the style council introducing the style council

#The style council introducing the style council full

Everything from the vocals to the arrangements is perfection. This could have easily been on Everything But The Girl’s debut album Eden (1984). The next two tracks, “Me Ship Came In!” and “Blue Café” are instrumentals that could be considered filler, but are crucial to setting a mood and providing a lead-in to one of the album’s highlights, “The Paris Match” featuring Thorn. It’s an odd choice as an opening track, but it flows nicely into the next track, “The Whole Point of No Return.” It’s a 1980s coffeehouse style commentary on England under Margaret Thatcher’s rule: “Rising up to break this thing / From family trees the dukes do swing / Just one blow to scratch the itch / The laws made for and by the rich / It would be easy / So, so easy.” The first track “Mick’s Blessings” is an instrumental song featuring keyboardist Mick Talbot. This version had a different running order and fewer tracks and at the time it was one of my favorite LPs.Ĭafé Bleu is Weller’s bold and declarative statement that distinguished his newfound tenure with The Style Council from his previous life with The Jam.

#The style council introducing the style council full

The title track was a different version using a more upbeat tempo with a full band. The LP I heard 35 years ago was the US version of this album, which was called My Ever Changing Moods. My listening experience with this album is completely different now than it was when it was first released. Café Bleu is the full-length debut album from The Style Council, preceded by an EP called Introducing The Style Council which was only available in Canada, the Netherlands and Japan.