180gm Heavyweight Vinyl - His fourteenth solo studio album with guest contributions from Noel Gallagher, Conor O'Brien [Villagers], Rod Argent, Martin Carthy, Lucy Rose, Erland Cooper and more. The gatefold sleeve comes with the integral 8-page booklet containing personal photos and lyrics. THe sleeve shows only light scuffs and shelfwear. The vinyl are in Very Good condition, with notable hairline marks. An ideal play copy! )
- Paul Weller - Stanley Road - EX - UK - cd album box set - £18.00, $22.50, €20.88 (New Item) (arrived 30-Nov-2023 13:00)on April 25, 2024 at 5:32 am
PAUL WELLER Stanley Road (1995 UK limited edition 12"-sized CD box set, comprising the 12-track CD with the Peter Blake artwork inlay, circular mailing card & a glossy sixteen-page colour 'Excerpts' booklet, housed in a 12" slipcase picture box. The packaging shows only minor shelf wear & the contents appear barely ever used)
- Paul Weller - 22 Dreams + Poster - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £29.99, $37.49, €34.79 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jan-2024 16:39)on April 25, 2024 at 5:32 am
PAUL WELLER 22 Dreams (2022 UK/EU limited edition 21-track double album 2-LP, originally released in 2008 and extremely hard to find on vinyl. This album received huge critical acclaim upon release and features a host of guest appearances throughout including Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Steve Cradock and Graham Coxon. This welcome reissue includes a fold-out poster and 8-page booklet inside its gatefold picture sleeve. Factory sealed with its clear title sticker sticker on the front. Recommended)
- Paul Weller - The Bottle (Big Boss Man Remixes) - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $18.75, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jan-2024 14:57)on April 25, 2024 at 5:32 am
PAUL WELLER The Bottle (2004 UK wide centred 7" vinyl single featuring Paul's cover version of the Gil-Scott Heron's groove classic, including both Big Boss Man Vocal & Instrumental versions, issued in the matching die-cut card sleeve VVR5026910)
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