Sonik Kicks is the eleventh studio album from Paul Weller, an English singer-songwriter and former member of The Jam; it was released on 19 March 2012. The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart beating David Guetta's Nothing But the Beat to the top spot by just 250 copies.Paul Weller narrowly beats David Guetta to score album No.1 - Music News - Digital Spy
Singles "Starlite" was the first single released from the album, as a download and vinyl 12" in August 2011, it reached number 113 in the UK singles chart.
"That Dangerous Age" was released in March 2012 as a CD, vinyl 7" and download, peaking at number 66 in the UK. It was performed live on The Jonathan Ross Show.
"Birthday" was released as a non-album download single in August 2012, peaking at number 64 in the UK singles chart.
Track listing Standard listing "Green" (Weller, Dine) - 3:03 "The Attic" (Weller, Dine) - 2:15 "Kling I Klang" (Weller, Dine) - 3:14 "Sleep of the Serene" (Weller, Ibrahim, Rees) - 2:00 "By The Waters" (Weller, Ibrahim) - 3:29 "That Dangerous Age" (Weller, Dine) - 2:30 "Study in Blue" (Weller, Dine) - 6:37 "Dragonfly" (Paul Weller, Jasmine Weller, Dine) - 3:41 "When Your Garden's Overgrown" (Weller, Dine) - 3:11 "Around The Lake" (Weller, Dine) - 2:11 "Twilight" (Weller, Cradock) - 0:20 "Drifters" (Weller, Cradock, Dine) - 3:07 "Paperchase" (Weller, Dine) - 5:01 "Be Happy Children" (Weller, Dine) - 2:45
Bonus Tracks (Deluxe Edition)
"Starlite" (Weller, Dine) - 3:41 "Devotion" (Weller) - 4:01
Personnel Paul Weller - Lead Vocals, Electric Guitars, Bass, Drums, Piano, Mellotron, Hammond, Farfisa, Moogs, Percussion, Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals Graham Coxon - Electric Guitars Steve Cradock - Electric Guitars, Drums, Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals Andy Crofts - Electric Guitars, Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Celeste, Vibes, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Farfisa, Backing Vocals, String Arrangements Simon Dine - Electric Guitars, Loops, FX, Electronic Strings Noel Gallagher - Electric Guitars, Bass, Acoustic Guitars Ben Gordelier - Drums Aziz Ibrahim - Acoustic Guitars Jan "Stan" Kybert - Programming Andy Lewis - Bass, Celeste, Vibes, Glockenspiel Marco Nelson - Bass David Nock - Drums Roger "Trotwood" Nowell - Bass Sean O'Hagan - String Arrangements Steve Pilgrim - Drums, Backing Vocals Charles Rees - Drums, Percussion Hannah Weller - Backing Vocals Leah Weller - Backing Vocals Mac Weller - Backing Vocals Technical Charles Rees, Jamie Johnson - engineer, recording Alex Hutchinson, Paul Weller - design Julian Broad - photography
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position UK Albums (OCC) 149
Release history Country Release date Format(s) United Kingdom 19 March 2012 CD, vinyl, digital download
References
External links Sonik Kicks at Amazon Sonik Kicks at Discogs.