The Style Council- Long Hot Summers / The Story Of The Style Council

Label: Polydor / UMC

Released 2020

When Paul Weller announced The Style Council's arrival in March 1983, he'd come a very long way. In fact, at the age of just 24, he was already a musical veteran with six albums and nine Top 10 singles under his belt with The Jam. As their leader he had become a deity-like figure and for his fans, The Jam's split was unimaginable. But creatively restless and of inquisitive mind, Paul jettisoned them at their height to form a collective with an eventual core line-up of Paul with Mick Talbot, Dee C Lee and Steve White. Over four albums and 17 singles, The Style Council made a stand and became the standard bearers of progressive soulful pop and social comment. This is their story.

Track listing:

1. Headstart For Happiness
   
2. Long Hot Summer
   
3. My Ever Changing Moods
   
4. Walls Come Tumbling Down!
   
5. Party Chambers
   
6. Wanted (Or Waiter, There's Some Soup In My Flies)
   
7. Shout To The Top!
   
8. It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
   
9. Come To Milton Keynes
   
10. Why I Went Missing
    
11. Waiting
    
12. Ghosts Of Dachau
    
13. Down In The Seine
    
14. The Paris Match
    
15. Life At The Top People's Health Farm (Remix)
    
16. Dropping Bombs On The White House
    
17. Speak Like A Child
    
18. The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter)
    
19. Money-Go-Round (Single Edit)
    
20. You're The Best Thing
    
21. How She Threw It All Away
    
22. A Man Of Great Promise
    
23. The Piccadilly Trail
    
24. A Solid Bond In Your Heart
    
25. Sweet Loving Ways
    
26. Promised Land (Single Edit)
    
27. It Didn't Matter
    
28. Have You Ever Had It Blue (Uncut Version)
    
29. Spin Drifting
    
30. Here's One That Got Away
    
31. Changing Of The Guard
    
32. My Ever-Changing Moods (Demo)