Wake Up the Nation

Rock · 2010 · 16 tracks · 40m

Wake Up the Nation

Sixteen short, sharp bursts of jagged art-rock and urban soul. A restless, high-energy pivot away from pastoral folk into distorted, experimental territory.

Weller trades the countryside for a distorted city street and it's the most exciting he's sounded in decades.

A restless, high-voltage urban energy that feels both nostalgic for the mod era and aggressively modern.

Wake Up the Nation · vs · Paul Weller

Urgent+4.0σ

Urgent saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 40m

01

Moonshine

2:09

02

Wake Up the Nation

2:19

03

No Tears to Cry

2:25

04

Fast Car/Slow Traffic

1:58

05

Andromeda

1:53

06

In Amsterdam

1:28

07

She Speaks

2:15

08

Find the Torch, Burn the Plans

3:09

09

Aim High

3:08

10

Trees

4:19

11

Grasp and Still Connect

2:16

12

Whatever Next

1:38

13

7 & 3 Is the Strikers Name

3:24

14

Up the Dosage

2:40

15

Pieces of a Dream

2:26

16

Two Fat Ladies

2:39

Moments Worth Waiting For

The jarring, distorted guitar riff that opens Moonshine, signaling a total break from Weller's previous acoustic warmth.

The propulsive, motorik beat of 7 & 3 Is the Strikers Name featuring Kevin Shields' signature wall of noise.

The unexpected return of Bruce Foxton's melodic bass on the title track, bridging a thirty-year gap in a few minutes.

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