Paul Weller - Stanley Road

Stanley Road is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Paul Weller, originally released in May 1995 via Go! Discs Records.

Paul Weller 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 music of The Style Council (1983 - 1989), before establishing himself as a solo artist in 1991.

Stanley Road took its name from the street in Working where Paul Weller grew up. Weller claimed on a BBC special that he hopes he can one day create an album as perfect as this one, stating that all the stars were aligned during the writing and recording period of Stanley Road.

The song "I Walk On Gilded Splinters" was featured in the season ending montage of The Wire's fourth season finale, Final Grades.

Steve Winwood plays on "Woodcutter's Son" and "Pink on White Walls”; and Noel Gallagher plays acoustic guitar on “I Walk On Gildered Splinters”.

The album's cover collage was created by the artist Peter Blake, designer of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album artwork.

The album topped the UK album charts and has gone on to become his best selling album to date of his solo career.

This album is a 2017 reissue on black vinyl housed in a single gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve and download, pressed in Europe via Island Records.