So why is 'Stanley Road' the best solo album? Well firstly it has a fair few absolute classic cuts including; 'Broken Stones', 'Time Passes...', 'You Do Something To Me' and the album in general flows really well. It's well recorded, and seems to come direct from the heart of the great man. A little bland and middle of the road in places, but all in all a very cool collection of thoughtful music.

The Victorian terraced street of his youth is now part of Woking’s dizzying one-way system, the terraces have been replaced by flats and offices. In the Woking of his youth he played football on the road and he played his first gig at the Walton Road Working Men’s Club — now the Liberal Club. On 30 May 2005, a three-disc 10th anniversary deluxe edition of the album was released by Island Records. The expanded edition included demos, live and BBC session recordings and a DVD documentary directed by Simon Halfon which featured interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and music videos.Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Mohammad Habib (2nd from right) says this discovery is the latest piece of the puzzle of the amazing history of the Shah Jahan Mosque (Image: Shah Jahan Mosque) it’s complicated! I have now collected all of Paul’s solo albums and listened to them all at least ten times each. And they are all worthy of my best attention. Lesson learned! The combination of his own sardonic, churning "Porcelain God" and a heavied-up cover of Dr John's "I Walk On Gilded Splinters" works very well in tandem, while "You Do Something To Me" which was a hit UK single makes for a fine change of pace, a stately, jazz-influenced piano-ballad with its counter-weight being the spare, churchy, piano-based "Wings of Speed" which closes the album.

The album was co-produced by Brendan Lynch, who had also worked on Weller's previous two solo albums, Paul Weller and Wild Wood. Anyway, I'll try to obliterate such pompous nonsense from my judgement and instead concentrate on the music which really is very good indeed. The 49-year-old Modfather said: “Affluence and financial struggle were both very apparent although any problems my familiy had I never noticed. There was always food on the table. We always had clean clothes.” Looking for more Woking news? Sign up to our weekly newsletter to get more news from the town direct to your inbox. Find out how here. Read More Related Articles Speaking during the visit in February, Mosque manager Mohammad Habib, one of those who met the Wellers during their visit, said: “During our archive project a few years ago, we came to realise that Paul Weller's mum was the caretaker of the mosque; she spent some time looking after the mosque, cleaning the mosque [in the 1960s].Paul was pointing out places in the mosque that he remembered. He was quite young when he was there, but the fondest memory was when he fell into one of the ponds at the mosque!" Accomplished... I am sure 'Stanley Road' will remain as Paul Weller's most accomplished solo album. I do not claim to have heard all of his solo albums but I did buy the first five albums (and ditched albums 4 and 5 because they held no merit in my opinion). Enough was enough! *** Paul Weller– vocals (1–12), guitar (1–7, 9–11), piano (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12), shakers (1), organ (3, 5), percussion (3, 5), Novatron (4), Hammond organ (8, 10), Wurlitzer (8, 9)