Paul Weller - 22 Dreams

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner at the Brits in 2007, Paul Weller releases his 9th Studio album 22 Dreams on June 2nd on Island Records (a return to the label from back in 2000).

Recorded over the course of a year at Paul’s own Black Barn Studios in Surrey, 22 Dreams is a 21-track kaleidoscopic tour de force incorporating rock, funk, soul, free jazz, krautrock, classical, spoken word, electronica and all stops in between. It’s a seventy minute (m)odyssey delivered with a verve and ambition to shame musicians half his age.

With production by Weller and Simon Dine, 22 Dreams features a roll call that includes ever faithful guitarist Steve Cradock plus appearances from the likes of Noel Gallagher & Gem Archer from Oasis, Little Barrie and Graham Coxon.

The album will be released on three formats: a deluxe 2-disc set - the album plus an additional bonus disc that features exclusive new recordings, collaborations and original demos and 32-page booklet all elegantly presented in a smart hardback book; a gatefold heavyweight double-vinyl set with 12-page booklet; and standard single-disc CD.

All versions feature a specially written short story by renowned poet Simon Armitage, his interpretation of the story he feels the album tells, entitled 'The Missing Dream'.

So, what do you think? Best reviewer each month gets £10 off their next order!