Stanley Road

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Stanley Road
Studio album by Paul Weller
Released	June 7, 1995
Recorded	The Manor, Oxford
Genre	Rock
Length	52:10
Label	Go! Discs / London Records
Producer	Paul Weller & Brendan Lynch
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Paul Weller chronology
Live Wood (1994) Stanley Road (1995) Heavy Soul (1997)

Stanley Road is the third album by Paul Weller, released by Go! Discs in 1995. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 46th greatest album of all time. The album's cover collage was created by the artist Peter Blake, designer of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album artwork (album package design for Weller was supervised by his longtime associate Simon Halfon). Weller claimed on a BBC special that he hopes he can one day create an album as perfect as this one, stating that all the stars were aligned during the writing and recording period of Stanley Road. The album had several notable contributors such as Noel Gallagher of Oasis, who appears playing acoustic guitar on I Walk on Gilded Splinters, Steve Winwood (formerly of The Spencer Davis Group amongst others) performs on the songs Woodcutters Son and Pink on White Walls, whilst Weller is also joined by long-time collaborators Steve Craddock (co-founder of Ocean Colour Scene) and Steve White (The Style Council and brother of Alan White the former Oasis stick man).

The "Stanley Road" of the title is Stanley Road [1], Woking, Surrey, the area where Paul Weller grew up (map).

In 2005 a three-disc 10th Anniversary Edition of the album was released.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Paul Weller, except as noted.

1. "The Changingman" (Brendan Lynch/Paul Weller) – 4:02
2. "Porcelain Gods" – 4:51
3. "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" (Dr. John) – 5:24
4. "You Do Something to Me" – 3:38
5. "Woodcutter's Son" – 4:43
6. "Time Passes..." – 4:56
7. "Stanley Road" – 4:18
8. "Broken Stones" – 3:16
9. "Out of the Sinking" – 3:51
10. "Pink on White Walls" – 2:39
11. "Whirlpool's End" – 7:11
12. "Wings of Speed" – 3:13

[edit] 10th Anniversary Edition

Stanley Road (10th Anniversary Edition)
Studio album by Paul Weller
Released	May 30, 2005
Recorded	The Manor, Oxford
Genre	Rock
Label	Island
Producer	Paul Weller & Brendan Lynch
Paul Weller chronology
Studio 150 (2004) Stanley Road (10th Anniversary Edition) (2005) As Is Now (2005)

Disc 1

1. "The Changingman" (Lynch/Weller)
2. "Porcelain Gods"
3. "I Walk On Gilded Splinters" (Dr. John)
4. "You Do Something To Me"
5. "Woodcutter's Son"
6. "Time Passes / Steam"
7. "Stanley Road"
8. "Broken Stones"
9. "Out Of The Sinking"
10. "Pink On White Walls"
11. "Whirlpools' End"
12. " Wings Of Speed"
13. "Sexy Sadie" (Beatles cover)
14. "I'd Rather Go Blind" (Bill Foster/Ellington Jordan)
15. "It's A New Day, Baby"
16. "I Didn't Mean To Hurt You"
17. "My Whole World Is Falling Down" (Live)
18. "A Year Late"
19. "Woodcutter's Son"

Disc 2 - B-Sides and Demos

1. "Trident Jam" (Take 3)
2. "Pink On White Walls" (Demo)
3. "Porcelain Gods" (Demo)
4. "Broken Stones" (Demo)
5. "Wings Of Speed" (Demo)
6. "The Changingman" (Demo)
7. "Everyone Must Have A Purpose" (Demo)
8. "You Do Something To Me" (Demo)
9. "A Year Late" (Demo)
10. "Whirlpools End/Steam" (alternate)
11. "Gtr + Moog Jam" (Demo)
12. "Corrina, Corrina" (Demo)
13. "Out On The Weekend" (Demo)
14. "Time Passes" (Demo 2)
15. "Time Passes" (Demo 3)
16. "Wings Of Speed" (Demo)
17. "Stanley Road" (Demo)
18. "Woodcutters Son" (Demo)
19. "Porcelain Gods" (instrumental)

Disc 3 - DVD

1. "Broke 'n' Stoned"
2. "Out Of The Sinking" (Making Of)
3. "Out Of The Sinking"
4. "The Changingman" (Making Of)
5. "The Changingman"
6. "You Do Something To Me" (Making Of)
7. "You Do Something To Me"
8. "Broken Stones" (Making Of)
9. "Broken Stones"

Preceded by Nobody Else by Take That

UK number one album May 27, 1995 – June 2, 1995

Succeeded by Singles by Alison Moyet