Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Kingston Technology 2GB SD Secure Digital Card
Braun Oral-B EB17-8 Refill Pack
|
|
|
|
Wild Wood | 
 enlarge | Artist: Paul Weller
Label: Universal / Island
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
Buy Used: £3.88
You Save: £5.11 (57%)
New (45) Used (15) from £3.88
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 2721
Format: Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 54 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 042282851321
EAN: 0042282851321
ASIN: B000001FI1
Release Date: September 1, 1993
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
| |
| Tracks:
| • | Sunflower | | • | Can You Heal Us (Holy Man) | | • | Wild Wood | | • | Instrumental One (Part 1) | | • | All The Pictures On The Wall | | • | Has My Fire Really Gone Out? | | • | Country | | • | Instrumental Two | | • | 5th Season | | • | The Weaver | | • | Instrumental One (Part 2) | | • | Foot Of The Mountain | | • | Shadow Of The Sun | | • | Holy Man | | • | Moon On Your Pyjamas | | • | Hung Up |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
The signs were good. He'd been getting into Neil Young, smoking joints and making pilgrimages to Nick Drake's grave, but nothing could have prepared us for quite such a return to form. The mood was autobiographical, most notably on "Has My Fire Really Gone Out" and the title track--both of which dealt with the writer's block that plagued Weller after The Style Council. And yet, Wild Wood is anything but morose: flutes and sundazed guitars adorn more pastoral moments; "Shadow Of The Sun" takes stock of youthful idealism and finds redemption in the wisdom of years; and "Sunflower" remains a superlative burst of psychedelic powerpop. But more than actual songs, it's the instrumental passages and interconnecting refrains that truly reveal their author's attention to detail--and give Wild Wood an edge over the rest of his solo material. --Peter Paphides
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Essential Listening August 4, 2004
megaolly (London)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
In '92, Paul Weller returned to the fray with his excellent eponymous debut solo album. The following year, he treated us to "Wild Wood", his second solo piece. He manages to channel his own influences into what has become an inspirational album for many of his Brit-Pop disciples. The criticisms levelled at the album, (and indeed Weller in general) usually fall along the "wears his influences on his sleeve" lines. To many, it isn't the fact that he credits his influences, more the fact that the results (in Wild Wood) are such a joy to behold. Weller has never been shy to cite artists worthy of his respect, and it seems unfair to penalise him for his honesty.
Wild Wood is an earthy, natural sounding album, with plenty of acoustic work and a few strangle-your-guitar-and-squawk-into-the-microphone moments. The album is enhanced by the understated yet noticeable production techniques of friend and collaborator Brendan Lynch. Weller's voice is by turns warm and gritty as necessary, his guitar style varied and efficient, and his compositions diverse yet cut-from-the-same-cloth. Steve White's punchy drum sound adds much to the album, never intrusive, but always supportive and interesting.An album which sees Weller's career as a solo artist start to take shape after the fantastic, yet dissimilar first album, Wild Wood deserves a place in any record collection, as an example of a seasoned song-writer in top form. I recommend the (Japanese) Pony Canyon release "More Wood" which collects b-sides and remixes from the same era, all of which are top-notch, and could have happily nestled in amongst the finalised "Wild Wood" track-listing.
All time great album No 1 June 5, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Weller really came back from the dead with this offering.After spluttering back to semi- conciousness with the self titled first album he shakes off the past and enters into a new era of confident songwriting with Whitey concreting his already rock steady back beat to PW,s enchanting acoustic and at times soulful sound(moon on your pyjamas). If you only buy one PW solo album make sure this is it (but follow it up with Stanley Road). BUY it NOW. Dixie Dean
Class February 20, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the Album that introduced me to the great man himself. I love the felling it gives you from nostagia to just pure pleasure. Other albums ie Stanley Road have come close but never quite made it.Each track ouzes pure genius musically and poetically. A must for any Weller fan (are you a fan without it however???)
Quite simply his best work October 26, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album is stunning. Every single song is a masterpiece in its' own right not just a simple album filler where Weller has run out of musical ideas. "Paul Weller" was a good starting album, "Stanley Road" is flecked with sparks of greatness and "Heavy Soul" is a poor hotch-potch of ideas, but "Wild Wood" is without doubt up there as one of the great albums by any artist ever. Ten out of Ten. Highlights include "All the Pictures on the Wall" and "5th Season" to name but a few.
Weller creates a subtle, yet energy filled atmosphere January 30, 2002
tonyjbeesley@aol.com (England, Essex)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Confirmation that his Style Council era was a prolonged denial of his true metier as a first-class uptight British rocker, Wild Wood also finds an apt and exciting stylistic language to express what's currently on the man's mind. Now 35, Weller carries an air of resignation to the harsh truths against which he railed for so long and so passionately. The title track bespeaks a weary disgust with the way things are, but this city slicker seems, if anything, inspired by the great outdoors to nostalgia, regret and melancholy. Likewise, his blending of such Mr Fantasy instrumentation as flute, Mellotron, Hammond organ and toothsome guitar has a conviction that out-thinks Lenny Kravitz's comparable retro-stylisms. Taking 17 years to make the transition from mod to hippy that the originals managed in three, Weller seems now to be conceding that he is, after all, a man out of time.
|
|
|
| |
