#The story of the style council plus

I bought the cd as an Xmas gift for my wife and she's played it through a few times now. Not really being impressed by Weller's solo career I had no reason to revisit TSC.until now. Never having been a huge Jam fan I heard the singles on the radio and thought they were 'OK' in the same way I thought other mainstream pop acts were 'OK'. In the 80s The Style Council passed me by.

Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse (Extended version).

The album also features key album tracks and fans’ favourites such as “Headstart For Happiness” Of course, it also Includes all the band’s classic singles –12 top-20 hits -including the debut single “Speak Like A Child” and the utterly sublime “Long Hot Summer”.

#The story of the style council plus

“Long Hot Summers” includes two unreleased tracks – an intriguing demo of the top 5 single ‘My Ever Changing Moods’ with strings, and the extended, 5-minute plus version of ‘Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse’. The release also ties in with a brilliant Sky Arts documentary about the band, also out on October 30 th, featuring interviews with all key members, fans and collaborators. As well as the huge hit “Long Hot Summer”, the album also includes the band’s sterling debut top 5 single “Speak Like A Child” as well as other masterpieces such as the languid “You’re The Best Thing”, “Ever Changing Moods” and dance floor filler “Shout To The Top”. Named with a nod to the band’s biggest hit, “Long Hot Summers” is endorsed and co-compiled by Paul Weller himself. And they didn’t need big hair to get there.Īnd now, finally “Long Hot Summers” - the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated definitive career anthology teaming with all the greatest hits and more is released on October 30 th. With their generous slew of chart hits, The Style Council were one of the defining pop bands of the 80s. Paul Weller, smart, fearless, audacious, with a social conscience totally unafraid to push the possibilities of pop. The Style Council was emblematic of its creator.