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Out of the Sinking

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upon release its release. In February 1996, it was re-released and reached a new peak of No. 16. The B-side to the single on the 1996 re-issue is a cover of
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said that "Out of the Sinking" "is far from the best of Paul Weller's recent releases, slumping at times into the sort of aimlessness that
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times, putting all those obsessions with death and decay and turmoil and exorcism behind you. A pleasant, summery
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editor, Ted Kessler, complimented it as a "well-crafted" single and "bright, vaguely optimistic".
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wrote that the song "is a kind of object lesson in getting rid of depression, and, in these post-
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Song recordings produced by Brendan Lynch (music producer)
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Index


Single
Paul Weller
Stanley Road
B-side
Sexy Sadie
Label
Go! Discs
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Brendan Lynch
Paul Weller
Hung Up
The Changingman
Paul Weller
Go! Discs
Stanley Road
Brendan Lynch
B-side
the Beatles
Sexy Sadie
UK Singles Chart
Bob Dylan
I Shall Be Released
Small Faces
Melody Maker
Van Morrison
Dele Fadele
NME
Nirvana

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