The album's famous cover collage was created by the British pop-artist Peter Blake, designer of The Beatles’ legendary Sgt Pepper’s album artwork. The album’s title comes from the street in Woking where Weller grew up. a b McDonnell, Evelyn (13 July 1995). "Paul Weller: Stanley Road". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 11 February 2007 . Retrieved 15 August 2009. The album's cover collage was created by the artist Peter Blake, designer of the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album artwork. Weller claimed on a BBC special that he hopes he can one day create an album as perfect as this one, stating that all the stars were aligned during the writing and recording period of Stanley Road.

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The album was co-produced by Brendan Lynch, who had also worked on Weller's previous two solo albums, Paul Weller and Wild Wood. Weller’s landmark, multi-platinum selling No. 1 album which stayed 87 weeks in the chart. It spawned the classic hits ‘The ChangingMan’, ‘You Do Something To Me’ and ‘Broken Stones’. 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) Essentially it’s all the great things about ‘92’s debut solo album magnified and put through a multi-coloured shaker of mod cool, and then filmed in Woking” NME May 199Larkin, Colin (2011). "Weller, Paul". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th conciseed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8. Weller’s landmark, multi-platinum selling No. 1 album which stayed 87 weeks in the chart. It spawned the classic hits "The Changing Man", "You Do Something To Me" and "Broken Stones". Stanley Road is the third album by Paul Weller originally released by Go! Discs in 1995.

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a b Kessler, Ted (20 May 1995). "Paul Weller – Stanley Road". NME. p.44. Archived from the original on 30 September 2000 . Retrieved 2 November 2017. Stanley Road is the third solo album by Paul Weller, released by Go! Discs in 1995. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 46th greatest album of all time. The album took its name from the street in Woking where Weller grew up. [1] Weller's cover version of the song " I Walk on Guilded Splinters" was featured in the series ending montage of The Wire's fourth series end, Final Grades. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDFed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p.298.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.