As Is Now

As Is Now
Studio album by
Paul Weller
Released11 October 2005
RecordedMarch 2005
StudioWheeler End Studios
GenreRock
Length53:16
LabelYep Roc
Producer
Paul Weller chronology
Studio 150
(2004) 		As Is Now
(2005) 		Catch-Flame!
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Independent(not rated)[6]
NME[4]
The Observer[5]
Pitchfork Media(7.2/10)[3]
Q[7]

As Is Now is Paul Weller's eighth solo studio album. Released in October 2005, it reached No. 4 in the UK charts.

The singles from the record were "From The Floorboards Up" (charted at No. 6), "Come On/Let's Go" (charted at No. 15), "Here's The Good News" (charted at No. 21) and the four track "The As Is Now EP" (which included "Blink And You'll Miss It") which did not qualify for the charts and was only released on 7-inch.

The CD+DVD edition includes studio footage of "From The Floorboards Up" and "Here's The Good News", the videos of "Come On/Let's Go" and "From The Floorboards Up" and the film "As Is Now". A limited edition double CD was released around the time of the 2006 Brit Awards, for which Weller was nominated. The second disc contained four tracks ("From The Floorboards Up", "Come On / Let's Go", "The Changingman", and "Town Called Malice") recorded live on 5 December 2005 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.

"Come On/Let's Go" appears in the soundtrack of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010.

Recording

The album was recorded over a two-week period in March 2005 at Wheeler End Studios, Buckinghamshire. It was then mixed at Studio 150, Amsterdam.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Paul Weller

No.TitleLength
1."Blink and You'll Miss It"3:23
2."Paper Smile"3:05
3."Come On / Let's Go"3:16
4."Here's the Good News"2:57
5."The Start of Forever"4:55
6."Pan"2:26
7."All on a Misty Morning"4:30
8."From the Floorboards Up"2:27
9."I Wanna Make it Alright"3:38
10."Savages"2:58
11."Fly Little Bird"3:44
12."Roll Along Summer"3:39
13."Bring Back the Funk" (Parts 1 & 2)7:15
14."The Pebble and the Boy"5:03
Japan Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Oranges and Rosewater" (B-side of "From the Floorboards Up" single)3:04
16."Shine On" (B-Side of "Come On/Let's Go" single)4:09
17."Alone" (B-side of "Here’s The Good News" single) 

References

  1. ^ "Reviews and Tracks for As Is Now by Paul Weller". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. As Is Now at AllMusic
  3. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ^ NME review
  5. ^ The Observer review
  6. ^ The Independent review[dead link‍]
  7. ^ Cameron, Keith (November 2005). "Paul Weller– As Is Now". Q (232): 118.



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