• Record Label: Yep Roc
  • Release Date: Oct 11, 2005
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16

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  1. JohnP
    Oct 25, 2005
    8
    Paul's best album since Stanley Road
  2. MarkW
    Jan 11, 2006
    9
    Up there with his first three solo albums. Great songs and an´energy (and tempo) that has been missing from his recent works.
  3. khansen
    Jan 24, 2006
    9
    Holy crap! This guy is still making great records nearly 30 years into his career...and this is one of his best. If you like intelligent rock and roll, you'll love this record. I can't stop listening to it.
  4. GeirB
    Dec 6, 2005
    8
    Still rocking at his best and the younger ones have much to learn
  5. PhilipB
    Jan 29, 2006
    7
    It must be very difficult being a musical icon with a long track record. Approaching 50 years of age is it likely that Weller would produce a record that could match his earlier Jam, Style Council or solo efforts? This latest offering is pleasant and inoffensive - good but not great. It will earn him no new fans but should, by the same token, lose him few.
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Mojo
    80
    As Is Now may be his finest and most consistent record since 1993's Wild Wood; possibly even since the days of The Jam. [Nov 2005, p.100]
  2. A great study in songcraft, but not a consistently exciting listen.
  3. Where on the first listen I found it merely okay, it's a record that reveals itself as a work of surprising depth and detail when you give it multiple spins.