Track Listing

1. Mick's Blessings
2. The Whole Point Of No Return
3. Me Ship Came In!
4. Blue Cafe
5. The Paris Match
6. My Ever Changing Moods
7. Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse
8. A Gospel
9. Strength Of Your Nature
10. You're The Best Thing
11. Here's One That Got Away
12. Headstart For Happiness
13. Council Meetin'

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25687 in Music
• Released on: 2000-08-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Import, Original recording remastered

Album Description
Digitally remastered reissue of 1984 album featuring Paul Weller. Tracks include 'My Ever Changing Moods', 'Headstart For Happiness', 'You're the Best Thing' and 'Here's One That Got Away'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Weller's transformation
So we all know Paul Weller felt a bit trapped by the sound of the Jam, and he was getting antsy to get out. But nobody probably knew, Cafe Blue would be the new sound he'd be doing. That's just the magic of it. He was now free to do as he pleased! And with former Dexy's/Milton Parkas keyboard player Mick Talbot, they were off to Paris to do the mini ep "Introducing the Style Council", that was just a taste of what was in store. But also the suprise was something The Jam would never allow. Jazz. Mod Jazz that you could imagine yourself drinking cappucinos to. Hence, the Cafe Blue! Paul Weller has always been a mod, and people tend to forget that Mods didn't just dance to The Who & Small Faces & Northern Soul, but also Ska and Jazz as well. Paul was just letting his interest in Soul & jazz reflect on the things he wanted to try, with a pop formula. The average Jam fan shouldn't have been too suprised with the single "The Bitterest Pill". (Which some people call a Jam song disguised as a Style Council song!) Now, there is a decent Tracy Thorn version of The Paris Match, but if you heard the original from "Introducing", you'd hardly recognize it from Paul's more upbeat version. There is a very dated hip hop song here as well, that seems to be the only song that doesn't really fit on the album, but Strength of Your Nature is almost like a faster version of Money-Go-Round. Headstart for Happiness gets a nice revamp with horns and violin, and the vocals of Paul, Mick & Dee C. Lee. Basicly, this is a great introduction to what the Style Council were capable of, but if you're only a Jam Fan, you're probably going to be skeptical. I would agree, his songwriting wasn't as polished as it could have been on Cafe Blue (compared to his excellent solo material he's done lately), but let's be fair and give Paul the small moment of time to discover what he now wanted to do after he had broken free from Bruce & Rick. Oh, and I almost forgot, great jazz drumming from Steve White, who was probably just 16 when this was recorded! I'm glad I have this in my collection, but now I hestitate to see where it all sort of ended with Confessions of a Pop Group. (Where TSC go Lounge Lizzard). I saved that purchase for last, because it sort of made me melancholy that it all went downhill after Our Favourite Shop. (Which is even better than Cafe Blue) Just give it a try, and you'll probably share a story and a smoke with the cappucino kid, on a Hot Paris day in the shade.

Can't be better
For me everything comes out from The Style Council is a gem,i listen to them continously for the last 15 years.

Good; not great...
This is an enjoyable record, however, for me, I keep skipping over a couple of songs that just don't make it (semi-rap numbers)......in fact these particular numbers seem out of place on an otherwise great set of tunes.