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Paul Weller - Studio 150 Audio CD

A fair review of the Paul Weller "Studio 150" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Paul Weller reviews here, or go back to the Paul Weller tabs.

Paul Weller Band: Paul Weller
Title: Studio 150
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Release Date: 2004-09-14
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: If I Could Only Be Sure 2: Wishing on a Star 3: Don't Make Promises 4: Bottle 5: Black Is the Colour 6: Close to You 7: Early Morning Rain 8: One Way Road 9: Hercules 10: Thinking of You 11: All Along the Watchtower 12: Birds

filler until the next proper record
Even managed to catch him twice in concert. Big weller fan here- from the jam through the early council years- and of most of his solo output. This cover record is a fair offering from weller- a couple of tunes done well and others just going through the motions of stanley road or heavy soul era gruffness. Not essential in anyway but if you get it used it looks nice stacked next to his massive output and makes for a good listen with some track skipping. . Some of the better tunes actually come with the bonus disc- so try to get that one. Otherwise its pretty typical weller-strong muscianship- a steady voice-some blue eyed soul- but hes done it better before. Hes been on a roll the last couple of years- the new ones out in october- lets hope hes learned to stop being himself so much and embraced some new sounds instead of retreading the past. Still he is the modfather so nothing but respect for the woking wonder!.


Music Evangelist
He is a music scholar and evangelist. Anyone who has seen Paul Weller live knows that he plays many cover songs. On Studio 150 he shows that he has the uncanny ability to make any song his own. All the sappiness and over-production of The Carpenters' "Close To You" has been excised leaving the real sentiment of the song behind. Rose Royce's "Wishing On A Star" now seems like a Paul Weller original. Even one of the most over-done songs, Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" sounds fresh. There is not a bad track on this disc (even the bonus 6 track CD is good).

For more great music (done by the original artists) check out Paul Weller - Under The Influence.

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Great arrangements and song choices
Paul Weller has chosen some really great songs to cover and gives all of them the justice they're due. I could attempt to disect every song on this cd and relate their importance, but I'll skip all of that to say this: put it on and just let it play for days. Probably his most consistent work in some time. The voice is there: clear, concise, and smooth. He surrounded himself with some really good backing musicians also. But the color layout of the insert makes it difficult to determine who are the contributing artists. A minor discrepancy that is tolerable.


Cover master
Believe it or not, Paul just does it. How many do better than the original? At least, one does. If you get a chance to listen to Fellin' Alright, you'll be even more convinced. I've seen the guy a dozen times on stage. He really overdoes them all. .


talented? what?
I dont think he does justice to Nolan Porter's "If I could only be sure" on the first track at all: If you want to hear some great music listen to the original!!! . How can he be such an enormous talent when all he does is copy off of other people? sorry i just cant see it.


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