Saturns Pattern

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{{Infobox album

| name = Saturns Pattern

| type = Studio

| artist = Paul Weller

| cover = Saturns Pattern (Front Cover).jpg

| alt =

| released = 18 May 2015

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{flatlist|

  • Alternative rock
  • hard rock{{cite web |last1=Greco |first1=Teresa |title=Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern |url=https://sentireascoltare.com/recensioni/paul-weller-saturns-pattern/ |website=Sentireascoltare |accessdate=20 December 2018 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519011300/https://www.sentireascoltare.com/recensioni/paul-weller-saturns-pattern/ |url-status=live }}
  • neo-psychedelia

}}

| length =

| label = Parlophone, Warner Bros. Records

| producer = {{hlist|Paul Weller|Jan "Stan" Kybert|Amorphous Androgynous}}

| prev_title = More Modern Classics

| prev_year = 2014

| next_title = A Kind Revolution

| next_year = 2017

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Saturns Pattern

| type = studio

| single1 = White Sky

| single1date = 11 February 2015{{cite web | url=https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/white-sky-paul-weller/0825646136070 | title=White Sky, Paul Weller | access-date=21 December 2024 | archive-date=17 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417080409/https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/white-sky-paul-weller/0825646136070 | url-status=live }}

| single2 = Saturns Pattern

| single2date = 11 May 2015

| single3 = Going My Way

| single3date = 24 July 2015

| single4 = I'm Where I Should Be

| single4date = 9 October 2015

| single5 = Pick it Up

| single5date = 18 December 2015

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 81/100{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/saturns-pattern/paul-weller | title=Saturns Pattern - Paul Weller | publisher=Metacritic | accessdate=8 May 2015 | archive-date=3 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903232009/https://www.metacritic.com/music/saturns-pattern/paul-weller | url-status=live }}

| rev3 = The Independent

| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=8 May 2015|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/paul-weller-saturns-pattern--album-review-exploratory-albeit-within-a-constrained-setting-10236297.html|title=Paul Weller 'Saturn's Pattern' review: exploratory, albeit within a constrained setting|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|accessdate=8 May 2015|archive-date=10 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510094029/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/paul-weller-saturns-pattern--album-review-exploratory-albeit-within-a-constrained-setting-10236297.html|url-status=live}}

| rev4 = NME

| rev4score = 7/10{{cite web|last1=Huggett|first1=Stuart|title=Paul Weller - 'Saturns Pattern'|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/paul-weller/16052|website=NME|accessdate=28 April 2015|date=28 April 2015|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315053110/http://www.nme.com/reviews/paul-weller/16052|url-status=live}}

| rev5 = Q

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev7 = Uncut

| rev7Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

| rev6 = The Telegraph

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev1 = DIY

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|last1=Dennis|first1=Jon|title=Paul Weller: Saturns Pattern review – another style-hopping triumph|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/14/paul-weller-saturns-pattern-review|website=The Guardian|accessdate=1 June 2017|date=14 May 2015|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519005746/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/14/paul-weller-saturns-pattern-review|url-status=live}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Saturns Pattern is the twelfth solo album by English singer-songwriter and musician Paul Weller, released on 18 May 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/06/paul-weller-12th-solo-album-saturns-pattern|title=Paul Weller announces details of 12th solo album Saturn's Pattern | Music | The Guardian|publisher=theguardian.com|accessdate=2 May 2015|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519005745/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/06/paul-weller-12th-solo-album-saturns-pattern|url-status=live}} The album reached number two on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Weller and Jan Stan Kybert; except where indicated

{{Track listing

| title1 = White Sky

| length1 = 4:56

| title2 = Saturns Pattern

| length2 = 3:24

| title3 = Going My Way

| length3 = 4:15

| title4 = Long Time

| length4 = 2:12

| title5 = Pick It Up

| length5 = 6:16

| title6 = I'm Where I Should Be

| length6 = 3:26

| title7 = Phoenix

| length7 = 5:56

| title8 = In the Car...

| length8 = 4:44

| title9 = These City Streets

| length9 = 8:24

| total_length = 43.31

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/saturns-pattern-deluxe-edition/966055871|title=iTunes - Music - Saturns Pattern (Deluxe Edition) by Paul Weller|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=10 May 2015|archive-date=1 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001221720/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/saturns-pattern-deluxe-edition/id966055871|url-status=live}}

| title10 = (I'm A) Roadrunner

| length10 = 2:48

| title11 = Dusk Til Dawn

| length11 = 2:04

| title12 = White Sky

| note12 = Prof. Kybert vs. The Moons Remix

| length12 = 4:36

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese bonus tracks{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/saturns-pattern-deluxe-edition/966349944|title=iTunes - ミュージック - ポール・ウェラー「Saturns Pattern (Deluxe Edition)」|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=18 May 2015|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305233830/https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/saturns-pattern-deluxe-edition/id966349944|url-status=live}}

| title13 = I Work in the Clouds

| length13 = 5:39

| title14 = Praise If You Wanna

| length14 = 1:39

}}

Personnel

  • Paul Weller - Vocals (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9), Acoustic Guitar (3,6,7,8), Electric Guitars (1,2,3,4,6,8), Guitars (5,9), Bass (1,5,6,7,8,9), Piano (2,3,6,7,8), Hammond Organ (1,8), Rhodes (7), Mellotron (9), Philicorda (7), Keyboards (5,6), Synths (4), Moog (3), Harmonica (2), Percussion (2), Hand Claps (3), Finger Snaps (3), Strings (9), Backing Vocals (1,3,5,6,7)
  • The Amorphous Androgynous - Programming and Psychedelicization of Synths, Tape Loops, Drums, Harp, Strings, Guitar (1)
  • Syd Arthur - Backing Vocals (5)
  • Steve Brookes - Electric Guitar (9), Slide Guitar (8)
  • Raven Bush - Violin (9)
  • Steve Cradock - Electric Guitar (7), Guitars (5,9), Moog (9)
  • Andy Crofts - Electric Guitar (1), Bass (3), Piano (3), Mellotron (2), Keyboards (5,8,9), Keys (2), Moog (2), Backing Vocals (1,3,5,6,7,8,9)
  • Ben Gordelier - Drums (1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9), Percussion (3,7,8)
  • Jan Stan Kybert - Electric Guitar (6), Bass (2), Keyboards (5,6), Moog (9), Programming (2,6)
  • Josh McClorey - Slide Guitar (4)
  • Steve Pilgrim - Backing Vocals (2)
  • Charles Rees - Bass (4), Egg Whisk (4)
  • Stuart Rowe - Electric Guitar (1)
  • Tom Van Heel - Drums (4)
  • Hannah Weller - Backing Vocals (1,5,7)
  • Bill Wheeler - Guitar (4)

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (2015)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-albums-hermitude-dark-night-sweet-light-is-no-1-20150523|title=ARIA Albums: Hermitude Dark Night Sweet Light Is No 1|publisher=Noise11|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=23 May 2015|accessdate=24 May 2015|archive-date=23 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523235539/http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-albums-hermitude-dark-night-sweet-light-is-no-1-20150523|url-status=live}}

| 58

{{album chart|Austria|58|artist=Paul Weller|album=Saturns Pattern|accessdate=30 May 2015|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Flanders|30|artist=Paul Weller|album=Saturns Pattern|accessdate=30 May 2015|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|97|artist=Paul Weller|album=Saturns Pattern|accessdate=30 May 2015|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|22|artist=Paul Weller|album=Saturns Pattern|accessdate=24 May 2015|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Germany4|35|id=273664|artist=Paul Weller|album=Saturns Pattern|accessdate=15 August 2024|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Hungary|6|year=2015|week=20|rowheader=true|access-date=28 November 2021}}
{{album chart|Italy|33|artist=Paul Weller|album=Saturns Pattern|accessdate=28 May 2015|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Scotland|2|date=20150524|accessdate=15 August 2024|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|83|artist=Paul Weller|album=Saturns Pattern|accessdate=30 May 2015|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|UK2|2|date=20150524|accessdate=15 August 2024|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|UKDigital|9|date=20150524|accessdate=15 August 2024|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|BillboardRock|37|artist=Paul Weller|rowheader=true}}

See also

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