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![]() Their best-selling singles were Speak Like A Child, Long Hot Summer/Paris Match (double A-side), My Ever Changing Moods, You're The Best Thing/The Big Boss Groove (double A-side), Shout To The Top, Walls Come Tumbling Down and It Didn't Matter which all reached the UK Top Ten. The Style Council Introducing: The Style Council Polydor LP. ![]() Lee who married Paul Weller in 1987 (Sadly, they divorced in 1998) and drummer Steve White.įeaturing a blend of pop rock, new wave, jazz, punk and several other styles, their band had a much more sophisticated, smoother sound than both Weller and Talbot's previous bands. Keyboard player Mick Talbot had previously played for the mod revival band The Merton Parkers (which included his brother,Danny) and also Dexys Midnight Runners. Paul Weller was, of course, the former front man with The Jam. Singles and five albums in the UK between 19, before Style Council were very much an eighties band, releasing nineteen And they didn’t need big hair to get there. Our Favourite Shop, the Style Councils second proper album, was still quite eclectic, but it didnt seem as schizophrenically diverse as Cafe Bleu. With their generous slew of chart hits, The Style Council were one of the defining pop bands of the 80s. Paul Weller, smart, fearless, audacious, with a social conscience totally unafraid to push the possibilities of pop. Formed in 1983 by Paul Weller and Mick Talbot, The The Style Council was emblematic of its creator.
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