5/16/2023 0 Comments The style council logo![]() ![]() ![]() He said: not to call David Jo that! Can you imagine how in denial some people are? Same guy,different name BUT the same body of work just the same.Īnyway, I do understand the misigivings of fans of the Punk(the Jam Period) towards the Cappuccino Kid and the Modfather (solo Weller). In that same spirit, I remember bringing up the fact that Buster Pointdexter was David Johansen on a NY Dolls board, one critic couldn't take it. Rational and reasonable Weller fans will acknowledge that. I fondly had remembrances of the Style Council in the Jam thread, will of course refer back to the Jam and forward to Weller solo as they are essentially the same body of work by the same man. Looking forward to the rest of this thread!Ĭlick to expand.Colo as unfashionable as it might be I view his work as a continuum. and that the false endings of both sides of the single LP version seem like homages to Abbey Road? Just a thought. I'm getting ahead of myself of the discussion here, but in regards to The Orange Album:īesides the front and back cover, anyone else note that the choice of layout and font on the inner gatefold of The Orange Album also appears to be done in homage to The Beatles' White Album?. Replace Right to Go with Wanted, and you have a greatly improved album! Party Chambers is a crazy tune, with that long analog synth showcase towards the end.Īs per my handle, I consider The Cost of Loving (The Orange Album) a flawed but underrated Blue-Eyed soul masterpiece, with Heavens Above being one of Weller's best-ever tunes, IMO. One of the things I noticed when I finally got to Speak Like A Child and the first few singles was how much lighter in tone they were, when compared to the later works. I got into TSC through Confessions of A Pop Group, and worked myself backwards. I understand that some people prefer to listen to these great singles without the added commentary.Had to join this forum just for discussing probably the Best Pop Band In The World (TM): The Style Council. Here’s hoping they form a solid bond in your heart as they have mine. But at their best, The Style Council recorded some of the greatest singles of the 1980s. Sometimes they failed miserably as noted in the intro, their albums were often uneven affairs. They hit on everything from jazz and hip-hop to bossa nova and classical. At the time, house music was a new genre and yet to go mainstream.Ĭredit Weller and crew for not being afraid to push boundaries and try so many new things during their seven-year run. The record was finished in 1989 but was shelved by the record label and didn’t see a release until 1998. It’s worth noting that The Style Council’s fifth and final album, Modernism: A New Decade, experimented with deep house. The horn charts and organ licks alone put this among the group’s very best. The super catchy, soulful debut single was a huge hit in England, peaking at #4 on the UK Singles Chart. Here are 360°Sound’s picks for the greatest singles from The Style Council: “Speak Like a Child” Released: 1983įrom the EP Introducing The Style Council Looking for an introduction to this underrated ‘80s group? You’ve come to the right place. Last year saw the release of the excellent 2-CD comp Long Hot Summers: The Story of the Style Council as well as a documentary of the same name. All these years later, there seems to be a bit of reassessment of The Style Council. His latest, Fat Pop (Volume 1), dropped just a few months ago. The Style Council broke up in 1989 and Weller has since focused on his solo career, releasing 16 studio albums. While they have some solid albums, even the best ones get a little too ambitious for their own good and have their share of filler. ![]() I’ve heard the entire Style Council catalog and I firmly believe they are best experienced through singles and compilations. But they recorded some damn fine pop songs, many with biting social commentary, that hold up very well nearly four decades later. No, they weren’t The Jam, one of the greatest rock bands of its era in the UK. For this reason, I believe they were unfairly maligned. The Style Council was smooth, sophisticated, and more rooted in jazz and R&B than rock-n-roll. The group’s music was a huge break from the punky mod rock of The Jam. After the breakup of The Jam in 1982, singer/guitarist Paul Weller formed The Style Council with keyboardist Mick Talbot. ![]()
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