Name: True Meanings by Paul Weller
Brand: Paul Weller
SKU: 190295620455
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4 (98 reviews)

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Consider True Meanings Paul Weller's comedown from a combustive, creative decade begun with 22 Dreams. That 2008 double album was co-produced with Simon Dine, who proved to be such a vital collaborator for Weller that the singer/songwriter found it difficult to shake off the producer's influence after the two parted ways acrimoniously in 2012. Weller's initial reaction to the split was to follow the straight and narrow on 2017's appealing A Kind Revolution but True Meanings, delivered just a year later, finds him mellowing and entering a reflective groove. No amplifiers are cranked on True Meanings: the entire enterprise is anchored on folky finger-picking and strumming, which is in turn dressed in elegant orchestrations. Often, the lush strings and gentle horns are reminiscent of the orchestrations Robert Kirby arranged for Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter, yet True Meanings doesn't carry a melancholy undercurrent. Weller is in a sober mood but he's not brooding, he's reflecting. Thoughts of mortality drift across his mind -- such as in "Bowie," a tribute that's more elliptical than its title suggests -- but Weller seems settled and comfortable, more mindful than sad. The stateliness of the orchestral arrangements prevents True Meanings from slipping into a hazy folk netherworld. All the strings and brass not only accentuate the songs, highlighting the jazzy changes of "Soul Searchers" or the light swing of "Gravity," they help frame this measured song cycle, directing attention to how Weller isn't wallowing, he's meditating upon love, loss, and hope as he enters his sixties. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

1. The Soul Searchers

by Paul Weller

Acoustic Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Arranger: Phil Veacock; Composer
Background Vocals: Maixine Boxell
Tom Heel; Performer
Bass: Conor O'brien; Performer
Bass Guitar: Conor O'brien; Performer
Cello: Isabelle Dunn; Performer
Drums: Conor O'brien; Performer
Electric Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Hammond Organ: Rod Argent; Performer
Lead Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Mini Moog: Conor O'brien; Performer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Percussion: Jan Stan Kybert; Performer
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Piano: Conor O'brien; Performer
Violin: Stella Page
Kotono Sato
Antonia Pagulatos; Performer
Vocals: Conor O'brien; Performer
Wurlitzer: Paul Weller; Performer
Composer: Conor O'brien
Paul Weller; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Hannah Peel; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller
Conor O'brien; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other

2. Glide

by Paul Weller

Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Soloist: Kotono Sato; Main Performer
12-string Guitar: Steve Cradock; Performer
Autoharp: Paul Weller
Steve Cradock; Performer
Cello: Jessica Cox; Performer
Arranger: Phil Veacock
Hannah Peel; Composer
Guitar: Steve Pilgrim
Paul Weller; Performer
Lead Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Strings: Laura Stanford; Performer
Viola: Amy Stanford; Performer
Violin: Paloma Deike
Laura Stanford; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller
Steve Pilgrim; Performer
Composer: Paul Weller; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Laura Stanford; Composer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca
Guy Davie; Production
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production

3. Mayfly

by Paul Weller

Acoustic Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Arranger: Hannah Peel
Phil Veacock; Composer
Horn Arrangement: Phil Veacock; Composer
Baritone Saxophone: Phil Veacock; Performer
Electric Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Flugelhorn: Chris Storr; Performer
Hammond Organ: Paul Weller; Performer
Lead Guitar: Steve Brookes; Performer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Lead Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Piano: Paul Weller; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Phil Veacock; Performer
Trombone: Alistair White; Performer
Trumpet: Chris Storr; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Composer: Paul Weller; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Programming: Charles Rees; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other

4. Gravity

by Paul Weller

Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Arranger: Phil Veacock
Hannah Peel; Composer
Background Vocals: Steve Pilgrim
Andy Crofts; Performer
Cello: Rosie Danvers; Performer
Guitar: Steve Pilgrim
Paul Weller; Performer
Viola: Becky Jones; Performer
Violin: Hayley Pomfrett
Ellie Stanford
Kotono Sato
Natalia Bonner
Lizzie Ball
Jo Allen; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Composer: Paul Weller; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Andy Crofts; Composer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca; Production
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Strings: Andy Crofts
Wired Strings; Performer
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production

5. Old Castles

by Paul Weller

Bass: Andy Crofts; Performer
Cello: Isabelle Dunn; Performer
Drums: Ben Gordelier; Performer
Lead Guitar: Barrie Cadogan; Performer
Arranger: Phil Veacock; Composer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca; Production
Organ: Charles Rees; Performer
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Acoustic Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Piano: Paul Weller; Performer
Violin: Antonia Pagulatos
Kotono Sato
Stella Page; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Composer: Paul Weller; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Andy Crofts
Hannah Peel; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Bass Guitar: Andy Crofts; Performer
Recording: Charles Rees; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other

6. What Would He Say?

by Paul Weller

Background Vocals: Tom Heel
Steve Pilgrim; Performer
Bass: Andy Crofts; Performer
Drums: Ben Gordelier; Performer
Guitar: Steve Pilgrim
Steve Cradock
Paul Weller; Performer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Fluegel Horn: Chris Storr; Other
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca; Production
Mellotron: Paul Weller; Performer
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Andy Crofts; Performer
Flugelhorn: Chris Storr; Performer
Lead Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Piano: Tom Heel; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Arranger: Phil Veacock
Hannah Peel; Composer
Composer: Paul Weller; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production

7. Aspects

by Paul Weller

Acoustic Guitar: Steve Cradock
Andy Crofts
Steve Pilgrim
Paul Weller; Performer
Arranger: Phil Veacock; Composer
Background Vocals: Erland Cooper
Paul Weller
Steve Pilgrim
Andy Crofts; Performer
Cello: Isabelle Dunn; Performer
Electric Guitar: Andy Crofts; Performer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other
Lead Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Violin: Hannah Peel; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Composer: Paul Weller; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Hannah Peel; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production

8. Bowie

by Paul Weller

Composer: Erland Cooper
Paul Weller; Composer
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Erland Cooper; Performer
Cello: Isabelle Dunn; Performer
Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Harmonium: Paul Weller; Performer
Violin: Stella Page
Antonia Pagulatos
Kotono Sato; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca; Production
Piano: Paul Weller; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Hannah Peel; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other

9. Wishing Well

by Paul Weller

Cello: Isabelle Dunn; Performer
Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Mellotron: Paul Weller; Performer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Piano: Paul Weller; Performer
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Erland Cooper; Performer
Lead Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Synthesizer: Charles Rees; Performer
Synthesizer Bass: Charles Rees; Performer
Violin: Antonia Pagulatos
Kotono Sato
Stella Page; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Composer: Erland Cooper
Paul Weller; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Strings Arrangement: Hannah Peel; Composer
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Erland Cooper
Paul Weller; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other

10. Come Along

by Paul Weller

Background Vocals: Martin Carthy; Performer
Bass: Danny Thompson; Performer
Cello: Isabelle Dunn; Performer
Double Bass: Danny Thompson; Performer
Guitar: Martin Carthy
Paul Weller; Performer
Melodica: Paul Weller; Performer
Violin: Stella Page
Antonia Pagulatos
Kotono Sato; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Composer: Paul Weller; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Hannah Peel; Composer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca; Production
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other

11. Books

by Paul Weller

Bells: Paul Weller; Performer
Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Harmonium: Noel Gallagher; Performer
Organ: Paul Weller; Performer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Lead Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Sitar: Sheema Murkajee; Performer
Tambura: Sheema Murkajee; Performer
Violin: Kamalbir Singh Nandra; Performer
Vocals: Lucy Rose
Sheema Murkajee
Paul Weller; Performer
Composer: Paul Weller; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other

12. Movin On

by Paul Weller

Acoustic Guitar: Anth Brown; Performer
Background Vocals: Tom Heel; Performer
Baritone Saxophone: Phil Veacock; Performer
Horn Arrangement: Tom Doyle Aka ''white Label''
Phil Veacock
Anthony Brown Aka ''white Label''
White Label; Composer
Bass: Anth Brown; Performer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Bass Guitar: Anth Brown; Performer
Drums: Tom Doyle; Performer
Flugelhorn: Chris Storr; Performer
Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Hammond Organ: Tom Doyle; Performer
Mastering: Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca
Guy Davie; Production
Lead Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Mellotron: Tom Doyle; Performer
Piano: Paul Weller; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Hannah Peel
Anthony Brown Aka ''white Label''
White Label; Composer
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production
Tenor Saxophone: Phil Veacock; Performer
Vibraphone: Daniella Ganeva; Performer
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Trombone: Alistair White; Performer
Trumpet: Chris Storr; Performer
Violin: Antonia Pagulatos
Kotono Sato
Isabelle Dunn
Tom Doyle Aka ''white Label''
Stella Page
White Label; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Wurlitzer: Tom Doyle; Performer
Composer: Anthony Brown
Paul Weller
Tom Doyle; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller
White Label; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other

13. May Love Travel with You

by Paul Weller

Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Orchestra: Stuart Kennedy; Ensemble
Arranger: Stuart Kennedy
The Stuart Kennedy Orchestra
Phil Veacock
Hannah Peel; Composer
Composer: Paul Weller; Composer
Orchestral Arrangement: Stuart Kennedy; Composer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Guy Davie
Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca; Production
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Programming: Stuart Kennedy; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other

14. White Horses

by Paul Weller

Baritone Saxophone: Phil Veacock; Performer
Flugelhorn: Chris Storr; Performer
Glockenspiel: Jan Stan Kybert; Performer
Guitar: Paul Weller; Performer
Hammond Organ: Noel Gallagher
Paul Weller; Performer
Mellotron: Rod Argent
Paul Weller; Performer
Horn Arrangement: Phil Veacock; Composer
Engineer: Charles Rees; Production
Mastering: Gavin Lurssen En Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Piano: Rod Argent; Performer
Primary Artist: Paul Weller; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Erland Cooper; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Hannah Peel; Composer
Lead Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Phil Veacock; Performer
Trombone: Alistair White; Performer
Trumpet: Chris Storr; Performer
Violin: Antonia Pagulatos
Kotono Sato
Isabelle Dunn
Stella Page; Performer
Vocals: Paul Weller; Performer
Composer: Erland Cooper
Paul Weller; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Guy Davie; Production
Mixing Engineer: Jan Stan Kybert; Production
Producer: Paul Weller; Production
Recording: Charles Rees; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Charles Rees; Other

Technical Specifications

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1 volume only

Tracks

14 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

54 minutes and 52 seconds

Explicit

None

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Booklet

Not available

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CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

All tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, Alternative & Indie, Brit Rock

Label

Parlophone UK

Music Distribution Service

Warner

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

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Release Date

Sep 13, 2018

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190295620455

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True Meanings

1. The Soul Searchers

2. Glide

3. Mayfly

4. Gravity

5. Old Castles

6. What Would He Say?

7. Aspects

8. Bowie

9. Wishing Well

10. Come Along

11. Books

12. Movin On

13. May Love Travel with You

14. White Horses

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True Meanings

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1. The Soul Searchers

2. Glide

3. Mayfly

4. Gravity

5. Old Castles

6. What Would He Say?

7. Aspects

8. Bowie

9. Wishing Well

10. Come Along

11. Books

12. Movin On

13. May Love Travel with You

14. White Horses

Technical Specifications