Uh Huh, Oh Yeh

Album: Paul Weller (1992)
Charted: 18
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  • The opening track of Paul Weller's eponymous debut solo album, "Uh Huh, Oh Yeh" finds him returning to his '60s R&B roots after the soulful direction he took with The Style Council.

    I took a trip down Boundary Lane, try an' find myself again
    At least a part I left somewhere, buried under a hedgerow near


    Weller explained to NME: "That was me reconnecting with my roots. I'd had some wilderness years after The Style Council, two years of doing nothing, so I spent a lot of time in contemplation. I went back to my hometown to get in touch with my roots and I just rediscovered all the music that I'd forgotten and that was a good time for me to do that."

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