Paul Weller - Slide Away - Non-Album Acoustic Tracks (1997-2001)

I just posted an album of Paul Weller's full band stray tracks from 1996 to 1998. This is essentially the companion album to that. It covers a longer time period, but it's all-acoustic material.

Weller has gone through different phases when he wanted to rock and other phases where he wanted to get mellow and acoustic. The late 1990s were one of his most rocking phases. This album starts in 1997, but I couldn't find any good acoustic versions from 1998 or 1999 at all. But by 2001, he went acoustic in a big way, going on tour with just himself, an acoustic guitar, and a piano, and putting out a live album of that tour, "Days of Speed." I figure any Weller fan big enough to want this already has "Days of Speed," so I didn't include any songs from that.

Typically, Weller's acoustic material falls into three categories: his solo material, his Jam and Style Council material, and cover songs. This has some of all three. As far as covers go, "Waiting on an Angel" sounds exactly like a Weller original to my ears, but it's actually a Ben Harper song. Weller also does a great duet with Pete Townshend on an old Who song ("So Sad about Us"), and a cover of an Oasis song ("Slide Away.") "Carnation" and "Here's One that Got Away" are Jam and Style Council songs, respectively.

01 As You Lean into the Light (Paul Weller)
02 Everything Has a Price to Pay [Acoustic 1997 Version] (Paul Weller)
03 Friday Street (Paul Weller)
04 Driving Nowhere [Acoustic with Drums] (Paul Weller)
05 Waiting on an Angel (Paul Weller)
06 So Sad about Us (Pete Townshend & Paul Weller)
07 Dust and Rocks (Paul Weller)
08 A Whale's Tale (Paul Weller)
09 Carnation (Paul Weller)
10 Sweet Pea, My Sweet Pea (Paul Weller)
11 Here's One that Got Away (Paul Weller)
12 Frightened (Paul Weller)
13 Slide Away (Paul Weller)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15849468/PaulW_1997-2001_SldeAwayAcoustc_atse.zip.html

I made the cover from a bootleg of 2001 Weller music.