As Is Now is Paul Weller's eighth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

. Released in October 2005, it reached number 4 in the UK charts.

The singles from the record were "From The Floorboards Up" (charted at #6), "Come On/Let's Go" (charted at #15), "Here's The Good News" (charted at #21) and the "The As Is Now EP

The As Is Now EP

The As Is Now EP is a limited edition single by Paul Weller released in 2006. The EP was released to coincide with his Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the 2006 Brit Awards.-Track listing:...

" (which included "Blink And You'll Miss It") which did not qualify for the charts and it had 4 tracks on and was only released on 7". The CD+DVD edition adds (on the DVD) studio footage of "From The Floorboards Up" and "Here's The Good News", the videos of "Come On/Let's Go" and "From The Floorboards Up" and the film "As Is Now".

Recording

The album was recorded over a two week period in March 2005 at Wheeler End Studios, Buckinghamshire. It was then mixed at Studio 150, Amsterdam.

Track listing

1. "Blink and You'll Miss It"
2. "Paper Smile"
3. "Come On/Let's Go"
4. "Here's the Good News"
5. "The Start of Forever"
6. "Pan"
7. "All on a Misty Morning"
8. "From the Floorboards Up"
9. "I Wanna Make It Alright"
10. "Savages"
11. "Fly Little Bird"
12. "Roll Along Summer"
13. "Bring Back the Funk" (Pts 1 & 2)
14. "The Pebble and the Boy"

The Japanese Edition contains two bonus tracks:

15.Oranges and Rosewater (B-side of "From the Floorboards Up" single)

16.Shine On (B-Side of "Come On/Let's Go" single)