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May 21, 2025 (Los Angeles, CA) — Paul Weller announces the release of Find El Dorado, a deeply personal new album of reinterpretations, out July 25th on vinyl, CD and digital. Click HERE to pre-order. Drawing on a lifetime of listening, the record sees Weller revisit songs that have long lived in the back of his mind—now reimagined with fresh meaning and a sense of reverence. “These are songs I’ve carried with me for years,” Weller says. “They’ve taken on new shapes over time. And now felt like the moment to share them.”
The release also marks a new chapter in Weller’s storied legacy. As a defining figure in British music who has sold approximately 11 million albums in the UK alone throughout his incredible career, Weller makes a welcome return to Warner Records/Parlophone Records, the label behind his critically acclaimed run of albums from 2015 to 2019 which include Saturns Pattern, A Kind Revolution, True Meanings, JAWBONE - Music From The Film and Other Aspects - Live At The Royal Festival Hall.
If it’s possible to get lost in music, Weller shows that you can also find yourself in it. Find El Dorado is less a covers album and more a map of his emotional and musical DNA. From the quiet melancholy of Ray Davies’ “Nobody’s Fool” to the shimmering ache of “El Dorado,” these are songs that shaped his inner world—and now, through a mix of intimate arrangements and standout collaborations with the likes of Hannah Peel, Declan O’Rourke, Robert Plant, Seckou Keita, Amelia Coburn and Noel Gallagher, he’s passing them on. This is Weller at his most reflective, offering listeners a rare glimpse into the music that made him, and a reminder that great songs never age, they just evolve.
Two songs from the album are released as digital singles today: Track 1 is “Lawdy Rolla,” which was originally by an obscure French studio band called The Guerrillas, who featured African jazz star Manu Dibango in their ranks. A video for “Lawdy Rolla” will be released later this month, listen to the track and watch the visualizer HERE. The second track, and arguably one of the most familiar on the album, is Brian Protheroe’s beautiful 1974 hit “Pinball,” reimagined here with a hauntingly evocative saxophone contribution from Weller band memberJacko Peake.
Find El Dorado track list - and the artists that originally recorded them in brackets 1. Handouts in the Rain (Richie Havens) 2. Small Town Talk (Bobby Charles) 3. El Dorado (Eamon Friel) 4. White Line Fever (The Flying Burrito Brothers) 5. One Last Cold Kiss (Christy Moore) 6. When you are a King (White Plains) 7. Pinball (Brian Protheroe) 8. Where there’s Smoke, There’s Fire (Willie Griffin) 9. I Started a Joke (Bee Gees) 10. Never the Same (Lal and Mike Waterson) 11. Lawdy Rolla (The Guerrillas) 12. Nobody’s Fool (The Kinks) 13. Journey (Duncan Browne) 14. Daltry Street (Jake Fletcher / PP Arnold) 15. Clive’s Song (Hamish Imlach)
Find El Dorado will be available in the following formats: Double black 180g vinyl LP. D2C exclusive Coke Bottle Green double vinyl LP. Amazon exclusive double black vinyl with alternative artwork. CD and digital album available from all DSP’s. Find El Dorado was produced and arranged by Weller band guitarist Steve Cradock. The album was engineered by Steve Cradock and Charles Rees and recorded at Kundalini Studio and Black Barn Studio. Mixes by Charles Rees and Steve Cradock. Geoff Pesche mastered the album at Abbey Road Studios. Arrangements by Hannah Peel. | 
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