''Sonik Kicks'' is the eleventh studio album from
Paul Weller
Paul John Weller (born John William Weller; 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/ new wave/mod revival band the Jam (1972–1982). He had further success with the blue-eyed soul m ...
, an English singer-songwriter and former member of
The Jam
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; it was released on 19 March 2012. The album reached number one on the
UK Albums Chart
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beating
David Guetta
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's ''
Nothing But the Beat
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'' to the top spot by just 250 copies.
Paul Weller narrowly beats David Guetta to score album No.1 - Music News - Digital Spy
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Singles
"Starlite" was the first single released from the album, as a download and vinyl 12" in August 2011, it reached #113 in the UK Singles Chart.
"That Dangerous Age" was released in March 2012 as a CD, vinyl 7" and download, peaking at #66 in the UK. It was performed live on The Jonathan Ross Show.
"Birthday" was released as a non-album download single in August 2012, peaking at #64 in the UK Singles Chart.
Track listing
;Standard listing
# "Green" (Weller, Dine) - 3:03
# "The Attic" (Weller, Dine) - 2:15
# "Kling I Klang" (Weller, Dine) - 3:14
# "Sleep of the Serene" (Weller, Ibrahim, Rees) - 2:00
# "By The Waters" (Weller, Ibrahim) - 3:29
# "That Dangerous Age" (Weller, Dine) - 2:30
# "Study in Blue" (Weller, Dine) - 6:37
# "Dragonfly" (Paul Weller, Jasmine Weller, Dine) - 3:41
# "When Your Garden's Overgrown" (Weller, Dine) - 3:11
# "Around The Lake" (Weller, Dine) - 2:11
# "Twilight" (Weller, Cradock) - 0:20
# "Drifters" (Weller, Cradock, Dine) - 3:07
# "Paperchase" (Weller, Dine) - 5:01
# "Be Happy Children" (Weller, Dine) - 2:45
;Bonus Tracks (Deluxe Edition)
# "Starlite" (Weller, Dine) - 3:41
# "Devotion" (Weller) - 4:01
Personnel
* Paul Weller - Lead Vocals, Electric Guitars, Bass, Drums, Piano, Mellotron, Hammond, Farfisa, Moogs, Percussion, Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals
* Graham Coxon
Graham Leslie Coxon (born 12 March 1969) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter who came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur. As the group's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist, Cox ...
- Electric Guitars
* Steve Cradock
Stephen "Steve" Cradock (born 22 August 1969 in Solihull) is an English guitarist, most notable for playing in the rock group Ocean Colour Scene. Cradock also plays the guitar in Paul Weller's band, having appeared on all of Weller's solo reco ...
- Electric Guitars, Drums, Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals
* Andy Crofts
Andy Crofts (born Andrew John Goncalves; 23 March 1977) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and photographer. He was the founding member of psychedelic indie rock band The Moons. Crofts is also a photographer and made a documentary film whi ...
- Electric Guitars, Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Celeste, Vibes, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Farfisa, Backing Vocals, String Arrangements
* Simon Dine - Electric Guitars, Loops, FX, Electronic Strings
* Noel Gallagher
Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the chief songwriter, lead guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis until their split in 2009. After leaving Oasis, he formed ...
- Electric Guitars, Bass, Acoustic Guitars
* Ben Gordelier - Drums
* Aziz Ibrahim
Aziz-Ur-Rahman Ibrahim (born 16 March 1964) is a British guitarist. He was born in Longsight, Manchester to Pakistani parents. He is best known for his work as guitarist with Simply Red, The Stone Roses (post- John Squire) and their former vo ...
- Acoustic Guitars
* Jan "Stan" Kybert - Programming
* Andy Lewis - Bass, Celeste, Vibes, Glockenspiel
* Marco Nelson - Bass
* David Nock - Drums
* Roger "Trotwood" Nowell - Bass
* Sean O'Hagan
Sean O'Hagan (born 1959) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and arranger who leads the avant-pop band the High Llamas, which he founded in 1992. He is also known for being one half of the songwriting duo (with Cathal Coughlan) in Microdisney and f ...
- String Arrangements
* Steve Pilgrim - Drums, Backing Vocals
* Charles Rees - Drums, Percussion
* Hannah Weller - Backing Vocals
* Leah Weller - Backing Vocals
* Mac Weller - Backing Vocals
;Technical
*Charles Rees, Jamie Johnson - engineer, recording
*Alex Hutchinson, Paul Weller - design
*Julian Broad - photography
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
External links
''Sonik Kicks''
at Amazon
''Sonik Kicks''
at Discogs.
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Paul Weller albums
2012 albums
Island Records albums