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Paul Weller Interview At ShortList.com!

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Pitchfork Reviews Paul Weller's "Wake Up The Nation"

Paul Weller Wake Up the Nation [Yep Roc; 2010] 7.7 Joshua Klein, May 10, 2010 Paul Weller has said that his most recent album, 2008's 22 Dreams, was in many ways a response to turning 50. It was a gift to himself-- creating something indulgent, sprawling, and guest-heavy. Then again, Weller has never cared what anyone else thinks about him. This is a guy who disbanded the Jam at the peak of its popularity, did the same with the Style Council, then went solo and emerged if anything even more popular than before. Heck, he even dismissed most of his band before recording 22 Dreams, preferring a start-from-scratch approach. One familiar name who returns on Wake Up the Nation is frequent Weller producer and collaborator Simon Dine, who reportedly first delivered several of these songs to Weller in sketchy, abstract form and thus inspired the man to dive back into work. The biggest name enlisted to flesh out this rollicking and free-ranging set, however, is My Bloody Valentine...
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The Quietus Reviews Paul Weller's "Wake Up The Nation"

Paul Weller Wake Up The Nation Steve Jelbert , April 27th, 2010 07:49 The Quietus Psychedelia never dies, and seeing as really it's a polite signifier of music that evokes the kind of drug experience that can't really be fitted in around a busy work schedule it never will. But it does shift, and right now a woozy wave of, er, chillwave has taken over from the wobbly Wilson lovers most recently been labelled thus. But there are still classicists out there, clinging to backwards guitars and unexpected brass stabs just like they did back when acid was still legal and adults wanted to be children rather than the other way round. Even now I'm surprised as how effective the underrated Aliens are when they pop up suddenly on my iPod, jumbling up generations of lose-yourself music. Weller's new album does something similar, heading backwards in time and sounding all the better for it. 2008's sprawling 22 Dreams, also produced by Simon Dine, was over-praised, largely ...
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Leo Zero Comments On His Remix Of Paul Weller's "No Tears To Cry!"

“A remix for Paul Weller / Island records that was a real honour ( and a lot of fun) to do. I think of this sound as what was going on at Blackpool’s Mecca Ballroom on the Northern Soul scene – slightly disco-fied…. but this track also reminds me of Neil Diamond and Glen Campbell – it’s a truly great song, and I was literally jumping round the studio with excitement when I first heard it! It was one thing to land a Paul Weller mix after being a fan for so long, but then to find out it was for such a belter of a song was mind-blowing.I can’t take credit for any of the parts! – I just did a beef-up and added some drums… the original is actually constructed with a lot of separate samples, I was very surprised when I cracked it open – it sounds so live, I thought it was all original." Paul Weller - 'No Tears To Cry' ( Leo Zero Remix ) by Leo Zero
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Paul Weller's "Wake Up The Nation" Debuts On The Charts At Number...2!

From NME: AC/DC have hit Number One in the UK album chart tonight (April 25). 'Iron Man 2 - Official Soundtrack' - a career-spanning compilation of 15 songs - beat Paul Weller's 'Wake Up The Nation' in a closely-fought battle. The Top Ten UK albums are: 1. AC/DC - 'Iron Man 2 - OST' 2. Paul Weller - 'Wake Up The Nation' 3. Plan B - The Defamation Of Strickland Banks 4. Meat Loaf - 'Hang Cool Teddy Bear' 5. Scouting For Girls - 'Everybody Wants To Be On TV' 6. Lady Gaga - 'The Fame' 7. Paolo Nutini - 'Sunny Side Up' 8. Kate Nash - My Best Friend Is You' 9. Justin Bieber - 'My World' 10. Florence and the Machine - 'Lungs'
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