Reviews
Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995 - "...blending its obvious but welcome retro influences with the hard-won maturity of a songwriter in his prime...", 4 stars out of 5 - "It's the warmth of STANLEY ROAD itself which ultimately merits this lavish repackaging and ensures it a high-ranking place in the Weller canon.", "...rocks harder than its predecessor, while retaining its solid songwriting and surefooted '70s-style funk." - Rating: A-, Ranked #86 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "More affecting than anything he's ever done. Like The Style Council never happened.", Ranked #25 in NME's 'Top 50 Albums Of The Year' for 1995 - "...his most honest, heartfelt and mature album to date....He rocks like Lennon in a cello factory...", 3 Stars - Good - "...a singer/songwriter album recorded live in the studio, and...seems powered by the painful self-consciousness of a person whose exterior bid for success rubs against his interior battle to meet his own moral standards....Weller's work supplies the connecting link between several generations of British rock and soul."
