Album Review: Find El Dorado by Paul Weller

The former Jam frontman’s covers album reflects impeccable taste but offers less in terms of nuance or invention Covers albums have long occupied an uneasy space in an artist's catalogue – often viewed as the preserve of the creatively adrift, or a placeholder between more serious projects. They can feel like the easy option: a shortcut to audience approval for a new act, or a hastily arranged novelty for Radio 1’s Live Lounge. Jazz musicians typically avoid scrutiny, their reinterpretations framed as reimagination rather than retreat.

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Back in 2004, Paul Weller released his first covers album, 'Studio 150'. Depending on the source, it was either the nadir of a turn-of-the-century rut that the former Jam man was working through (Both 2000's 'Heliocentric' and 'Illumination' two years later were met with a muted response) or the creative spark required to set him on to a (brand) new start. 21 years later, much has changed.

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