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Hit Parade | 
| Artist: Paul Weller
Label: Universal / Island
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1298
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 80
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 602498425930
EAN: 0602498425930
ASIN: B000HIVO5A
Release Date: November 6, 2006
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 5 to 9 days
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| Tracks:
| • | Town Called Malice - The Jam | | • | Going Underground - The Jam | | • | Shout To The Top - The Style Council | | • | From The Floorboards Up - Paul Weller | | • | Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam | | • | Peacock Suit - Paul Weller | | • | The Changingman - Paul Weller | | • | Eton Rifles - The Jam | | • | Come On/Let's Go - Paul Weller | | • | Sunflower - Paul Weller | | • | Beat Surrender - The Jam | | • | Walls Come Tumbling Down - The Style Council | | • | That's Entertainment - The Jam | | • | Broken Stones - Paul Weller | | • | Out Of The Sinking - Paul Weller | | • | Long Hot Summer - The Style Council | | • | You're The Best Thing - The Style Council | | • | Wild Wood - Paul Weller | | • | You Do Something To Me - Paul Weller | | • | Hung Up - Paul Weller | | • | My Ever Changing Moods - The Style Council | | • | Speak Like A Child - The Style Council | | • | Start! - The Jam |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
With three decades of acclaimed songwriting behind him, former Jam frontman Paul Weller knows a thing or two about knocking up a catchy tune. It may come as a surprise, but Hit Parade is Weller's first major career retrospective, combining material from his Jam and Style Council days, as well as from his last 15 or so years as a solo artist. Released to coincide with a high-profile full-length BBC documentary, Hit Parade features 23 of his biggest hits. Seminal Jam anthems such as "Town Called Malice", "Going Underground", "Eton Rifles" and "Down In The Tube Station", sit surprisingly well next to Style Council selections like "Shout To The Top!" and "You're The Best Thing", connected of course via Weller's distinctive, raw vocals and his dual passion for soul and rock. Not all of his solo albums are represented, but most of his best loved records are here; "Wild Wood" and "Sunflower" (from Wild Wood), as well as songs from Stanley Road and 2005's As Is Now. It's a compelling profile of a man whose unique sound has proved not only thoroughly consistent, but also impressively enduring. --Paul Sullivan
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
Why Weller's finest hour will always be with The Jam December 5, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read recently that Paul Weller regarded his time with The Jam as his creative low point, prefering both his solo material and that of the Style Council. I can't help thinking that this is in some way to further scupper any notion that the original 3 members of The Jam might reunite once and for all, after all, why should he revisit material that he regards as inferior?
However, what this Weller collection which covers some of his most famous material from all three stages of his career proves is that he is a songwriter of immense talent, an almost incomparable musician who offers very good value to his audience and that all of his musical phases are at least worthy and admirable. However, it also proves to me that while some of his solo material is excellent, and some of his Style Council stuff is decent, nothing compares to the raw genius of his Jam stuff, augmented by probably the best bassist and drummer of the era, Paul Weller shows in his Jam persona, at the tender age of 19-24, that he was a fantastic songwriter, singer, guitarist and easily one of the the best lyricist Great Britain has ever produced. While his later career is good, nothing beats his period in The Jam, and it seesm that he, or at least his record label, agress for out of the thousands of images they could have chosen for the cover to show the multitude of images he has presented, they chose him as The Jam's frontman.
 Not the Best of Paul Weller December 11, 2006
4 out of 14 found this review helpful
Is this meant to be a Best Of? It's not. Nothing from In The City or This Is The Modern World; only Tube Station from All Mod Cons.
Mr Weller has moved on since the disbandment of The Jam, but it's not been upwards. There's some of the better later Jam material like Eton Rifles and Beat Surrender here, but any later than that is easy listening for those who don't want to be excited by the fast and fresh early material like the title tracks from the first two albums or the real venom-filled classics such as David Watts, Billy Hunt or A-Bomb In Wardour Street from All Mod Cons. For slower stuff Tonight At Noon or English Rose, also not included here, are streets ahead of the pedestrian Speak Like a Child or Long Hot Summer.
Generally disappointing choices.
 Marvellous November 30, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Wow! what a legacy, what a great little collection of hit singles spanning Weller's thirty year career history. The thing about this compilation is, that it's under no pressure to be fully comprehensive, as there are already some very well put together 'Best Of's' available for his Jam and Style Council phases (not sure if there is a detailed one for his solo stuff or not). You see, the joy of this cd is, that you grab a handful of hits from all parts of his career to give a brilliant overview, so with all this variety and killer tunes all on the one disc, you can't really go wrong. To call this a fine collection of music, is a bit of an understatement. This is solid from the floorboards up. Buy it now!
Above the clouds it's written in the stars November 13, 2006
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
I actually went for the fans 4CD box set version (featuring 65 plus songs spanning Weller's 30 years) rather than this single CD aimed at the mass market. The box which is under 20 on Amazon is a fantastic bargain with superb packaging. Go and buy it. But this also caught my eye as one for the car, a party or to loan. You won't let the box set sit around amongst the beer & fag ends! And unlike the themed 4CD version, this one mixes Weller's catalogue up - Jam, Council & solo nestling nicely alongside each other. I'd say it's not only a handy primer and also a good companion. Sure as one reviewer said there are some better songs not here, but that's not the point. It does what it says on the tin - Hit Parade - chart stuff contained within. For completest's get Direction, Reaction, Creation (in the new 12x12 hardback earbook form) and you'll have hours of fun. Alternatively buy all the CD Albums. Better still dust off the old vinyl and enjoy the crackles. Simply put, if you like the hits buy. If you haven't sampled his music it's a great way in. Hell Down In The Tubestation At Midnight is worth 17 plus postage on it's own. Enjoy.
That's Entertainment!! November 12, 2006
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Although you can buy compilations of Paul Wellers work in his various guise of The Jam, Style Council and solo, here we see the Mod Father's ultimate collection. Earlier review was looking for Jam album tracks that were missing - that isn't what this CD is about. This is an extraordinay look back at the depth of the 60plus singles in his repetoire - from Eton Rifles to From the Floorboards Up. Not every single Weller has ever released has been a ground shaking classic, but here is a classic collection of Paul Weller over the last 30 years.
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