Paul Weller - Stanley Road (deluxe edition, 2 CDs) (2005)

Named after a street in Weller's home-town of Woking in Surrey, this album was greeted with universal approval by critics and fans. The brilliant Peter Blake collage throughout the package portrays much greater nostalgia than is contained in the lyrics. The family snapshots and the Green Line picture serve only to fool the listener. The title track is clearly about the terraced houses that have now given way to 90s starter apartments, but the more personal content of tracks such as 'You Do Something To Me' is where Weller truly bares his soul. It would strongly appear that before recording this album, Weller listened to many Traffic albums.
Rolling Stone, Jul/1995 - 3/5 Stars - Good -- Entertainment Weekly, Jul/1995 -- - Rating: A- Q, Feb/1996 - Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995 -- Uncut - 4/5 stars -- Mojo - Ranked #86 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- " NME (Magazine) Dic/1995 - Ranked #25 in NME's 'Top 50 Albums Of The Year' for 1995 --

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Personnel:
Paul Weller (vocals, guitar, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, organ, Wurlitzer piano, Novatron, percussion);
Carleen Anderson (vocals);
Steve Cradock (acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals);
Noel Gallagher (acoustic guitar);
David Liddle (acoustic slide guitar);
Joy Hawley (cello);
Brendan Lynch (accordion, Mini-Moog synthesizer, tambourine, finger cymbals, cyremin);
Steve Winwood (keyboards);
Helen Turner (Hammond B-3 organ, organ, Novatron);
Mick Talbot (electric piano, organ);
Dr. Robert (bass, background vocals);
Mark Nelson, Yolanda Charles (bass);
Steve White (drums, percussion);
Constantine Wier (background vocals).