Significant longplayers from the past
11 October 2025
PAUL WELLER who started his career as the main man of mod punks
The Jam (1972-1982), afterward he started The Style Council (1983-1989)
with keyboardist Mick Talbot and he released his first solo LP in 1992.
Today 20 years ago, on 11 October 2025 his 8th album,
named AS IS NOW came out. It peaked at #4 in the UK.
Pitchfork said: “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
and start noticing things like the clever trombone counterpoint in the verses of
“Here’s the Good News”.
For a guy with nothing left to prove, Weller sounds determined not to fade away,
and as long as he keeps making records like this every couple of years, there’s no
danger of that happening.”
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