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- Summary: The latest solo album for the ex-The Jam member, includes The Jam's bassist Bruce Foxton, Clem Cattini, ELO's Bev Bevan, and My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields as guest artists.
- Record Label: Yep Roc
- Genre(s): Rock
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Top Track
| No Tears to Cry | |
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| If you don't want to see me fall Turn your face to the wall There's no face left to hide There's no tears to cry 'Cause my eyes have dried If you... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 22
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Mixed: 3 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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The fearless try-anything spirit of Paul Welly, it seems, is still alive and well.
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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.
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Compact and succinctly direct, its 16 tracks rarely break the three-minute mark but are packed with a greater density of ideas than its predecessor.
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Wake Up The Nation, an album that goes a long way to differentiate itself from its predecessor in sound, texture and atmosphere.
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It's a collection of ludicrously fresh-sounding, short and sharp material (the majority of tracks are under two-and a-half minutes) that confirms he's in the midst of a seriously impressive rebirth.
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Modfather gets his weird on.
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Jan 7, 2011Lyrically Wake Up The Nation is largely inscrutable, while sonically it remains a shambling and ungainly listen.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Jun 23, 2012
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