Paul Weller Releasing First Career-Spanning Collections

Paul Weller — 24 villain, solo artist and former frontman for The Jam and The Style Council — is starting 2007 off with a bang with the release of a four-disc boxed set, a single disc hits collection and a DVD companion to the boxed set.

Hit Parade, the title of both Weller's first career-spanning boxed set and the 23-track single disc version, will land in record stores on Jan. 23 via Yep Roc. The 67-track boxed set reaches back to 1977 and the beginning of The Jam (who still hold the U.K. record for most simultaneous top 75 singles), continues with his days as leader of The Style Council, and moves right on through his successful solo career. The two-DVD Hit Parade set will follow from Yep Roc on Feb. 6. It features a video for each single on the boxed set and includes both studio and live tracks.

Both the DVD package and boxed set will come with a custom hardbound book.

Here are the songs on the Hit Parade boxed set:

"In The City"
"All Around The World"
"The Modern World"
"News Of The World"
"David Watts"
"'A' Bomb In Wardour Street"
"Down In The Tube Station At Midnight"
"Strange Town"
"When You're Young"
"The Eton Rifles"
"Going Underground"
"Dreams Of Children"
"Start!"
"That's Entertainment"
"A Funeral Pyre"
"Absolute Beginners"
"Town Called Malice"
"Precious"
"Just Who Is The Five O'Clock Hero"
"The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)"
"Beat Surrender"
"Speak Like A Child"
"Money-Go-Round"
"Long Hot Summer"
"Solid Bond In Your Heart"
"My Ever Changing Moods"
"You're The Best Thing"
"Big Boss Groove"
"Shout To The Top!"
"Walls Come Tumbling Down"
"Come To Milton Keynes"
"The Lodgers"
"Have You Ever Had It Blue"
"It Didn't Matter"
"Waiting"
"Wanted"
"Life At A Top People's Health Farm"
"How She Threw It All Away"
"Promised Land"
"Into Tomorrow"
"Uh-Huh Oh-Yeh"
"Above The Clouds"
"Sunflower"
"Wild Wood"
"The Weaver"
"Hung Up"
"Out Of The Sinking"
"The Changingman"
"You Do Something To Me"
"Broken Stones"
"Peacock Suit"
"Brushed"
"Friday Street"
"Mermaids"
"Brand New Start"
"He's The Keeper"
"Sweet Pea, My Sweet Pea"
"It's Written In The Stars"
"Leafy Mysteries"
"The Bottle"
"Wishing On A Star"
"Thinking Of You"
"Early Morning Rain"
"From The Floorboards Up"
"Come On/Let's Go"
"Here's The Good News"
"Blink & You'll Miss It"

Here are the songs on the single-disc version of Hit Parade:

"Town Called Malice"
"Going Underground"
"Shout To The Top!"
"From The Floorboards Up"
"Down In The Tube Station At Midnight"
"Peacock Suit"
"The Changingman"
"The Eton Rifles"
"Come On/Let's Go"
"Sunflower"
"Beat Surrender"
"Walls Come Tumbling Down"
"That's Entertainment"
"Broken Stones"
"Out Of The Sinking"
"Long Hot Summer"
"You're the Best Thing"
"Wild Wood"
"You Do Something To Me"
"Hung Up"
"My Ever Changing Moods"
"Speak Like A Child"
"Start!"