Paul Weller has introduced particulars of a brand new studio album, Discover Eldorado. The album is launched on July 25 on Parlophone.
The album is a deeply private assortment of reinterpretations. “These are songs I’ve carried with me for years,” Weller says. “They’ve taken on new shapes over time. And now felt just like the second to share them.”
The album has been produced and organized by Steve Craddock and options collaborations with the likes of Hannah Peel, Declan O’Rourke, Robert Plant, Seckou Keita, Amelia Coburn and Noel Gallagher.
You possibly can hear two songs from Discover Eldorado beneath.
“Lawdy Rolla” beneath – initially by an obscure French studio band referred to as The Guerrillas, who featured African jazz star Manu Dibango of their ranks.
And Brian Protheroe’s 1974 hit “Pinball”, which options saxophone from Jacko Peake.
You possibly can pre-order the album right here.
And right here’s the Discover El Dorado monitor listing – with the artists who initially recorded the songs in brackets…
Handouts within the Rain (Richie Havens)
Small City Speak (Bobby Charles)
El Dorado (Eamon Friel)
White Line Fever (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
One Final Chilly Kiss (Christy Moore)
When you find yourself a King (White Plains)
Pinball (Brian Protheroe)
The place There’s Smoke, There’s Hearth (Willie Griffin)
I Began a Joke (Bee Gees)
By no means the Similar (Lal and Mike Waterson)
Lawdy Rolla (The Guerrillas)
No person’s Idiot (The Kinks)
Journey (Duncan Browne)
Daltry Road (Jake Fletcher / PP Arnold)
Clive’s Music (Hamish Imlach)
