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10.0
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The Independent
Though less sprawling and diverse than 22 Dreams and Wake Up the Nation, Saturns Pattern is just as exploratory, albeit within a more constrained setting
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10.0
76132
10.0 |
The Guardian
Another style-hopping triumph
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9.0
76023
9.0 |
Uncut
Evolved and expansive vibes proliferate
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9.0
76211
9.0 |
musicOMH
Saturns Pattern may lack an apostrophe but there’s nothing missing from his musical grammar. He’s still in his prime as a musician
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8.0
76223
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
It certainly grabs the attention and suggests that the 56-year-old Weller still has plenty up his sleeve
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8.0
76242
8.0 |
State
Once again renders the man himself as an inimitable and oft-under appreciated gem of our time
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8.0
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All Music
An album that is focused on the now, and the willful, harmonious collisions of history and the future give Saturn's Pattern its kick, while the warm thrum of the grooves gives it its soul
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8.0
76157
8.0 |
The FT
Former firebrand turns to hippyish experimentalism and employs jazzy keyboards and cosmic guitars
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8.0
76350
8.0 |
PopMatters
This is not just serviceable "craft" meant to keep the fans happy; this is magic that's up for grabs to all
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8.0
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Gig Soup
Saturn's Pattern's familiarity boasts a triumphant renaissance, romanticism and contemplation, concurrent with a continued use of Weller’s previously attained explorative vision
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8.0
76125
8.0 |
Evening Standard
This might be classed as late period Weller but he still sounds like he has so much more to give
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
Still searching, still discovering, it’s Paul Weller’s motto
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8.0
76022
8.0 |
Q
Marching along to the beat of his own relentlessly inventive drum. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
The sound of Weller finding new ways to challenge himself
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7.0
76290
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
A robust binding of the experimental tangents on 2008's 22 Dreams and 2012's Sonik Kicks into taut, acid-flecked turbulence and modern-dance synthesis
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7.0
76019
7.0 |
The Music
This is very much a modern record drawing on a galaxy of musical influences. Weller hasn’t sounded this gutsy in years
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6.0
76202
6.0 |
The Observer
Encompassing Stooges-style rock, gentle, chemically enhanced 60s pop and, on White Sky, the kind of fiery blues from which the young punk would have run a mile
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6.0
76018
6.0 |
DIY
A strong nine track album that dabbles in bluesy guitar and space-age synth
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6.0
76135
6.0 |
The Irish Times
He’s where he should be, all right, and it’s well worth a return visit
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4.0
77461
4.0 |
Under The Radar
He hasn't made a good album in 20 years, and in that time plenty of mediocre bands have already churned this record out
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