Sonik Kicks

Sonik Kicks
Studio album by Paul Weller
Released 19 March 2012 (2012-03-19)
Recorded 2010-11
Genre Rock, alternative rock, electronic rock[1]
Label Island
Paul Weller chronology
Wake Up the Nation
(2010)
Sonik Kicks
(2012)
Saturns Pattern
(2015)

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.[2]

Singles

"Starlite" was the first single released from the album, as a download and vinyl 12" in August 2011, it reached #113 in the UK Singles Chart.

"That Dangerous Age" was released in March 2012 as a CD, vinyl 7" and download, peaking at #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 #64 in the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

Standard listing
  1. "Green" (Weller/Dine) - 3:03
  2. "The Attic" (Weller/Dine) - 2:15
  3. "Kling I Klang" (Weller/Dine) - 3:14
  4. "Sleep Of The Serene" (Weller/Ibrahim/Rees) - 2:00
  5. "By The Waters" (Weller/Ibrahim) - 3:29
  6. "That Dangerous Age" (Weller/Dine) - 2:30
  7. "Study In Blue" (Weller/Dine) - 6:37
  8. "Dragonfly" (P. Weller/J. Weller/Dine) - 3:41
  9. "When Your Garden's Overgrown" (Weller/Dine) - 3:11
  10. "Around The Lake" (Weller/Dine) - 2:11
  11. "Twilight" (Weller/Cradock) - 0:20
  12. "Drifters" (Weller/Cradock/Dine) - 3:07
  13. "Paperchase" (Weller/Dine) - 5:01
  14. "Be Happy Children" (Weller/Dine) - 2:45
Bonus Tracks (Deluxe Edition)
  1. "Starlite" (Weller/Dine) - 3:41
  2. "Devotion" (Weller) - 4:01

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[3] 74
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[4] 33
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[5] 81
Dutch Albums Chart[6] 60
Scottish Albums Chart[7] 3
Spanish Albums Chart[8] 50
UK Albums Chart[9] 1
US Billboard 200[10] 166

Release history

Country Release date Format(s)
United Kingdom 19 March 2012 CD, vinyl, digital download

References

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