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Modern Classics - The Greatest Hits

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  1. Out Of The Sinking
  2. Peacock Suit
  3. Sunflower
  4. The Weaver
  5. Wild Wood
  6. Above The Clouds
  7. Uh Huh Oh Yeh! (Always There To Fool You!)
  8. Brushed
  9. The Changingman
  10. Friday Street
  11. You Do Something To Me
  12. Brand New Start
  13. Hung Up
  14. Mermaids
  15. Broken Stones
  16. Into Tomorrow

After making his name with the Jam and then nearly losing it (in some quarters) with the Style Council, Paul Weller reemerged in 1992 with a self-titled album. Since then he s released four studio albums (and one live set, Live Wood), Modern Classics is a democratic collection, choosing three tracks from Paul Weller, four tracks from each of the rest, and adding one new single, Brand New Start, for good measure. There s not a loser in the lot, but the remarkable thing to note here is the coherence of this collection: Weller s mature rock and love of classic soul has resulted in a sound that s remained remarkably consistent over the course of the 1990s. There s plenty more that could ve been included--his cover of Sexy Sadie and the touching Has My Fire Really Gone Out? just for starters--which simply means there are plenty of reasons to mine his catalog after Modern Classics whets your appetite. --Randy Silver

Modfather Lite - This album shows the progression Paul Weller has made as a purely solo artist from 1992 to 1998. The tracks on it are stunning and include Changing Man Out of the Sinking Broken Stones You do something to me and many more it does not however include any of the stunning tracks which were not released as singles and therefore the collection is rather incomplete.I would advise anyone buying this to treat it as an introduction to Paul Weller s solo work and then go on and buy his back catalogue as I am sure you will find songs on the albums which are better than some of the tracks included. I say this as a die hard Weller fan that first saw the Jam in the 1970 s and still enjoys his work today.

Changingman gets selective.... - This is a tight well compiled and presented compilation containing all Mr Weller s singles from 1992 to 1998. What shows up is a stylish collection of strong songs ranging from the R&B charge of Peacock Suit to the soulful Broken Stones.Brand New Start is an effective addition to this showcase of the man s solo songwriting.So there s no experimental ambient house in here. So what. Here s an album of great songs played well by one of the UK s best songwriters. Respect due.

Never out of the CD changer - The quality of this collection is stunning - there is not a single duff track. Weller s raw, bluesy style is in evidence everywhere here from the pounding opening bars of Out Of the Sinking and continues throughout, with the exception of the lighter, more Style-Council-y Above The Clouds and the Beatle-esque Sunflower and Uh-Huh Oh-Yeh which actually sit very happily here as a reminder of Weller s range and gift for melody writing. Though it is hard to choose my favourite tracks, the opener, the immortal, beautiful You Do Something To Me and the classy Broken Stones are without equal. Whenever I play this album around the uninitiated, they always end up asking me what album is this, it s great! and I add another convert to the list. These are the kinds of songs that other artists only dream of producing. The guy is a god - and this album deserves every one of its 5 stars. This is music that never ages, dates or bores.

who would of though? - Who would of thought? i came across the man paul weller whil viewing Big brother amongst all things, they had the song you do somthing to me on one of the clips, and i fell i love with it there and then, and after that inspiration of such a good tune, i thought i need a bit more of that, thats when i purchased this album.i would reccomend it for people like me who havn t heard a lot of paul, as it gives a wide variety of songs.Who would of thought? big brother led me to a ledgend, whats next?!

The guy is an institution--his own institution - If you gave up on Paul Weller because the later Style Council stuff was not to your taste, you made a mistake. First of all, a lot of the unreleased Style Council stuff turned out far better than we could have thought once it was released. Anyway, this compilation/sampler is the single best way to get caught up on Weller. 70s influence comes out strong in this rock, but it s not the stuff that influenced the younger Weller of the Jam (or not mostly I think). As a sampler to what this genius is about, this collection is flawless. Then, if you like a particular song or songs, you can figure out what original l.p. to go back to. There is plenty more where this came from.With Stuart Adamson gone, it s nice to think that there are still a few who have made good on the promise of all that creativity that burst forth after punk. Weller belongs to that elite.




Modern Classics - The Greatest Hits