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- Artist: Paul Weller
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- Release Date: 1993
- Total Time: 54:04
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
Paul Weller deservedly regained his status as the Modfather with his second solo album, Wild Wood. Actually, the album is only tangentially related to mod, since Weller picks up on the classicism of his debut, adding heavy elements of pastoral British folk and Traffic-styled trippiness. Add to that a yearning introspection and a clean production that nevertheless feels a little rustic, even homemade, and the result is his first true masterwork since ending the Jam. The great irony of the record is that many of the songs -- "Has My Fire Really Gone Out?," "Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)" -- question his motivation and, as is apparent in his spirited performances, he reawakened his music by writing these searching songs. Though this isn't as adventurous as the Style Council, it succeeds on its own terms, and winds up being a great testament from an artist entering middle age. And, it helped kick off the trad rock that dominated British music during the '90s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Sunflower (Lyrics) | Paul Weller | (4:06) | |
| Can You Heal Us (Holy Man) | Paul Weller, |
Paul Weller | (3:41) |
| Wild Wood (Lyrics) | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (3:22) |
| Instrumental, Pt. 1 | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (1:37) |
| All the Pictures on the Wall (Lyrics) | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (3:56) |
| Has My Fire Really Gone Out? (Lyrics) | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (3:50) |
| Country (Lyrics) | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (3:39) |
| Instrumental Two | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (:49) |
| 5th Season (Lyrics) | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (4:54) |
| The Weaver | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (3:43) |
| Instrumental One, Pt. 2 | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (:34) |
| Foot of the Mountain (Lyrics) | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (3:37) |
| Shadow of the Sun (Lyrics) | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (7:36) |
| Holy Man (Reprise) | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (1:50) |
| Moon on Your Pyjamas (Lyrics) | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (3:59) |
| Hung Up (Lyrics) | Paul Weller | Paul Weller | (2:40) |
