Paul Weller True Meanings

"[H]is most sonically consistent album in years. Each song began as vocal and acoustic guitar, but a sense of dynamic was added by the use of strings or horn arrangements, giving the album a backwash of luscious and uncomplicated beauty."
"Weller's enough of a master craftsman to keep the quality consistent and include the odd spark of variety."
Paste (magazine) - "Weller is a picture of patience on 'Glide,' his voice smooth and low over acoustic guitars before giving way to pastoral strings on the instrumental break."
Clash (Magazine) - "[S]ome his most floral, poetic, soothing, and blissful songwriting. It's a 14 song suite, a lush, at times orchestral folk-soul opus that pits Terry Callier against Nick Drake while emerging resolutely as the work of a punk kid from Woking."