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A sequel to the 2003 compilation Fly on the Wall: B Sides & Rarities, the 2022 set Will of the People follows the same contours of its predecessor: it rounds up rarities, B-sides, and non-LP cuts Paul Weller released between 2002 and 2021, with the singer himself curating and sequencing the three discs. That's a lot of ground to cover, encompassing several comebacks and shifts in direction from Weller, changes in course that brought him toward some of his most adventurous music. Will of the People finds cohesion in this wandering by emphasizing soul-inflected jazz-folk, a style that can expand and contract according to both performance and production. Occasionally, the music here drifts out of orbit -- witness the dense dance beats of the 12-minute "Cosmic Fringes" which arrives toward the end of the comp -- and sometimes the intensity is ratcheted up, as it is on "Rip the Pages Up," but generally this stays in an amorphously defined yet pleasingly familiar comfort zone for Weller, playing not as a clearinghouse of stray songs but a long, cohesive guided journey through the past.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Cradock, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Rees, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Richard Wilkinson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Innes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Gillespie, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Simon Dine, Producer, Guitar, Percussion, Harmonica, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Cradock, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Rees, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jamie Johnson, Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 V2 Music Limited
Richard Fearless, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Producer
℗ 2006 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Young Fathers, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan "Stan" Kybert, ComposerLyricist - Straightface, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2022 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Producer
℗ 2006 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist - Andy Crofts, ComposerLyricist - Steve Pilgrim, ComposerLyricist - Ben Gordelier, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Stone Foundation, MainArtist
℗ 2015 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Simon Dine, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Mellotron, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Rees, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Producer, Mixer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Solid Bond Productions Limited
DISC 2
Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cradock, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Rees, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Crofts, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Producer
℗ 2006 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Simon Dine, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Producer, Mixer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Charles Rees, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harp, Vocals, Bass, Mellotron, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Rees, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Gordelier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Heel, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Hammond Organ, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Rees, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Crofts, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Lewis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Gordelier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Max Heyes, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Lynch, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Charles Rees, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 V2 Music Limited
Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Paul Weller, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Cradock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Rees, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Crofts, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Lewis, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Steve Pilgrim, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 V2 Music Limited, A Universal Music Company.
Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Producer
℗ 2006 Solid Bond Productions Limited
DISC 3
Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Nick Lunt, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Kybert, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Veacock, Trumpet, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Cradock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Rees, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Crofts, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Lewis, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Steve Pilgrim, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Gordelier, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Hannah Weller, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Van Heel, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stella Page, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Kotono Sato, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hannah Peel, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Antonia Pagulatos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Rees, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Katy Cox, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist - Andy Crofts, ComposerLyricist - Steve Pilgrim, ComposerLyricist - Ben Gordelier, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Weller, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - White Label, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Pete Gleadall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pet Shop Boys, Remixer, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Bass, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Cradock, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Rees, Producer, Editor, Engineer, Additional Producer, Synthesizer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jan "Stan" Kybert, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Ltd.
Paul Weller, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Album review
A sequel to the 2003 compilation Fly on the Wall: B Sides & Rarities, the 2022 set Will of the People follows the same contours of its predecessor: it rounds up rarities, B-sides, and non-LP cuts Paul Weller released between 2002 and 2021, with the singer himself curating and sequencing the three discs. That's a lot of ground to cover, encompassing several comebacks and shifts in direction from Weller, changes in course that brought him toward some of his most adventurous music. Will of the People finds cohesion in this wandering by emphasizing soul-inflected jazz-folk, a style that can expand and contract according to both performance and production. Occasionally, the music here drifts out of orbit -- witness the dense dance beats of the 12-minute "Cosmic Fringes" which arrives toward the end of the comp -- and sometimes the intensity is ratcheted up, as it is on "Rip the Pages Up," but generally this stays in an amorphously defined yet pleasingly familiar comfort zone for Weller, playing not as a clearinghouse of stray songs but a long, cohesive guided journey through the past.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 01:50:24
- Main artists: Paul Weller
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited This Compilation ℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
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