Paul Weller has been talking about his first studio album for V2, a collection of cover versions going under the name of 'Studio 150'.
Talking to Billboard, Weller said: "I'd been talking about recording a covers album for a very long time. Initially I had the idea to record a selection that resembled a compilation tape that you'd give to a friend of all your favourite songs. I was worried that there would be too many disparate and diverse sounds that just wouldn't hang together so instead I decided to cover songs that weren't particularly my favourites but ones I could reinterpret, play around with and make my own."
The Songs featured on the album include:
If I Could Only Be Sure by Nolan Porter
Wishing On A Star by Billie Rae Calvin
Don't Make Promises by Tim Hardin
The Bottle by Gil Scott-Heron
Black Is The Colour (traditional)
Close To You by The Carpenters
Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot
One Way Road by Bobby Kimmel
Hercules by Aaron Neville
Thinking Of You by Sister Sledge
All Along The Watchtower by Bob Dylan
Birds by Neil Young