Product Description
This set comprises the first 5 albums; Paul Weller, Wild Wood, Stanley Road, Heavy Soul and Heliocentric, from Paul Weller's highly successful solo career as he gathered pace to reach his now iconic and legendary status. This covetable box sets of classic albums represents the first half of the catalogue of an exceptional songwriter, guitarist and lyricist. It features some of the his most successful albums and showcases his constant drive to progress as an artist, never afraid to take chances and desire to always stay fresh.

[tracklisting]Disc: 1
1. Uh Huh Oh Yeh
2. I Didn't Mean To Hurt You
3. Bull - Rush
4. Round And Round
5. Remember How We Started
6. Above The Clouds
7. Clues
8. Into Tomorrow
9. Amongst Butterflies
10. The Strange Museum
11. Bitterness Rising
12. Kosmos

Disc: 2
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
16. Hung Up

Disc: 3
1. The Changingman
2. Porcelain Gods
3. I Walk On Gilded Splinters
4. You Do Something To Me
5. Woodcutters Son
6. Time Passes
7. Stanley Road
8. Broken Stones
9. Out Of The Sinking
10. Pink On White Walls
11. Whirlpool's End
12. Wings Of Speed

Disc: 4
1. Heavy Soul (Pt. 1)
2. Peacock Suit
3. Up In Suze's Room
4. Brushed
5. Driving Nowhere
6. I Should Have Been There To Inspire You
7. Heavy Soul (Pt. 2)
8. Friday Street
9. Science
10. Golden Sands
11. As You Lean Into The Light
12. Mermaids

Disc: 5
1. He's The Keeper
2. Frightened
3. Sweet Pea, My Sweet Pea
4. A Whale's Tale
5. Back In The Fire
6. Dust And rocks
7. There's No Drinking, After You're Dead
8. With Time And Temperance
9. Picking Up Sticks
10. Love - Less[/tracklisting]
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Awwww, man, did they have to make it look so pretty? File under "I don't need this but I want it."

Don't I already have deluxe editions of all of these?

Well, no, because Heavy Soul and Heliocentric haven't been deluxed yet. The five CDs in this box are all standard editions, in any case.

But you meant your question rhetorically, didn't you, Jimbo?

Who, moi?

I would love it if Heavy Soul and Heliocentric got the deluxe treatment.

Heavy Soul is inconsistent but the best songs are VERY good and it might be his best sounding album.

Heliocentric is very underrated. I listen to this one a lot.

Based on a recent interview, I think it's going to be a long time before we see deluxe editions of those two releases. I think it may have been in Uncut but he kept making cracks about deluxe editions of his past works. As if he really didn't care or see the point of it. He was in a very "lean forward" mode in the interview, so maybe he just wanted to keep the focus on his new material. Too bad I say. As an old fart, I find him fascinating how he openly adopts past styles in his music (Mod, soul, Nick Drake, etc) without trying to be cute about it. I swear if he got into early Tangerine Dream we'd see an instrumental album with analog synthesizers show up as his next release. Not straight mimicking though, just him saying hey this is a cool sound and I'm going to use it for a while. That'a why I'd like a Heavy Soul or Heliocentric deluxe set too. To see what was going on in his head while he was putting those albums out.

Yes, PES, and I feel like the raw mixes of Heliocentric tracks could be very good.

I don't think we'll get deluxe treatments of these albums either but it's at least partially due to the fact that they aren't considered as popular/classic as the previous three. I'm guessing the record company, who is going to be making the decision on this, wouldn't feel as sure about releasing these two under the deluxe flag as the previous three.

I like when Weller is in "lean forward" mode.

Bump: Added track listings to the first post. As expected, there are no bonus tracks (unless we count "Hung Up" on Wild Wood as a bonus track, since it was added for the second pressing a few months after the album was first released). These will just be humble budget editions of the albums in cardboard sleeves, packaged in a nice box.