Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks (2012)

1 	Green 	3:03
2 	The Attic 	2:15
3 	Kling I Klang 	3:14
4 	Sleep Of The Serene	 2:01
5   By The Waters	3:29	play
6 	That Dangerous Age 	2:30
7 	Study In Blue 	6:38
8   Dragonfly	3:41	play
9 	When Your Garden's Overgrown 	3:11
10 	Around The Lake 	2:12
11 	Twilight 	0:20
12 	Drifters 	3:07
13 	Paperchase 	5:02
14 	Be Happy Children 	2:46
15 	Starlite 	3:42
16 	Devotion 	4:02

Acoustic Guitar – Aziz Ibrahim
Backing Vocals – Hannah Weller, Leah Weller, Mac Weller
Bass – Marco Nelson, Roger Nowell
Bass, Celesta, Vibraphone [Vibes], Glockenspiel – Andy Lewis
Drums – Ben Gordelier, David Nock
Drums, Backing Vocals – Steve Pilgrim
Drums, Percussion – Charles Rees
Electric Guitar – Graham Coxon
Electric Guitar, Bass, Acoustic Guitar – Noel Gallagher
Electric Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals, Celesta, Vibraphone [Vibes], Glockenspiel – Andy Crofts
Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Mellotron, Synthesizer [Moog], Percussion,
 Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – P. W.
Electric Guitar, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Steve Cradock
Electric Guitar, Loops, Effects, Strings [Electronic] – Simon Dine 

Coinciding with musical and personal upheaval – and a new partner who finally got Paul Weller (pictured, right) into David Bowie – Sonik Kicks is the third in a triumvarite of experimental albums that seems to be the Woking mod's answer to the Thin White Duke's Berlin trilogy. Like 2008's 22 Dreams and 2010's Wake Up the Nation, Weller's 11th solo effort rampages from station to station: motorik Krautrock bleeds into to wah-wah freakouts to strings-drenched soul to pastoral psychedelia and even heavy dub, sometimes simultaneously. It's a dizzying but never baffling musical odyssey, anchored at crucial moments by more conventional songs – the imaginary Bowie-Blur collaboration That Dangerous Age or By the Waters, a soul ballad reminiscent of the Style Council and his early solo work. With the likes of the lovely Be Happy Children rooted in domestic bliss, fans of the more politicised Weller may miss the state-of-the-nation grumbling that inspired the Jam and Wake Up the Nation. However, you have to marvel that a 53-year-old man can still make music so brimming with adventure. --- Dave Simpson, guardian.co.uk

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