All sizzling streaks should come to an finish sooner or later, and Paul Weller, whose albums between 2008 and 2018 noticed him in a relentless state of reinvention, has appeared extra within the temper for consolidation lately. So titled as a result of its launch date is the day earlier than his 66th birthday, and with a sleeve by Peter Blake, 66 is notable for its illustrious co-writers: Suggs, on light opener Ship of Fools (though the vocal melody recollects Group America’s The Finish of an Act, which in all probability was not intentional), and Bobby Gillespie (Soul Wandering, the rockiest quantity right here). Noel Gallagher additionally contributes lyrics to at least one music.
Musically, there are particular nods to the Type Council, most clearly on My Greatest Good friend’s Coat and A Glimpse of You. The affecting I Woke Up takes its inspiration from a late-Nineteen Sixties episode of The Avengers, however is extra firmly rooted within the current sense of dislocation left by the pandemic (“My home was not my residence”). Weller peaks with the smouldering Burn Out, underpinned by strings and stylish saxophone. Elsewhere, nonetheless, Sleepy Hole and Nothing are distinctly underwhelming. Total, then, 66 is strong, fairly than distinctive.
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