Paul Weller

At 65 years old, Paul Weller has this physical status:

Solo career

For the first time since he was 17, Weller was homeless and without a recording contract in 1989. After being off for the majority of 1990, he returned to the road late in the year, playing as "The Paul Weller Movement" with long-time drummer and friend Steve White and Paul Francis (session bassist from the James Taylor Quartet). After a slow start to playing small clubs with a mixture of Jam/Style Council classics as well as showcasing new music like "Into Tomorrow," by the time of his 1992 LP's release, Paul Weller had started to re-establish himself as a leading British singer-songwriter. This self-titled album saw a return to a more jazz-guitar-focused sound, with samples and a funk influence with shades of the Style Council sound. Brendan Lynch, a new designer, appeared on the album as a new artist. "Here's a New Thing" and "That Spiritual Feeling" were among the new acid jazz songs on sale.

Weller returned to the studio in 1993 with a renewed sense of direction, having been buoyed by the positive commercial and critical success of his first solo album. The result of these sessions, which included the singles "Sunflower" and "Wild Wood," and was accompanied by Steve White, guitarist Steve Cradock, and bassist Marco Nelson, was the triumphant Mercury Music Prize-nominated Wild Wood.

Stanley Road, his 1995 album, brought him back to the top of the British charts for the first time in a decade, and his career went on to become the best-selling album of his career. The album, which was released on the street in Woking, where he had grew up, marks a return to his earlier days' more guitar-based style. "The Changingman," the album's main single, was also a big hit, propelling Weller to No. 1 in 2013. In the UK Singles Chart, 7 is the highest singles chart in the country. The ballad "You Do Something To Me" was his second straight Top 10 single and reached No. 10. In the United Kingdom, 9 people are on the 9th floor.

Weller was immediately identified with the burgeoning British pop movement, which gave rise to bands like Oasis, Pulp, and Blur. Noel Gallagher (of Oasis) has been named as a guest guitarist on Stanley Road's "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" as a guest guitarist. Weller returned the favour by appearing as a guest guitarist and backing vocalist on Oasis' hit song "Champagne Supernova."

Weller's sound was changed again in Heavy Soul, the sequel to the million-selling Stanley Road. The album was more raw than its predecessor; Weller was now performing live in the studio in as few takes as possible. The first single "Peacock Suit" debuted at No. 1. The album debuted at number five in the UK Singles Chart, and it debuted at No. 59 on the UK Singles Chart, with the album debuting at No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. 2. Complements: The success in the charts came from compilations: "Best Of" albums by the Jam and the Style Council charted, and David Wright's own collection Modern Classics was also a huge success, and he introduced Modern Classics in 1998.

Heliocentric, his fifth solo studio album released in 2000 while living in Send, Surrey, was released in 2000. Weller's Days of Speed worldwide tour gave him the opportunity to view his collections as part of his back catalogue, a second best-selling live album in 2001. Days of Speed featured acoustic interpretations from his world tour of the same name, as well as some of his best-known songs from his solo career and his Jam and Style Council back catalogues.

At the time, Heliocentric was speculated that it would be Weller's last studio attempt, but these were unfounded when he launched the No. 457. In September 2002, 1 hit album Illumination. It was co-produced by Noonday Underground's Simon Dine and it was followed by another top-ten hit song "It's Written in the Stars." Weller also appears on the Noonday Underground album Surface Noise in 2002, singing on the track "I'll Walk Right On."

Weller collaborated with Terry Callier on the single "Brother to Brother," which appeared on Callier's album Speak Your Peace. Weller co-founded Electronic rock band Death in Vegas on a back cover of Gene Clark's "So You Say You Forgotten Your Baby," which appeared on their Scorpio Rising album in 2003.

Weller's Studio 150, an album of covers, was released in 2004. It debuted at No. 1 in the United States. Among others, Bob Dylan's "All Around the Watchtower" was included in the UK charts, as well as reviews of songs by Gil Scott-Heron, Rose Royce, and Gordon Lightfoot.

"From the Floorboards Up," "Come On/Let's Go," and "Here's the Good News" were among Weller's 2005 albums "From the Floorboards Up." The album was well-received, but critics said he was not pushing his music forward stylistically, and that it became his lowest-charting album since his 1992 debut.

Weller was selected as the next recipient of the BRIT Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award in February 2006. Despite a tendency to avoid such occasions, Weller accepted the award in person and performed four songs at the function, including the Jam's signature "Town Called Malice." Catch-Flame!, another double live album titled Catch-Flame!, starring songs from both his solo and his time with the Jam and the Style Council, was released in June 2006. The album Hit Parade, which contained all the singles released by the Jam, the Style Council, and Weller during his solo career, was unveiled in late 2006. Two versions of this album were released: a single disc with a selection from each stage of his career's release, and a four-disc limited edition that included every single single released and came with a 64-page booklet. In the 2006 birthday honors, Weller was accepted as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, but declined.

Weller, a fellow vocalist on the album issue of the folk musical group Imagined Village, in 2007.

On June 2, 2008, the double album 22 Dreams was released with "Echoes Round the Sun" as the lead single. Weller had left the company with his current band before releasing this album, with Andy Lewis on bass, Andy Crofts of the Moons on keys, and Steve Pilgrim of the Stands on drums. Weller took a more experimental route with this album, including jazz, folk, and tango, as well as the pop-soul more associated with his Style Council days. Weller appeared on two songs from the Moon's album "Life on Earth" as a pianist on "Wondering" and lead guitar on "Last Night on Earth," as well as on two songs from "Life on Earth."

Weller was the surprise winner of the 2009 BRIT award for "Best Male Solo Artist," which resulted in controversy when it was discovered that a surprising number of bets had been placed for Weller to win the award, which included James Morrison, T4's favorite. The bookmakers had lost £100,000 in the case, and that meant that they would not be taking bets on the awards in the future.

Dot Allison's 2009 album, Room 712, was co-written "Love's Got Me Crazy" by Weller in 2009. He appeared on tour in November and December, as well as in New England, where he appeared in hundreds of venues around the country.

Weller received the Godlike Genius Award at the NME Awards on February 24, 2010. Wake Up the Country, his 2010 album, was released in April to critical acclaim and was later nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Bruce Foxton, a guitarist from Jam, appeared on the album for the first time in 28 years. "I've enjoyed the last 33 years I've been writing songs, and I hope to do more," Weller said in May 2010.

Weller's eleventh studio album, Sonik Kicks, was released on March 19th. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, ranked at number one.

Weller's Dragonfly EP, a limited edition vinyl run of 3000 copies, was released on December 17, 2012.

On the Moons' 2012 album Something Soon, Weller performed vocals. Weller headlined the Crisis charity concert at the Hammersmith Apollo in December 2012, where he appeared with Emeli Sande, Miles Kane, and Bradley Wiggins. Paul Weller appeared on stage with Damon Albarn, Noel Gallagher, and Graham Coxon on "Tender" on Blur on March 23, 2013. This was performed as part of Noel Gallagher's Teenage Cancer Trust concerts.

For Olly Murs' fourth album Never Been Better, Weller wrote "Let Me In" in 2014.

Weller's Pattern album was released in 2015 on the West Coast of the United States to promote the Saturn's Pattern album. The tour ran from 9 June to 9 October.

He made a cameo appearance in "The Final Problem," the last episode of BBC TV series Sherlock's series Four.

Other Aspects, Live at the Royal Festival Hall, was released on March 8, 2019. It's the second of two shows and it was recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London in October 2018. With an orchestra, it was the second of two performances.

Weller's 15th solo album On Sunset, released on July 3rd and debuted at No. 1 in the United Kingdom Albums Chart, putting Weller's Weller UK number one album spanning five decades. He joins John Lennon and Paul McCartney in being able to distinguish himself. As part of the Jam (1982), his number one album: The Gift. Our Favorite Shop as part of the Style Council (1985), and solo albums Stanley Road (1995), Illumination (2008), Sonik Kicks (2012), and On Sunset (2020).

Weller's 16th solo album, Fat Pop (Volume 1), was released on May 14th, 2021, with critical praise, and it debuted at number one in the charts. Weller's catalogue of songs from his catalogue appeared live at the Barbican Centre in London on May 15th, with Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In December 2021, An Orchestrated Songbook, a live album of the recording session, was released.

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