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The Complete Adventures Of The Style Council

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Given the blockbuster success of the Jam's exhaustive box set Direction Reaction Creation, perhaps it was inevitable that Polydor would give the Style Council a similar treatment, but the 1998 release of the five-disc box set The Complete Adventures of the Style Council was still a bit of surprise -- there never was much interest in their catalog following their 1990 disbandment. Fortunately, Polydor took a chance and assembled The Complete Adventures, a lavish box set containing all of the group's singles and albums, minus the live Home & Abroad but including the notorious unreleased 1989 record A Decade of Modernism, which the label allegedly rejected because it found Weller turning toward house music. As it turns out, A Decade of Modernism wasn't that far afield from what the Style Council was exploring from their inception, as the chronological running order of the set makes clear. The sequencing is a blessed occurrence, since it's easy to trace their development over the years. Instead of an aberration, the Style Council seems like a natural extension of the Jam's final record, The Gift, and every one of their subsequent records makes more sense than before. That doesn't mean the music is always compelling. No matter how interesting some of Weller's ideas were, they didn't always work, and he wrote way too many pompous, directionless songs to have The Complete Adventures rank with Direction Reaction Creation. (There are also too many Mick Talbot instrumentals, but that's another story.) For most listeners, including some serious Weller fans, the Style Council is best appreciated as a singles band, but for the dedicated, The Complete Adventures reveals that the Style Council, no matter how maddening they could be, were a group that continually reinvented themselves, occasionally making some remarkable music along the way.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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1
Speak Like A Child
00:03:18

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ZEKE MANYIKA, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tracie Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1983 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

2
Party Chambers (First Version)
00:03:22

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1983 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

3
Money-Go-Round (Parts 1 & 2) (Bert Bevans Alternate Remix)
00:07:29

Peter Wilson, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Co-Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bert Bevans, Remixer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1998 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

4
Headstart For Happiness (First/ Early Version)
00:02:49

Peter Wilson, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Co-Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1983 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

5
Mick's Up
00:03:13

Peter Wilson, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mick Talbot, Composer - Paul Weller, Producer, Co-Producer - The Style Council, MainArtist

℗ 1983 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

6
Long Hot Summer (Extended/ Full/ 12 Inch Version)
00:07:02

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1983 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

7
The Paris Match (Early Version)
00:03:46

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tracie Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Olivier Horet, Translator

℗ 1983 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

8
Le Depart
00:02:49

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Composer - Paul Weller, Producer - The Style Council, MainArtist

℗ 1983 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

9
A Solid Bond In Your Heart
00:03:18

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1983 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

10
It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
00:02:32

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1983 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

11
My Ever Changing Moods (Longer/ Extended/ 12 Inch Version)
00:05:43

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

12
Mick's Company
00:02:48

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Composer - Paul Weller, Producer - The Style Council, MainArtist

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

13
Spring, Summer, Autumn
00:02:23

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

14
Mick's Blessings
00:01:17

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Composer - Paul Weller, Producer - The Style Council, MainArtist

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

15
The Whole Point Of No Return
00:02:44

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

16
Me Ship Came In!
00:03:08

Peter Wilson, Producer - Paul Weller, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

17
Blue Cafe
00:02:18

Peter Wilson, Producer - Paul Weller, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

18
The Paris Match (Album Version)
00:04:27

Tracey Thorn, FeaturedArtist - Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, Producer, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

19
My Ever Changing Moods (Album Version)
00:03:39

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

20
Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse
00:03:15

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Composer - Paul Weller, Composer, Producer - The Style Council, MainArtist

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

21
A Gospel
00:04:47

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

DISC 2

1
Strength Of Your Nature
00:04:21

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

2
You're The Best Thing (Album Version)
00:05:41

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

3
Here's One That Got Away
00:02:36

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

4
Headstart For Happiness (Album Version)
00:03:22

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara Snow , Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - DC Lee, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

5
Council Meetin'
00:02:34

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Composer - Paul Weller, Composer, Producer - The Style Council, MainArtist

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

6
The Big Boss Groove (Full Version)
00:04:40

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

7
Shout To The Top (Full Version)
00:04:16

Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Robson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

8
Ghosts Of Dachau ("Dachau Was A Nazi Concentration Camp, The Scene Of Mass Murders")
00:02:50

Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Robson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

9
The Piccadilly Trail
00:03:45

Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Robson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

10
Soul Deep (Bert Bevan's Remix/ Club Mix)
00:07:11

Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Weller, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, Producer, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bert Bevans, Remixer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

11
Walls Come Tumbling Down
00:03:25

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - DC Lee, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

12
The Whole Point II
00:02:50

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

13
Blood Sports
00:03:36

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

14
Spin' Drifting
00:03:10

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

15
Homebreakers
00:05:03

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

16
All Gone Away
00:02:16

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

17
Come To Milton Keynes
00:03:05

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer Programming, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

18
Internationalists
00:03:06

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

19
A Stones Throw Away
00:02:18

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

20
The Stand Up Comic's Instructions
00:01:33

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Lenny Henry, Participant - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

21
Boy Who Cried Wolf (Album Version)
00:05:18

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

DISC 3

1
A Man Of Great Promise
00:02:35

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

2
Down In The Seine
00:02:44

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sara Silver, Translator - Paul Renee, Translator

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

3
The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter) (Album Version)
00:03:58

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

4
Luck
00:02:35

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

5
With Everything To Lose
00:03:56

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

6
Our Favourite Shop
00:02:55

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Composer - Paul Weller, Producer - The Style Council, MainArtist

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

7
(When You) Call Me
00:03:20

Peter Wilson, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

8
Have You Ever Had It Blue (Uncut/ 12 Inch/ Extended Version)
00:04:47

CLIVE LANGER, Producer - ROBIN MILLAR, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Mick Talbot, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Style Council, MainArtist - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1989 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

Album review

Given the blockbuster success of the Jam's exhaustive box set Direction Reaction Creation, perhaps it was inevitable that Polydor would give the Style Council a similar treatment, but the 1998 release of the five-disc box set The Complete Adventures of the Style Council was still a bit of surprise -- there never was much interest in their catalog following their 1990 disbandment. Fortunately, Polydor took a chance and assembled The Complete Adventures, a lavish box set containing all of the group's singles and albums, minus the live Home & Abroad but including the notorious unreleased 1989 record A Decade of Modernism, which the label allegedly rejected because it found Weller turning toward house music. As it turns out, A Decade of Modernism wasn't that far afield from what the Style Council was exploring from their inception, as the chronological running order of the set makes clear. The sequencing is a blessed occurrence, since it's easy to trace their development over the years. Instead of an aberration, the Style Council seems like a natural extension of the Jam's final record, The Gift, and every one of their subsequent records makes more sense than before. That doesn't mean the music is always compelling. No matter how interesting some of Weller's ideas were, they didn't always work, and he wrote way too many pompous, directionless songs to have The Complete Adventures rank with Direction Reaction Creation. (There are also too many Mick Talbot instrumentals, but that's another story.) For most listeners, including some serious Weller fans, the Style Council is best appreciated as a singles band, but for the dedicated, The Complete Adventures reveals that the Style Council, no matter how maddening they could be, were a group that continually reinvented themselves, occasionally making some remarkable music along the way.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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