On June 7, 1995, “Go! Discs” label released “Stanley Road”, the third Paul Weller album. It was recorded in 1995, at “The Manor” in Oxford, and was produced by Paul Weller and Brendan Lynch. The album’s cover was by the artist Peter Blake, designer of “The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s” album artwork . In 1998 “Q” magazine readers voted “Stanley Road” the 46th Greatest album of all time.
Personnel:
- Paul Weller – vocals, guitar, piano, shakers, organ, percussion, novatron, Hammond Organ, Wurlitzer
- Steve Cradock– acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
- Noel Gallagher– acoustic guitar
- David Liddle – acoustic slide guitar
- Steve Winwood– piano, Hammond Organ, Wurlitzer
- Helen Turner – Hammond Organ, Novatron Strings, organ
- Brendan Lynch– Cyremin, Mini-Moog, tambourine, accordion, finger cymbals
- Mick Talbot– Fender Rhodes, pipe organ, Hammond Organ
- Yolanda Charles – bass
- Robert– bass, backing vocals
- Mark Nelson – bass
- Steve White– drums, percussion
- Joy Hawley – cello
- Carleen Anderson – vocals, backing vocals
- Constantine Wier – Voodoo vocal
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Weller, except where noted.
- The Changingman – Brendan Lynch, Paul Weller
- Porcelain Gods
- I Walk on Gilded Splinters – John Creaux
- You Do Something to Me
- Woodcutter’s Son
- Time Passes
- Stanley Road
- Broken Stones
- Out of the Sinking
- Pink of the White Walls
- Whirpools’ End
- Wings of Speed