''True Meanings'' is the fourteenth studio album by English singer-songwriter

Paul Weller John William Weller (born 25 May 1958), better known as Paul Weller, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame in the late 1970s as the guitarist and principal singer and songwriter of the rock band the Jam, alongside ...

, released on 14 September 2018.

Music

''True Meanings'' has been noted for its stripped-back, acoustic sound. The album's sound has been described as

folk rock Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music re ...

Reception

According to Metacritic, the album has received a score of 79/100 based on 11 reviews from critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Weller, except track 1 (Weller/O'Brien), tracks 8,9 & 14 (Weller/Cooper) and track 12 (Weller/Brown/Doyle).Album sleeve notes

Personnel

– Vocals (1–14), Acoustic Guitar (1,3,5,7), Electric Guitar (1,3), Wurlitzer (1), Guitar (2,4,6,8–14), Piano (3,5,8,9,12), Hammond (3,14), Mellotron (6,9,14), Backing Vocals (7), Harmonium (8), Vibes (9), Melodica (10), Hand Pump Organ (11), Bells (11) *Jo Allen – Strings (4) *

Rod Argent Rodney Terence Argent (born 14 June 1945) is an English musician. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Argent came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the keyboardist, founder and leader of the rock band the Zombies, and went on to form the ba ...

– Hammond Solo (1), Mellotron (14), Piano (14) *Lizzie Ball – Strings (4) *Natalia Bonner – Strings (4) *Maxine Boxall – BVs (1) *Steve Brooks – Lead Guitar (3) *Anth Brown – Bass (12), Acoustic Guitar (12) *

Barrie Cadogan Barrie Cadogan (born January 1975) is an English guitarist, known for his association with Morrissey, Paul Weller, Edwyn Collins, Liam Gallagher, Primal Scream, and The The, and also for being the founder of Little Barrie. He also played guita ...

– Lead Guitar (5) *

Martin Carthy Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy MBE (born 21 May 1941) is an English singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in English folk music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, as well as later ar ...

– Backing Vocals (10), Guitar (10) *Erland Cooper – Backing Vocals (7–9,14) *Jessica Cox – Strings (2) *

Steve Cradock Stephen Cradock (born 22 August 1969) is an English guitarist, most notable for playing in the rock group Ocean Colour Scene. Cradock also plays the guitar in Paul Weller's band, having appeared on all of Weller's solo records following his se ...

– 12 String Guitar (2,6), Autoharp (2), Acoustic Guitar (7) * Andy Crofts – Backing Vocals (4,7), String Arrangement (4,5), Bass (5,6), Acoustic Guitar (7), Nashville Tuned Guitar (7) *Rosie Danvers – Strings (4) *Paloma Deike – Strings (2) *Tom Doyle – Drums (12), Wurlitzer (12), Mellotron (12), Hammond (12) *Isabelle Dunn – Strings (1,5,8–10,12,14), Extra Cello (7) *

Noel Gallagher Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Gallagher is the primary songwriter, lead guitarist and a co-lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis (band), Oasis. After leaving Oasis, he formed Noel ...

– Harmonium (11), Space Hammond (14) *Danielle Ganeva – Vibraphone (12) *Ben Gordelier – Drums (5,6) *Tom Heel – Backing Vocals (1,6,12), Rhodes Piano (6) *Becky Jones – Strings (4) *Jan Stan Kybert – Percussion (1), Glockenspiel (14) *Sheema Murkajee – Sitar (11),Tampoura (11), Vocals (11) *Conor O'Brien – Vocals (1), Bass (1), Drums (1), Mini-Moog (1), Rhodes (1) *Stella Page – Strings (1,5,8–10,12,14) *Antonia Pagulatos – Strings (1,5,8–10,12,14) * Hannah Peel – String Arrangements and conducting (1,5,7–10,12,14), Strings performer (7) *Steve Pilgrim – Vocals (2), Guitar (2,4,6), Backing Vocals (4,6,7), Acoustic Guitar (7) *Hayley Pomfrett – Strings (4) *Charles Rees – Programming (3), Electric Organ (5), Bass Synth (9) * Lucy Rose – Vocals (11) *Katono Sato – Strings (1,4,5,8–10,12,14), Solo Violin (2) *Kamalbir Singh Nandra – Violin (11) *Amy Stanford – Strings (2) *Ellie Stanford – Strings (4) *Laura Stanford – String Arrangement (2), Strings (2) *Chris Storr – Trumpet (3,12,14), Flugel (3,6,12,14) *The Stuart Kennedy Orchestra – String Arrangement (13), Strings (13) *Danny Thompson – Double Bass (10) *Phil Veacock – Horn Arrangement (3,12,14), Tenor Saxophone (3,12,14), Baritone Saxophone (3,12,14) *Alistair White – Trombone (3,12,14) *White Label – String Arrangement (12), Horn Arrangement (12)

Charts

Year-end charts

References

2018 albums Paul Weller albums Parlophone albums {{2010s-rock-album-stub