So a cover plate. Paul Weller could have spent a year without a new album release. On the other hand: his last coveralbum Studio 150 so far appeared more than 20 years ago, and again Weller uses the method to choose songs that do not require total checkout or are absolutely common. “I Started a Joke” from the Bee Gees gets its place as well as “Nobody’s Fool” from the Kinks or “Handouts in the Rain” by Richie Havens.
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The best thing about the covers on Find El Dorado: Weller gave way around. It’s about the songs, not about the craft. Despite the top -class guests: Robert Plant Singing at “Clive’s Song”, a Scottish -colored blues. Eh folk is the dominant style, to be heard at “One Last Cold Kiss” with singer Amelia Coburn or in the quasi-title piece “El Dorado”, written by the Irish songwriter Eamon Freil.
You have to believe it because you don’t hear it: the second acoustic guitar has contributed to Noel Gallagher, and when an Irish flute crows longingly, then you can see the old Gallagher smile.
This review was first published in the MusikExpress 08/2025.