Best of '05 Preview: Paul Weller

ARTIST: Paul Weller

ALBUM: As Is Now

STANDOUT TRACKS: Come On/Let's Go, From the Floorboards Up, The Start of Forever, Blink and You'll Miss It

DISTINCTION: Hailed as a comeback; produced a Top 10 UK hit for Weller; goddamned good.

SOUND: Straight ahead rock with a lot of soul, loosely produced yet tight. Recorded in a very short time period, hence its immediacy.

YEAR-END CUMULATIVE GPA: 3.85...Mod-nificent!