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[ Polydor Records / Universal Music / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday, 27 February, 2007
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Paul Weller formed The Style Council in early 1983, just a few months after splitting The Jam at the height of their success. Exhausted from years of constant touring, he put the collective project together with friend and confidante Mick Talbot, having no intention of taking it on the road. He and Mick projected an image of themselves as coffee-bar sophisticates, listening to jazz and soul records, sipping endless cups of cappuccino and generally living out their 'Absolute Beginners' style fantasies.
Yet behind the ultra-Mod imagery, Weller's horizons as a songwriter and musician continued to expand. Since the last days of his former group, Paul had strived to create a modern, sophisticated blend of jazz, funk, soul and pop. Teaming up with some of the U.K.'s finest young jazz and funk players, he was now able to realise those ideas.
Recorded at Weller's own Solid Band Studios near Marble Arch, the Council's music evolved with their every release, and no one album manages to completely define their sound. From the smoky jazz and neatly-crafted summer pop of 1984's ‘Cafe Bleu’, they moved on to the Latin, funk and singer / songwriter potpourri of ‘Our Favourite Shop’ -- which proved to be their most popular and enduring work.
Set against the background of Thatcherism and the miners' strike, 1985's 'Our Favourite Shop' is Paul Weller's most unflinchingly political work and displays his Style Council vision at its very best. It is an essential album in the history of British music, and a long-overdue addition to the acclaimed ‘Deluxe Edition’ range.
The Style Council's only UK No. 1 album, 'Our Favourite Shop' contains the singles "Walls Come Tumbling Down" (UK No. 6), "Come to Milton Keynes", "The Lodgers" and added in this edition, the brilliantly catchy "Shout to the Top" (U.K. No. 7).
The Deluxe Edition contains a re-mastered version of the original album, with a second disc featuring 21 bonus tracks: B-sides, demos, mixes and rarities, including four never-before-released demos. The package includes new liner notes, which feature interviews with Paul Weller, Mick Talbot, Steve White, plus rare photos.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1. Homebreakers
2. All Gone Away
3. Come To Milton Keynes
4. Internationalists
5. A Stones Throw Away
6. The Stand Up Comic's Instructions
7. Boy Who Cried Wolf
8. A Man Of Great Promise
9. Down In The Seine
10. The Lodgers
11. Luck
12. With Everything To Lose
13. Our Favourite Shop
14. Walls Come Tumbling Down
Bonus Tracks:
15. Shout To The Top (version on the reissue CD)
16. Shout To The Top (instrumental from TSCX7)
Disc 2:
Disc Two R arities
1. The Piccadilly Trail (from Shout To The Top 12 inch)
2. Ghosts Of Dachau (from Shout To The Top 12 inch)
3. Spin Drifting (on Complete Adventures box set)
4.T he Whole Point II (from Walls Come Tumbling Down 12 inch)
5. Blood Sports (from Walls Come Tumbling Down 12 inch)
6. (When You) Call Me (b-side version from Come To Milton Keynes
single)
7. Our Favourite Shop (Club Mix)
8. The Lodgers Club Mix (From Come To Milton Keynes 12 inch)
9. The Lodgers (Extended Mix 12 inch)
10. The Big Boss Groove (live)
11. Move On Up (live)
12. You're The Best Thing (live)
13. Money Go Round (medley - Soul Deep / Strength Of Your Nature
live)
14. A Stone's Throw Away (demo version)
15. (When You) Call Me (demo version)
16. A Casual Affair
17. Soul Deep (Council Collective single 12 inch)
Extra Previously Unreleased Demos:
18. The Lodgers
19. Internationalists
20. Everything To Lose (remix) 'Blue Remix'
21. Our Favourite Shop (alt.)
As recommended by Graham Reid on Music From Elsewhere
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