Paul Weller

One of the defining British albums of the 1990s, this was a massive hit everywhere but the U.S.A., and catapulted Weller to the classic rock pantheon. The gorgeous, bittersweet title track and other numbers inject passionate rock into pastoral folk, while instrumental Acid Jazz breaks offer some mood changes.

For anyone who has bothered to keep track, the musical evolution of singer/songwriter
and guitarist Paul Weller constitutes one of pop's more fascinating odysseys. Propelled by
the momentum of the '70s punk movement, Weller's first group, the Jam, became one of
the biggest bands in England but remained only a cult curiosity in the States. His '80s group,
the Style Council, abandoned the Jam's postmod pogo pop and bittersweet Brit... More >