Paul Weller’s 2008 album 22 Dreams will be reissued on double vinyl in July.
Weller’s ninth studio album was critically acclaimed, after what was arguably a dip in form during the early part of the new millennium, and featured contributions from Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer and Steve Craddock.
The long-player topped the charts and amongst the formats at the time was a special 2CD deluxe edition (which featured bonus demos, instrumentals and the like) which, for a while, was much desired and changed hands for high prices on the resale market (more were eventually pressed, bursting that particular balloon).
22 Dreams was issued as a 2LP set in 2008 and this new reissue basically recreates the original double gatefold vinyl with the inclusion of a 12″ x 36″ poster and the 8-page booklet with ‘The Missing Dream AKA Dream #22 by Simon Armitage. The original sells for £100+ on Discogs these days so this reissue will undoubtedly be welcome!
22 Dreams is out on 22 July 2022 via UMC/Island. It’s unclear what is happening to the 1998 Modern Classics compilation which was supposed to be issued on the same day as 22 Dreams, with a 2LP set with a bonus LP – Live Classics – as recorded at Victoria Park, Hackney (on 8 August 1998)
The Dark Pages Of September Lead To The New Leaves Of Spring
Black River
LP 2
Side C
Why Walk When You Can Run
Push It Along
Dream Reprise
Echoes Round The Sun
One Bright Star
Lullaby Fur Kinder
Side D
Where’er Ye Go
God
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Sea Spray
Night Lights
Tracklisting
Modern Classics: The Greatest HitsPaul Weller /2LP vinyl
LP 1: Modern Classics
Out Of The Sinking
Peacock Suit
Sunflower
The Weaver
Wild Wood
Above The Clouds
Uh-Huh Oh-Yeh
Brushed
The Changingman
Friday Street
You Do Something To Me
Brand New Start
Hung Up
Mermaids
Broken Stones
Into Tomorrow
LP 2: Live Classics
Into Tomorrow
Peacock Suit
Friday Street
Mermaids
Out Of The Sinking
Heavy Soul
Wild Wood
Up In Suze’s Room
(Can You Heal Us) Holy Man?
Changing Man
Porcelain Gods
Sunflower
Broken Stones
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By Paul Sinclair
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