''22 Dreams'' is the ninth solo studio album by

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. It was released on 2 June 2008. The album was released on double LP and single CD, as well as a deluxe edition CD, featuring a bonus CD with outtakes and extra tracks.

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stars

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and Gem Archer feature on the album, as does

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guitarist

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and Blur guitarist

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. The song "One Bright Star" features former member of

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, Steve Brookes, on Spanish guitar, the first time the childhood friends had worked together since Brookes left the band before they gained a recording contract, more than 30 years before. The album features Little Barrie and former

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member

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. The first release from the album was the double a-sided single "Echoes Round the Sun" - featuring

and Gem Archer from

, and "Have You Made Up Your Mind". It became his first Top 20 single since 2005, peaking at number 19 in the

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. It received almost unanimous critical acclaim and was featured on many Best of 2008 lists. Critics called it one of Weller's best albums to date. The album includes "Black River," a song previously used on the b-side to " This Old Town". It went straight to number 1 on the

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on Sunday, 8 June, making it Weller's third number-one solo album.

Track listing

Deluxe Edition CD 1 / Standard Edition

Deluxe Edition Disc 2

#"22 Dreams riginal demo #"Rip the Pages Up" #"Light Nights riginal demo #"Cold Moments riginal demo #"Love's Got Me Crazy" #"Invisible arco version #"Big Brass Buttons nstrumental #"22 Dreams nstrumental (Weller, Simon Dine)

Personnel

– 12 String Guitar (1), Vocals (3,4,9,12), Guitar (3,4,7,8,12,14,20,21), Drums (4,8,12,14,20), Celeste (4,21), Piano (7,21), Percussion (8,12,20), Electric Guitar (11), Acoustic Guitar (11,18), Mellotron (19), Mandolin (20), Bazooki (20) * Hannah Andrews – Vocals (1,9,12,15,18,20,21), Horns (20), Hornpipes (20) * John McCusker – Violin (1,17) * Andy Lewis – Cello (1), Bass (3) * Barrie Cadogan – Guitar (2,13) * Billy Skinner – Drums (2,13) * Lewis Wharton – Bass (2,13) * Simon Dine – Cowbell (2), Horns (2,13), Guitar (2,12), Siren (2), Orchestration (5,7,9,15,20), Percussion (5,7,9), Marimba (12), Moog (12,19), Oo-Ahh (12), Sonic Elements (13), Mandolin (15) * Charles Rees – Drums (3), Moog (21), Harmonium (21), Piano (21) *

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– Trumpet (7), Piano (7) * Steve White – (8) *

– Drums (10) * Models Own – Peacock Voices (10) * Pete Howard – Drums (12) *

– Bass (14), Piano (14), Mellotron (14), Wurlitzer (14) * Gem Archer – Guitar (14), Mellotron (14) * Terry Kirkbridge – Drums (14) * Steve Brookes – Spanish Guitar (15) * Arlia de Ruiter – Violin (16) * Lorre Lynn Trytten – Violin (16) * Mieke Honinh – Viola (16) * William Friede – Arrangement (16) *

– Spoken Word (18) * God – Thunder (21), Rain (21), Elements (21)

Charts

References

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