Paul Weller - Tales from the Riverbank - Non-Album Acoustic Tracks (2003-2005)

I still have a ton of Paul Weller stray tracks albums to post, so here's the next one. As in the past, I've split his stray tracks into all acoustic albums and everything else. This is another all acoustic one.

This album covers 2003 to 2005, and right in the middle of that time, 2004, Weller released an all-covers album, "Studio 150." So cover versions were very much on his mind. Some of the songs here are acoustic versions of songs from that album, such as "Wishing on a Star" or "Early Morning Rain." Others are no doubt from that same album project but not on the album, such as "Corrina, Corrina" and "Let It Be Me."

But most of the songs are Weller originals. There are a couple of songs from his days with The Jam - "Tales from the Riverbank" and "In the Crowd." More are versions of songs from his recent albums "Illumination" in 2002 and "As Is Now" in 2005.

All in all, it adds up to a fairly long album at 53 minutes. But it's musically coherent, due to the all-acoustic nature of the songs.

01 Going Places (Paul Weller)
02 Who Brings Joy (Paul Weller)
03 Thinking of You (Paul Weller)
04 Wishing on a Star (Paul Weller)
05 Tales from the Riverbank (Paul Weller)
06 Corrina, Corrina (Paul Weller)
07 Early Morning Rain (Paul Weller)
08 Paper Smile (Paul Weller)
09 Come On-Let's Go (Paul Weller)
10 Oranges and Rosewater (Paul Weller)
11 All on a Misty Morning (Paul Weller)
12 Savages (Paul Weller)
13 He's the Keeper (Paul Weller)
14 In the Crowd (Paul Weller)
15 Bag Man (Paul Weller)
16 Let It Be Me (Paul Weller)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15265275/PaulW_2003-2005_TalsfromRivrbankAcoustc_atse.zip.html

I made the cover from a 2005 concert photo.