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Paul Weller
- Record Label: Parlophone
- Release Date: Mar 10, 2017
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- Summary: The debut soundtrack from the British artist is for Thomas Napper's independent film about an ex-youth boxing champion returning home.
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- Record Label: Parlophone
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen
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Top Track
| The Ballad of Jimmy McCabe | |
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| Where you gonna run now, old Jimmy? To the dark of night now, old Jimmy. Gonna run 'till there ain't no breath Left inside my tired chest, Only then... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Mar 13, 2017Jawbone is not only accomplished, it’s also occasionally stunning.
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Mar 13, 2017Jawbone isn’t likely to shoot to the top of a fan’s “favorite Paul Weller albums” list anytime soon--the stuff he does regularly is far more effective. But as a debut soundtrack, this is an extremely strong effort, and with Weller continuing to push boundaries farther and farther as his career progresses.
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MagnetApr 14, 2017It's never going to set the charts alight, but Weller obsessives should take it to heart. [No. 141, p.61]
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Mar 13, 2017The songs "The Ballad of Jimmy McCade" and "Bottle" hail back to "English Rose," while "Jawbone" simmers to funky wah-wah rhythms and swaths of psychedelic guitars. These grab the attention--the other three short selections are essentially incidental music, even "Jawbone Training" with its hyperactive hi-hats--but the album's centerpiece is its opener, "Jimmy/Blackout," a 21-minute suite that builds from atmospheric electronics to a shimmering sung denouement from Weller.
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Q MagazineMar 14, 2017Voice-over clips from the movie aside, you'd assume this was a middleweight urban angst flick rather than about a fistic comeback-too-far. No matter, a job well done. [May 2017, p.112]
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Mar 13, 2017Jawbone certainly has an interesting sonic palette, but like most soundtracks it really needs the accompanying moving images to make it complete.
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