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HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Indie Exclusive Sea Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: Reissue

Genre: Pop

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First time on Vinyl! Crystal Clear, Single Version, 3 mixes + Rare B-Side

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Billie Eilish

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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F*** Youtube Record Store Day 2024 Signed Red Vinyl Edition

Wanda

7" | 2024 | Original (Polydor)

23,99 €*

LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Excl. für den RSD 2024 erscheint der Song „f*** Youtube“ aus dem im Juni erscheinenden Album „Ende nie“ auf rotem Vinyl als signierte 7“ Single.

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Lana Del Rey

Born To Die

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Every Day Record Store Day 2024 Transparent Vinyl Edition

Celeste

7" | Original (Polydor)

17,99 €*

I Love You So F***Ing Much Black & White Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: Original

Genre: Pop

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The first track from Celeste's highly anticipated sophomore album. Includes a stunning rendition of Love Will Tear Us Apart.

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Glass Animals

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Ende Nie Baby Blue Vinyl Edition

Wanda

32,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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66 Blue Vinyl Edition

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KIWANUKA Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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aul Weller – der „Godfather of Brit-Pop“ ist zurück!

„66“ heißt sein neues und mittlerweile 17. Studioalbum. Der ehemalige Sänger und Gitarrist von „The Jam“ zeigt auf dem Album seine reflektierte Seite, mit viel Melancholie und dennoch auch einem positiven Kern. Die 12 Songs auf "66" wurden im Laufe von drei Jahren in Wellers Black Barn Studio mit einer Reihe von Gastmusikern aufgenommen.

Paul Weller wurde bisher mit 4 Brit – Awards ausgezeichnet, einen für „Outstanding Contribution to British Music“ und auf seinem neuen Album beweist er uns einmal mehr sein eiinzigartiges musikalisches Talent.

Das Album erscheint auf Vinyl, CD und digital.

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Michael Kiwanuka

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Polydor)

24,99 €*

HIT ME HARD AND SOFTBlack Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Michael Kiwanuka releases his third studio album on 25th October 2019. Store exclusive special edition format includes Kiwanuka pressed onto heavyweight pink vinyl and includes a bonus 7".

‘KIWANUKA’ was recorded in New York, LA and London. Michael returned to the studio with Danger Mouse and Inflo, the same production team that combined so magnificently on Love & Hate, KIWANUKA finds a new assuredness in Michael’s writing, and takes the basic sonic blueprint of that last record to a dizzying new realm.

Michael will tell you of his love for records that entwine their songs with incidental skits and shape-shifting spiralling outros, so the listener experience is almost that of listening to one long, dramatic song. KIWANUKA fulfils that winding, dream-like haze, unhurried.
KIWANUKA is Michael serving from the heart, from the mind, and from the soul.

On the album title, Michael explains “This album, it’s kind of a defiant thing; I’m engaging with who I am and I’m not going to have an alter ego, or become Sasha Fierce or Ziggy Stardust, even through everyone’s telling me I need to be this, that or the other. I can just be Michael Kiwanuka.”

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Billie Eilish

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Velvet Underground 45th Anniversary Edition

The Velvet Underground

LP | 2014 | US | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1981 | US | Reissue (Polydor)

Roy Ayers

Center Of The World

16,99 €*

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Stromae

Racine Carrée

35,99 €*

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Polydor)

Mark Hollis

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2008 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Kate Nash

Made Of Bricks

LP | 2009 | EU | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2008 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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“Made Of Bricks” is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Nash, released in the United Kingdom August 2007. The album was a commercial success, topping the UK Albums Chart and spawning a number-two single in the form of the lead single "Foundations". The album was later released in Europe in the United States in September 2007.

Kate Marie Nash (born 1987) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and actress. Nash rose to prominence in the UK with the sleeper hit "Foundations" (2007). Her debut album, “Made of Bricks”, peaked at number 1 in the UK and number 36 in the US. Nash won the award for Best British Female Artist at the 2008 Brit Awards.

Her second studio album, “My Best Friend Is You”, was released in 2010 and reached the top 10 in both the UK and Germany.
After being dropped by her record label, Nash self-released her third studio album, “Girl Talk”, March 2013. The album failed to match the commercial success of Nash's previous albums, though it charted inside the top 100 in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria.

In 2017, Nash also played "Rhonda Richardson," a.k.a. "Britannica," on the Netflix series “Glow”.

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs

It's blitz

25,99 €*

Release: 2009 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Disco-Pop infused new album by Karen O and her bunch. As catchy as it gets.

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Three Imaginary Boys Picture Disc Edition

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

26,99 €*

Playing Robots Into Heaven Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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limited edition picture disc!

The undisputed leaders of the early gothic scene, and a seminal band that contributed to the rise of British post-punk, The Cure recorded their debut album Three Imaginary Boys at London's Morgan Studios and released it in May 1979. After touring for almost all of 1977, the band changed their name to The Cure and rearranged their line-up with the sacking of Porl Thompson, giving birth to an unusual power trio. This line-up lasted only for their first album, making it unique in its essentially minimal sound. The year was now 1978, and the three (imaginary?) boys soon signed to Chris Parry's Fiction Label.

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James Blake

LP | 2023 | FR | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2023 / FR – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Feist

Multitudes

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Talk Talk

Laughing Stock

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Talk Talk were one of the most influential bands of 80's pop music.

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Wish 30th Anniversary Picture Disc Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 Edition

2LP | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

52,99 €*

Not Your Muse (12 Tracks Edition)

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 Reissue. Color: Picture Disc. Limitation: 11150.
2LP Picture Disc housed in a die-cut gatefold sleev

30th anniversary limited edition of The Cure’s hit best-selling, Grammy-nominated album Wish, pressed on double picture disc for the first time, exclusively for RSD Black Friday. Featuring the hit singles “High”, “Friday I’m In Love” and “A Letter To Elise”. This double picture disc edition features newly remastered audio by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.

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Celeste

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Polydor)

Long Hot Summers: Story Of The Style Council

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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New edition featuring the complete album.

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The Style Council

3LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Polydor)

40,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

The Police

Reggatta De Blanc

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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66 Black Vinyl Edition

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Wanda

Ende Nie

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Polydor)

Billie Eilish

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

20,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Multitudes Indie Exclusive Transparent Vinyl Edition

Feist

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Polydor)

The Police

Greatest Hits

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Rainbow

Rainbow Rising

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1967 | FR | Reissue (Polydor)

Cream

Disraeli Gears

Release: 1967 / FR – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Seventeen Seconds

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Finally this classic album is available again. All recordings have been mastered by Robert Smith himself.

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LP | 1979 | PL | Reissue (Polydor)

Three Imaginary Boys

LP | 1982 | JP | Original (Polydor)

Release: 1979 / PL – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Finally this classic album is available again. All recordings have been mastered by Robert Smith himself.

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Shakatak

Night Birds

11,99 €*

Release: 1982 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with OBI.

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Wish 30th Anniverary Remastered Limited Edition

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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demon time Indie Exclusive Neon Green Vinyl Edition

Mura Masa

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Polydor)

14,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Newborn EP Blue Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Elbow

10" | 2021 (Polydor)

10,99 €*

Release: 2021

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.

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Sticky Fingers Half Speed Remastered Edition

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Assume Form Black Vinyl Edition

James Blake

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Polydor)

29,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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2LP | 2006 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Snow Patrol

Eyes Open

Release: 2006 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2004 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Snow Patrol

Final Straw

17,99 €*

Release: 2004 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Polydor)

Mandrill

Composite truth

Who's Next Remastered Edition 2022

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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sampled by DITC, Cypress Hill, De La Soul ...

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The Who

21,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Playing Robots Into Heaven Limited Deluxe Indie Exclusive White Vinyl Edition

James Blake

2LP | 2023 | DE | Original (Polydor)

Loyal To Myself Limited Bio Neon Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / DE – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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James Blake will release his sixth studio album, Playing Robots Into Heaven, on September 8, 2023. The British songwriter and producer last appeared on the soundtrack for Spider Man - Across the Spiderverse, where he collaborated with Metro Boomin and A$ap Rocky. Over the course of his career, James Blake has become an acclaimed songwriter and producer who now collaborates with and draws inspiration from the world's biggest pop stars - including Beyoncé, Frank Ocean and Kendrick Lamar, among others. He has already received numerous awards for his versatile collaborative work, including a Latin Grammy Award in 2019 as songwriter and producer for ROSALIA's album "Motomami" and a Grammy for "Best Rap Performance" in the same year. (He has also been nominated for a Grammy another five times) and has won a Mercury Prize.

In his new album "Playing Robots Into Heaven" he bridges the gap between electronically generated beats and soft vocals. On it, he creates soundscapes in a loop and breaks out of it - returning to his roots of electronic music.

In September 2023 James Blake will go on tour in Europe.

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Lena

LP | 2024 | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2024 | Original (Polydor)

Becky Hill

Believe Me Now Beige

23,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

12" | 1979 | US (Polydor)

14,99 €*

Release: 1979 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

The Head On The Door

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Featuring what many consider to be the classic Cure line-up of Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst, Simon Gallup and Boris Williams, 1985's The Head On The Door was described by Spin magazine as a "1985 poptopian tour de force". Across the album's ten songs, the band's sixth studio opus walks a balance between the Cure's pop sensibilities with 'In Between Days' and 'Close To Me', with the more gothic 'The Blood' and 'Kyoto Song'. It was described by Uncut as "magnificently realised". 180 gram vinyl remastered "Back to black" 60th vinyl anniversary series. Includes a voucher to download MP3 version of the album.

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LP | 1981 | PL | Reissue (Polydor)

Faith

Release: 1981 / PL – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Finally this classic album is available again. All recordings have been mastered by Robert Smith himself.

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LP | 1982 | PL | Reissue (Polydor)

Pornography

Release: 1982 / PL – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Finally this classic album is available again. All recordings have been mastered by Robert Smith himself. The record is pressed to 180g vinyl.

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LP | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

The Top

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Finally this classic album is available again. All recordings have been mastered by Robert Smith himself.

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Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

2LP | 1987 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Finally this classic album is available again. All recordings have been mastered by Robert Smith himself.

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The 1975

2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Der Sommer Ist Vorbei Limited Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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2023 pressing. Hailing from Manchester, U.K., The 1975 managed to combine the dark and youthful themes of sex, love, and fear with ethereal alt-rock music.

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Juli

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Can You Afford To Lose Me?

Holly Humberstone

LP | 2023 | CZ | Original (Polydor)

11,99 €*

Release: 2023 / CZ – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Ellie Goulding

Higher Than Heaven

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Dance Fever (Live At Madison Square Garden)

Florence + The Machine

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Polydor)

39,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Exposure Limited White Vinyl Edition

Thumb

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Polydor)

29,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Very Best Of Limited Blue Vinyl Edition

James Last

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Polydor)

35,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Prose Combat White Vinyl Edition

MC Solaar

2LP | 1994 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

34,99 €*

Release: 1994 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dance Fever Black Vinyl Edition

Florence + The Machine

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Its Hard 40th Anniversary Record Store Day 2022 Orange & Yellow Vinyl Edition

The Who

2LP | 1982 | Reissue (Polydor)

35,99 €*

Only Honest On The Weekend

Release: 1982 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited to 6000 copies.

It’s Hard celebrates its 40th anniversary with a 2-lp expanded vinyl version, Disc One a ½Speed master (OrangeVinyl) contains a re-mastered version of the album while Disc Two (Yellow Vinyl) continues the rest of the album but also has a disc of rare and unreleased material. The set, with art by Richard Evans, comes with a poster from the era.

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Becky Hill

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Polydor)

15,99 €*

Flying Dream 1 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Becky Hill’s hotly-anticipated debut album – all your favourite tracks in one place. Featuring the hits ‘Better Off Without You’ and ‘Heaven on my Mind’ – plus the Summer anthem ‘Remember’ with David Guetta. Plus brand new tracks with Ella Eyre, Topic and 220 Kid. Now being released on vinyl. Available as a 1 LP Black LP

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Elbow

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Polydor)

16,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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An Orchestrated Songbook With Jules Buckley & The BBC Symphony Orchestra

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Polydor)

37,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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It Won't Always Be Like This Black Vinyl Edition

Inhaler

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Polydor)

25,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Fat Pop Indie Exclusive Yellow Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Polydor)

LP | 1982 | JP | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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We may be cursed to be in the midst a global pandemic, buffeted by all of its stresses and pain. But everyone knows that art provides succour, that music is the most reliable balm. And for many there is further significant comfort to be drawn from the knowledge that Paul Weller is in the midst of an unbelievably prolific purple patch. Paul Weller will not let us down when we need him most.

On May 14th, Paul Weller releases his 16th solo album since his self-titled debut in 1992, his fourth in as many years and his second in just under twelve months following June 2020’s magnificent, chart-topping On Sunset. It’s not hyperbole to state that this new album, titled Fat Pop (Volume 1), is among his most compelling collections, bar none, including all of his era-defining work in the 1970s and ‘80s with The Jam and The Style Council. It’s an absolute scorcher.

When lockdown was declared in March 2020, Paul Weller decided immediately that he wanted something to focus on, since it seemed unlikely he’d be able to tour On Sunset as planned that summer.

“I had lots of ideas stored up on my phone,” he explains down that same handset, speaking from outside his London home, “and at least this gave me an opportunity to develop them.” So he started to record songs on his own, doing just vocals, piano and guitar, then sending those sound files to his core band members such as drummer Ben Gordelier, Steve Cradock on guitar and various other instruments, and bassist Andy Crofts for them to add their parts. “It was a bit weird not being together, but at least it kept the wheels rolling. I’d have gone potty otherwise.”

The band reconvened at Weller’s Black Barn studio in Surrey during the summer when restrictions were lifted to finish the work, with several of the songs being cut live. By this stage, the shape of the album was clear to all. Weller wanted to deliver an album of singles, twelve short, distinct blasts, each strong enough that they could stand alone if so desired.

“That was a conscious decision,” he confirms. “I even thought about putting every song out as a single first then gathering them all on an album, but that wasn’t practical at the moment. They all have that strength and immediacy, I think, and they’re all short, three minutes or so maximum.”

Producer Jan ‘Stan’ Kybert was so taken with the concept that he half-jokingly suggested that the album be called Greatest Hits. “I quite liked the idea and every song does stand up as a single, I think,” chuckles Weller, “but no, we couldn’t do that really.”

Instead, he plumped for Fat Pop (Volume 1). “I thought we’d add Volume 1 to it just to keep my options open in the future for a second volume!” The title track, a tight, heavy blast of ultra-modern funk, is itself the conceptual key to the whole album. “It’s a celebration of music and what it’s given us all. No matter what situation you are in, and we’re in one now, music doesn’t let you down, does it?”

As ever, Weller’s sonic masterplan was to avoid whatever had recently preceded it. “After [2018’s] True Meanings I thought I wouldn’t have any acoustic guitars for a little while, so I’ve largely avoided those with On Sunset and with Fat Pop,” he says. “But more than anything I wanted something vibey, something we could play live.” He laughs ruefully at the irony of that. “God knows when that will be, bearing in mind where we are with the virus. But in the imaginary gig in my mind I can see us playing all of the songs on Fat Pop live, along with the songs from On Sunset, blending them with some of the old favourites too. What a great set that would be.”

Live is where he imagines On Sunset and Fat Pop (Volume 1) working in tandem, because they don’t act as companion piece albums otherwise. “On Sunset was quite lavish in places, whereas with this one I wanted to limit it in some ways, make the production less expansive.”

Beyond that desire to keep it frill-free and tight, sonically Fat Pop (Volume 1) is a diverse selection of sounds. No one style dominates. There’s the synth-heavy, future-wave strut of Cosmic Fringes, the stately balladeering of Still Glides The Stream, Testify’s moving-on-up soul, and the kind of dramatic three minute pop symphonies on Failed, True and Shades of Blue with which Paul Weller has hooked in generation after generation of devotee.

More than sonic plans, though, Weller set himself the same task as he does before any recording. “Whenever I make an album I’m always just trying to at least match what’s gone before because each time I think the bar’s been raised. If all goes to plan, sometimes I manage to go over that bar too.”

Sometimes he does, sometimes he really does.

Fat Pop (Volume 1), the story behind each song:

Cosmic Fringes

A dramatic entrance to Fat Pop (Volume 1). Cosmic Fringes pairs a minimal, pumping electro swing with a deadpan vocal that detonates an unspecified poseur and blowhard. “I’m a sleeping giant, waiting to awake/I stumble to the fridge/then back to bed”.

“It’s not about anyone in particular,” suggests Weller, “but I suppose it could be about a keyboard warrior, someone who is constantly brainstorming ideas but never gets around to doing them. Someone talking the talk, but never doing anything.”

“When I first did the demo it was quite punky, a bit like The Stooges. It doesn’t sound anything like that now because then I had the idea of stripping it all back to just the drums and bass, putting those synths on it. It’s got a bit of motoric feel to it and a little bit glam rock too, I think.”

True

A song with all the attributes of the greatest Paul Weller numbers: fire in its belly, questing lyrics, boss horns, flashes of guitar fury and a yearning melody you awake humming daily. It’s also a tremendous vocal, shared between Paul and Lia Metcalfe, the young Liverpudlian singer with The Mysterines.

“I really like her band and I really like her singing,” he says. “It makes a massive difference that we sang it live, in the same room. She’s got a really powerful voice and I wanted to write something for us to sing together, so I did. Then I just sent the phone demo to Lia and two weeks later we cut it. That was one of the last things we did for the album, in around September”.

Fat Pop

That brilliant, heavy bassline? “I did that. When we recorded it I was actually thinking about Cypress Hill, doing something that sounds like a DJ Muggs production. It’s got a bit of that. It’s my favourite song on the album, I think, about all the times music’s been there for me.”

Shades of Blue

A classic three-minute English pop kitchen sink drama, written by Paul Weller and his daughter Leah, who joins him on vocals. “Leah wrote the chorus for it and helped me finish it up. I wrote the verses. Reminds me of a suburban drama, a play.”

Glad Times

Sweeping, wistful, sparkling in shades of blue, Glad Times’ winning melancholia has been in the back of Weller’s mind for a while. “I wrote this with Tom (Doyle) and Ant (Brown). They usually send me a backing track and we work on it from there. It’s been around for a while, nearly made it onto On Sunset but didn’t quite fit. I really liked it, though, so I’m really glad it made it on to this album instead.”

Cobweb / Connections

Pastoral introspections, featuring a lovely acoustic solo by PW and a string score by Hannah Peel. “I think the song is saying that the more you can be yourself and be happy with yourself, the more you change into something better. It’s not just good for you, it’s good for everyone else as well. ‘Save yourself and save everyone around you too.’ It’s from observation but I suppose it’s about me too.”

Testify

Superfly strutting, cut live in the studio with Andy Fairweather Low adding distinctive vocals and Jacko Peake on fine flute and saxophone. When allowed out of the house, it’ll be a future live favourite.

“We had actually done it live two or three years ago,” says Weller, “but while I loved the groove I never really got a grip on the song. Then I did this charity gig in Guildford, one of the last things I’ve done probably, some Stax songs with Andy Fairweather Low. Our voices sound so good together and he’s such a lovely fellow, so I sent him the backing track. As soon as lockdown was lifted he came down to the studio for the afternoon. We cut it live and that was it.”

That Pleasure

In amongst those soulful strings there is some barely contained rage in Weller’s voice as he sings ‘Lose your hypocrisy.’ “I suppose it’s my reaction to the whole Black Lives Matter movement,” he explains. “You’re always on tender ground writing about that, but, regardless of my colour, any human being should be disturbed. You should be appalled and disgusted and shocked by those images of George Floyd being killed in the street. It has to stop. It’s a question for everyone.”

Failed

‘All the things I never get/and all the things I never meant/and all the things that make no fucking sense…I’ve failed.’

“Yes, I’m asking myself the question,” admits Weller, a man who has never been afraid of self-reflection in his songwriting. “It’s an angry song because I wrote it right after a massive row with my wife. But I like it. It’s honest. It’s not how I feel all the time, but it is how I feel some of the time. I’m just talking about me as a man. We all measure success in different ways.”

It’s also one of his favourite songs on the album, a stand-out.

Moving Canvas

A chunky, percussive groove, with the feel of Traffic but updated for the here-and-now.

“It’s going to be great live that one. I wrote it about Iggy Pop. I hope he likes it if he ever gets to hear it. It’s my tribute to him, even though it doesn’t sound anything like him. Aside from all the great records he’s made, as a performer he’s high art. It’s all about the Igster.”

In Better Times

A plaintive plea with some beautiful sax and guitar breaks. “Cold in your eyes, don’t you know you break my heart in two”.

“It’s me talking to a young person who is going through something, addiction or mental health pressure, or whatever, and just saying it’ll be alright. Just get through this bit and there’ll be better times to come, you’ll look back and you’ll see it differently.”

Still Glides The Stream

A stately collaboration between Weller and long-time guitar foil Steve Cradock.

“I had the chords and possibly the melody, which I sent to Cradock. And he sent me back a poem and I edited that, then we sent it back and forth by phone. Lockdown songwriting. I just liked the poem. In my mind, I was thinking about our road sweeper who’s a lovely fellow. I started thinking that there’s so many people in this country who form the infrastructure of it and without whom we’d be fucked. But they’re looked down upon, not really noticed. So I was imagining their story. I did find out that there’s a book of the same name (by Flora Thompson) and Cradock said he had seen it in a shop, so that’s where the title comes from. I just liked the poetry of it. Steve’s a very soulful fella.”

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