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The Complete Adventures of The Style Council

The Style Council · 1998

383 min · 90 tracks · jazz · new wave · pop rock

A blend of blue-eyed soul and jazz-infused pop that captures the essence of 80s British music.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • long, immersive listening sessions
  • dynamic emotional journeys
  • layered, dense sonic textures
  • contemplative late-night vibes
  • nostalgic reflections on life

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 1998, 'The Complete Adventures of The Style Council' followed the band's disbandment in 1989, serving as a retrospective collection. This compilation marks a significant moment for Paul Weller, showcasing his evolution from the punk ethos of The Jam to a more sophisticated sound characterized by jazz and soul influences.
Stylistic neighbors
Sade· The Blow Monkeys· Jamiroquai

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Speak Like a Child 3:18
  • 2 Party Chambers 3:22
  • 3 Money-Go-Round (Bert Bevan’s Alternative remix) 7:29
  • 4 Headstart for Happiness (Version 1) 2:50
  • 5 Mick’s Up 3:13
  • 6 Long Hot Summer 7:03
  • 7 The Paris Match 3:46
  • 8 Le Depart 2:49
  • 9 A Solid Bond in Your Heart 3:18
  • 10 It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands 2:32
  • 11 My Ever Changing Moods (12″ version) 5:43
  • 12 Mick’s Company 2:49
  • 13 Spring, Summer, Autumn 2:24
  • 14 Mick’s Blessings 1:17
  • 15 The Whole Point of No Return 2:44
  • 16 Me Ship Came In! 3:08
  • 17 Blue Cafe 2:18
  • 18 The Paris Match 4:27
  • 19 My Ever Changing Moods 3:39
  • 20 Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse 3:15
  • 21 A Gospel 4:45

Disc 2

  • 1 Strength of Your Nature 4:21
  • 2 You’re the Best Thing 5:42
  • 3 Here’s One That Got Away 2:36
  • 4 Headstart for Happiness (Version 2) 3:22
  • 5 Council Meetin’ 2:34
  • 6 The Big Boss Groove 4:40
  • 7 Shout to the Top 4:16
  • 8 Ghosts of Dachau 2:51
  • 9 The Piccadilly Trail 3:45
  • 10 Soul Deep (Bert Bevan’s remix) 7:12
  • 11 Walls Come Tumbling Down 3:25
  • 12 The Whole Point II 2:51
  • 13 Blood Sports 3:36
  • 14 Spin Drifting 3:11
  • 15 Homebreakers 5:07
  • 16 All Gone Away 2:17
  • 17 Come to Milton Keynes 3:03
  • 18 Internationalists 3:08
  • 19 A Stone’s Throw Away 2:19
  • 20 The Stand Up Comic’s Instructions 1:33
  • 21 Boy Who Cried Wolf 5:16

Disc 3

  • 1 Man of Great Promise 2:35
  • 2 Down in the Seine 2:44
  • 3 Lodgers 3:59
  • 4 Luck 2:36
  • 5 With Everything to Lose 3:56
  • 6 Our Favorite Shop 2:56
  • 7 (When You) Call Me 3:20
  • 8 Have You Ever Had It Blue? (Uncut version) 4:48
  • 9 Mr. Cool’s Dream 2:28
  • 10 It Didn’t Matter 5:45
  • 11 All Year Round 2:18
  • 12 Right to Go 5:13
  • 13 Heavens Above 6:13
  • 14 Fairy Tales 4:10
  • 15 Angel 4:32
  • 16 Walking the Night 4:32
  • 17 Waiting 4:27
  • 18 Cost of Loving 4:20
  • 19 Woman’s Song 3:04
  • 20 Francoise 2:43

Disc 4

  • 1 Wanted (Or Waiter There’s Some Soup in My Flies) 3:24
  • 2 The Cost of Loving (12″ version) 3:50
  • 3 Life at a Top Peoples Health Farm 5:48
  • 4 Sweet Loving Ways 3:32
  • 5 It’s a Very Deep Sea 5:32
  • 6 The Story of Someone’s Shoe 3:43
  • 7 Changing of the Guard 2:50
  • 8 The Little Boy in a Castle 3:05
  • 9 The Gardener of Eden 10:30
  • 10 Why I Went Missing 4:43
  • 11 How She Threw It All Away 4:17
  • 12 Iwasadoledadstoyboy 4:28
  • 13 Confessions 1, 2 and 3 4:43
  • 14 Confessions of a Pop-Group 9:28
  • 15 In Love for the First Time 3:39
  • 16 I do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side 4:44

Disc 5

  • 1 Promised Land (Longer version) 7:07
  • 2 Can You Still Love Me? 4:21
  • 3 Long Hot Summer ’89 5:31
  • 4 Everybody’s on the Run 7:59
  • 5 A New Decade 3:24
  • 6 Can You Still Love Me? 5:03
  • 7 The World Must Come Together 5:24
  • 8 Hope (Feelings Gonna Getcha) 7:17
  • 9 That Spiritual Feeling 7:37
  • 10 Everybody’s on the Run 5:44
  • 11 Love of the World 8:58
  • 12 Sure Is Sure 6:18

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