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For somebody with a restless creative spirit, Paul Weller has no quarrel with taking frequent strolls through his back pages. An Orchestrated Songbook finds the singer/songwriter plucking a number of softer tunes from throughout his career, then turning them over to Jules Buckley to arrange for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Weller held the concert on May 15, 2021, releasing it as An Orchestrated Songbook later in the year, and as something of a companion piece to Other Aspects: Live at Royal Festival Hall, the orchestrated live album he released just two years prior. Where Other Aspects was designed to showcase 2018's True Meanings, An Orchestrated Songbook gives away its game with its title. It's neither an unveiling of new material nor a bunch of greatest hits but rather a cohesive collection of ballads and introspective numbers punctuated by an occasional bit of pop. Most orchestral rearrangements of pop/rock material veer toward the grandiose, so it's noteworthy that An Orchestrated Songbook feels intimate, the symphony acting as empathetic support to Weller's guitar and voice. Buckley's arrangements of Weller's canny self-curation help give An Orchestrated Songbook a subtle but palpable emotional resonance that separates it from other orchestral pop reworkings, not to mention the heavy number of Weller live albums.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Dine, ComposerLyricist - Jules Buckley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jules Buckley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Davies, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Callum Au, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jules Buckley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Anthony Brown, ComposerLyricist - Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Doyle, ComposerLyricist - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Damiano Pascarelli, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Morrison, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jochen Neuffer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Crofts, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Simon Hale, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cooper, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jules Buckley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jochen Neuffer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Boy George, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Damiano Pascarelli, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Trapp, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Anthony Brown, ComposerLyricist - Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Doyle, ComposerLyricist - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jochen Neuffer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Simon Hale, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Celeste, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tommy Laurence, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jules Buckley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Phil Wright, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Paul Weller, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cooper, ComposerLyricist - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jules Buckley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ann McKay, Producer, Recording Producer, Sound Editor, StudioPersonnel - Vula Malinga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Editor, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Bryant, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Chris rouse, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevan Long, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Craddock, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ladonna Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paddy Linton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
Album review
For somebody with a restless creative spirit, Paul Weller has no quarrel with taking frequent strolls through his back pages. An Orchestrated Songbook finds the singer/songwriter plucking a number of softer tunes from throughout his career, then turning them over to Jules Buckley to arrange for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Weller held the concert on May 15, 2021, releasing it as An Orchestrated Songbook later in the year, and as something of a companion piece to Other Aspects: Live at Royal Festival Hall, the orchestrated live album he released just two years prior. Where Other Aspects was designed to showcase 2018's True Meanings, An Orchestrated Songbook gives away its game with its title. It's neither an unveiling of new material nor a bunch of greatest hits but rather a cohesive collection of ballads and introspective numbers punctuated by an occasional bit of pop. Most orchestral rearrangements of pop/rock material veer toward the grandiose, so it's noteworthy that An Orchestrated Songbook feels intimate, the symphony acting as empathetic support to Weller's guitar and voice. Buckley's arrangements of Weller's canny self-curation help give An Orchestrated Songbook a subtle but palpable emotional resonance that separates it from other orchestral pop reworkings, not to mention the heavy number of Weller live albums.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:47
- Main artists: Paul Weller
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited ℗ 2021 Solid Bond Productions Limited
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