Sonik Kicks

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Sonik Kicks
SonikKicks.jpg
Studio album by
Paul Weller
Released19 March 2012 (2012-03-19)
Recorded2010-11
StudioBlack Barn Studios, Woking, Surrey
Genre Rock, alternative rock, electronic rock [1]
Label Island
Producer
  • Paul Weller
  • Simon Dine
Paul Weller chronology
Wake Up the Nation
(2010)		Sonik Kicks
(2012)		 More Modern Classics
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B− [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 8/10 [6]
Pitchfork 6.5/10 [7]
PopMatters 8/10 [8]

Sonik Kicks is the eleventh studio album from Paul Weller, an English singer-songwriter and former member of The Jam; it was released on 19 March 2012. The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart beating David Guetta's Nothing But the Beat to the top spot by just 250 copies. [9]

Contents

Singles

"Starlite" was the first single released from the album, as a download and vinyl 12" in August 2011, it reached #113 in the UK Singles Chart.

"That Dangerous Age" was released in March 2012 as a CD, vinyl 7" and download, peaking at #66 in the UK. It was performed live on The Jonathan Ross Show.

"Birthday" was released as a non-album download single in August 2012, peaking at #64 in the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

Standard listing
  1. "Green" (Weller, Dine) - 3:03
  2. "The Attic" (Weller, Dine) - 2:15
  3. "Kling I Klang" (Weller, Dine) - 3:14
  4. "Sleep of the Serene" (Weller, Ibrahim, Rees) - 2:00
  5. "By The Waters" (Weller, Ibrahim) - 3:29
  6. "That Dangerous Age" (Weller, Dine) - 2:30
  7. "Study in Blue" (Weller, Dine) - 6:37
  8. "Dragonfly" (Paul Weller, Jasmine Weller, Dine) - 3:41
  9. "When Your Garden's Overgrown" (Weller, Dine) - 3:11
  10. "Around The Lake" (Weller, Dine) - 2:11
  11. "Twilight" (Weller, Cradock) - 0:20
  12. "Drifters" (Weller, Cradock, Dine) - 3:07
  13. "Paperchase" (Weller, Dine) - 5:01
  14. "Be Happy Children" (Weller, Dine) - 2:45
Bonus Tracks (Deluxe Edition)
  1. "Starlite" (Weller, Dine) - 3:41
  2. "Devotion" (Weller) - 4:01

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Release history

CountryRelease dateFormat(s)
United Kingdom 19 March 2012CD, vinyl, digital download

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