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PAUL WELLER

As the leader of the Jam, Paul Weller fronted the most popular British band of the punk era, influencing legions of English rockers ranging from his mod revival contemporaries to the Smiths in the '80s and Oasis in the '90s. During the final days of the Jam, he developed a fascination with Motown and soul, which led him to form the sophisti-pop group the Style Council in 1983. As the Style Council's career progressed, Weller's interest in soul developed into an infatuation with jazz-pop and house music, which eventually led to gradual erosion of his audience -- by 1990, he couldn't get a record contract in the U.K., where he had previously been worshiped as a demigod. As a solo artist, Weller returned to soul music as an inspiration, cutting it with the progressive, hippie tendencies of Traffic...
"WAKE UP THE NATION" 2010     LP    ISLAND RECORDS     2732868   
MADE IN ENGLAND     ORIGINAL PRESSING SINGLE COVER + BLACK INNER SLEEVE + FOLDOUT INSERT
NOTES: - Flip back sleeve - LP cover features foil on front cover (where the amp knobs are). - Insert includes folded lyric sheet, with photos and artwork. - Record comes in black paper die-cut inner sleeve (poly-lined).
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Barcode: 6 02527 32868 3 Label Code: none
LABEL: ISLAND - PINK/BLACK BLOCK LABEL - BLACK TEXT Catalog on cover: 2732868 Catalog on labels: 273268
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): www.gzvinyl.com - 2732868-A 86278E1/A  (Etched): A1  JD Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 2732868-B 86278E2/A
On labels: rim text reads "? 2010 V2 Music Limited..........prohibited Recording Produced by Simon Dine Published by BMG / Universal Music / Copyright Control Made in England
On Insert: Lyrics & Credits & Notes by Paul Moody
On Back Cover: Recording Produced by Simon Dine ? 2010 V2 Music Limited.......... © 2010 Universal-Island Records..........prohibited.
tracklisting Side A: MOONSHINE - WAKE UP THE NATION - NO TEARS TO CRY - FAST CAR / SLOW TRAFFIC ANDROMEDA - IN AMSTERDAM - SHE SPEAKS - FIND THE TORCH, BURN THE PLANS Side B: AIM HIGH - TREES - GRASP & STILL CONNECT - WHATEVER NEXT 7&3 IS THE STRIKERS NAME - UP THE DOSAGE - PIECES OF DREAM - TWO FAT LADIES
grading RECORD EX but (please, read above description) SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Prior to 2008’s 22 Dreams, Paul Weller was shorthand for stalwart rock & roll, never disappointing but rarely challenging, either. With 22 Dreams, he reconnected with his spirit of adventure -- the thing that drove him to split up the Jam at their peak to form the Style Council -- and created a rich pastoral double album that thrived on risk. Buzzing with guitars and gurgling effects, and built upon a succession songs that barely crest the two-minute mark, Wake Up the Nation doesn’t share much with 22 Dreams, apart from that sense of adventure with Weller cramming a suite’s worth of twists into a song. As packed as these tunes are, they’re drawn with crisp lines; for as busy as these are, nothing feels cluttered, they’re all teeming with life. Many of the left turns arrive via the arrangements -- witness how everything careens out of control after the chorus of “Grasp & Still Connect,” the elastic psychedelia of “Andromeda,” the updated New Orleans shuffle of “Trees’ -- or the unexpected collaborations, whether it’s the tightly wound reunion with the Jam’s Bruce Foxton on “Fast Car/Slow Traffic” or bringing in My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields to craft the dense dangerous heartbeat of “7&3 Is the Strikers Name,” but this isn’t window-dressing: the entire effect is 22 Dreams in reverse, contracting where its predecessor expanded, substituting introspection for action, swapping contemplation for excitement. Wake Up the Nation pulsates with an energy considerably different than the stomping rock & roll of As Is Now. That was all musical muscle, but this is music of the mind that remains fiercely visceral, music that feels of a piece of Weller’s entire body of work, but is quite unique in its execution and impact...(AllMusic)