Paul Weller's Wild Wood gets reissued :: Music News :: Articles

What does the leader of a seminal alt-rock outfit do when the time comes to go solo? If you're Morrissey or Frank Black, you drop those loser bandmates of yours and continue in the style for which you're already known. For Paul Weller, however, it was a bit trickier to strike out on his own. After celebrated stints fronting The Jam and The Style Council, Weller entered the '90s looking for a bit of mid-career self-reinvention. He found it on Wild Wood, an album which cemented his status as England's revered "Modfather." Incorporating some of the more folky elements that Jam songs like "English Rose" had once hinted at, Wild Wood quickly became a standard for Weller and the legions of young bands that followed him (Blur, Oasis).

On Feb. 5, Yep Roc Records will reissue the album, including a bonus disc of demos, unreleased cuts and BBC sessions tapes. Weller and original producer Brendan Lynch helped to oversee the repackaging job, which includes 43 tracks and a 28-page booklet of liner notes and interviews.

The complete track list:

Disc One:
1. Sunflower
2. Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)
3. Wild Wood
4. Instrumental One (Part 1)
5. All The Pictures On The Wall
6. Has My Fire Really Gone Out?
7. Country
8. Instrumental Two
9. 5th Season
10. The Weaver
11. Instrumental One (Part 2)
12. Foot Of The Mountain
13. Shadow Of The Sun
14. Holy Man (Reprise)
15. Moon On Your Pyjamas

Bonus tracks:
16. Hung Up (single)
17. Wild Wood (Portishead remix)
18. Magic Bus (b-side)
19. Ends Of The Earth (b-side)
20. This Is No Time (b-side)
21. Another New Day (b-side)
22. The Loved (b-side)

Disc Two:
1. Sunflower (demo)
2. Wildwood (demo)
3. Pictures On The Wall (demo)
4. Country (demo)
5. 5th Season (demo version 2)
6. The Weaver (demo)
7. Shadow Of The Sun (demo)
8. Moon On Your Pyjamas (demo)
9. Ends Of The Earth (demo)
10. Love Of The Loved (demo)
11. Price To Pay (demo)
12. Changes (demo)
13. I’m Only Dreaming (previously unreleased)
14. Ohio (demo version)
15. Oh Happy Day (previously unreleased)
16. Greetings (previously unreleased)
17. Wild Wood (demo version)
18. Weaver Of Dreams (demo version 2)
19. Foot Of The Mountain (BBC session version)
20. Hung Up (BBC session version)
21. Black Sheep Boy (BBC session version)