Wild Wood [Deluxe Edition], Paul Weller, Music CD
Paul Weller deservedly regained his status as the Modfather with his second solo album, Wild Wood . Actually, the album is only tangentially related to mod, since Weller picks up on the classicism of his debut, adding heavy elements of pastoral British folk and Traffic-styled trippiness. Add to that a yearning introspection and a clean production that nevertheless feels a little rustic, even homemade, and the result is his first true masterwork since ending the Jam. The great irony of the record...