Heavy Soul (Paul Weller album)

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Heavy Soul
Paul weller heavy soul.jpg
Studio album by
Released23 June 1997
StudioWoolhall Studios, Bath
Genre Rock, rhythm and blues, blue-eyed soul
Length40:44
Label Island
Producer
Paul Weller chronology
Stanley Road
(1995)
Heavy Soul
(1997)
Modern Classics: The Greatest Hits
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
NME 5/10 [4]
Pitchfork Media 8.6/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Village Voice C [7]

Heavy Soul is the fourth solo album by English singer-songwriter Paul Weller, originally released on 23 June 1997 (5 August in the US). The album received largely favourable reviews. It sold enough to be the number one album on its week of release, however it was denied this position on a technicality – five images within the album's booklet were replaced with postcards of the images in the Special Edition release, meaning that sales of the Special Edition did not count towards the album's sales as they were defined as free gifts.

Contents

The title was lifted from a 1961 Ike Quebec album of the same name.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Weller; except where indicated

  1. "Heavy Soul (Pt 1)"
  2. "Peacock Suit"
  3. "Up in Suzes' Room"
  4. "Brushed" (music: Weller, Mark Alan "Marco" Nelson, Steve White; words: Weller)
  5. "Driving Nowhere"
  6. "I Should Have Been There to Inspire You"
  7. "Heavy Soul (Pt 2)"
  8. "Friday Street"
  9. "Science"
  10. "Golden Sands"
  11. "As You Lean Into the Light"
  12. "Mermaids"

The Japanese edition included a bonus track, "Eye of the Storm" which was originally on the B-side of the "Peacock Suit" single. [8]

Personnel

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Technical

Charts

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