Stanley Road

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Stanley Road
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Studio album by
Paul Weller
ReleasedMay 1995
Studio The Manor Studios, Oxfordshire
Genre Soft rock
Length52:10
Label Go! Discs
Producer
Paul Weller chronology
Live Wood
(1994)		Stanley Road
(1995)		 Heavy Soul
(1997)
Paul Weller chronology
Studio 150
(2004)		Stanley Road (10th Anniversary Edition)
(2005)		 As Is Now
(2005)
Stanley Road track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Changingman" Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller4:02
2."Porcelain Gods" 4:51
3."I Walk on Gilded Splinters"John Creaux (Dr. John)5:24
4."You Do Something to Me" 3:38
5."Woodcutter's Son" 4:43
6."Time Passes..." 4:56
7."Stanley Road" 4:18
8."Broken Stones" 3:16
9."Out of the Sinking" 3:51
10."Pink on White Walls" 2:39
11."Whirlpools' End" 7:11
12."Wings of Speed" 3:13
10th anniversary edition (Disc 1: Bonus Tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Sexy Sadie" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 2:41
14."I'd Rather Go Blind"Bill Foster, Ellington Jordan 4:09
15."It's a New Day, Baby" 2:12
16."I Didn't Mean to Hurt You" (Live) 3:51
17."My Whole World Is Falling Down" (BBC Radio 1 The Evening Sessions version) Bettye Crutcher, Booker T. Jones 3:21
18."A Year Late" 4:18
19."Woodcutter's Son" (BBC Radio 1 The Evening Sessions version) 4:20
10th anniversary edition (Disc 2: B-Sides and Demos)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Trident Jam" (Take 3)Paul Weller, Steve White 1:37
2."Pink on White Walls" (Demo 2) 3:25
3."Porcelain Gods" (8 track demo) 4:46
4."Broken Stones" (Demo 1) 3:06
5."Wings of Speed" (8 track demo) 2:42
6."The Changingman" (8 track demo)Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller4:21
7."Everyone Must Have a Purpose" 2:38
8."You Do Something to Me" (Demo 3) 3:32
9."A Year Late" (Demo 1) 4:11
10."Whirlpools' End/Steam" (Alternative version)Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller4:00
11."Gtr + Moog Jam" (Demo) 1:25
12."Corrina, Corrina" Traditional, arranged by Jesse Ed Davis, Taj Mahal 2:52
13."Out on the Weekend" Neil Young 2:58
14."Time Passes..." (Demo 2) 3:21
15."Time Passes..." (Demo 3) 3:33
16."Wings of Speed" (Demo 2) 3:14
17."Stanley Road" (Demo 1) 5:15
18."Woodcutter's Son" (8 track demo) 3:48
19."Porcelain Gods" (Instrumental) 5:33
10th anniversary edition (Disc 3: Broke 'n' Stoned – Stanley Road Revisited)
No.TitleLength
1."Broke 'n' Stoned"30:15
2."Out of the Sinking"3:59
3."The Changingman"3:28
4."You Do Something to Me"3:44
5."Broken Stones"3:22

Vinyl version

All songs written by Paul Weller, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Changingman" Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller4:02
2."Porcelain Gods" 4:51
3."I Walk on Gilded Splinters" John Creaux 5:24
4."You Do Something to Me" 3:38
5."Woodcutter's Son" 4:43
6."Time Passes..." 4:56
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Stanley Road"4:18
2."Broken Stones"3:16
3."Out of the Sinking"3:51
4."Pink on White Walls"2:39
5."Whirlpools' End"7:11
6."Wings of Speed"3:13

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Stanley Road
Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 65
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 37
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 1

Certifications

Sales certifications for Stanley Road
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] 4× Platinum1,200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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