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Rating: "A Kind Revolution" is the thirteenth solo album by Paul Weller and is released just as the fortieth anniversary of the release of "In the City" by the Jam is being celebrated, the record that kicked off the long and changeable career of the Modfather.
True to his here and now philosophy, Weller avoids celebrations once again and challenges himself anew, producing without rhetoric one of his best albums, mastering different musical genres with skill and ease.
Away from the prog-rock of the previous "Saturns Pattern," the "gentle revolution" of the Woking singer-songwriter appears as a collection of "modern classics" that seamlessly transitions from the soul of "Woo Sé Mama" to the britpop of the single "Nova," from the other single, the elegant ballad "Long Long Road," to the R&B of "New York," and finally to the blues of "Satellite Kid."
There are, of course, the usual guests: PP Arnold and Madeline Bell, Boy George, and then Robert Wyatt, who plays the trumpet on "She Moves with the Fayre" with jazz/funk atmospheres similar to those of the late David Bowie.
At 59 years old, Paul Weller is thus confirmed, if ever there was any need, as one of England's most important troubadours and an artist we still cannot do without.
"I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod".
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