Long Hot Summers: The Story of the Style Council - The Style Council [CD]

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.

Disc 1
1. Headstart for Happiness - The Style Council
2. Long Hot Summer - The Style Council
3. My Ever-changing Moods - The Style Council
4. Walls Come Tumbling Down - The Style Council
5. Party Chambers - The Style Council
6. Wanted (Or Waiter, There's Some Soup in My Flies) - The Style Council
7. Shout to the Top! - The Style Council
8. It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands - The Style Council
9. Come to Milton Keynes - The Style Council
10. Why I Went Missing - The Style Council
11. Waiting - The Style Council
12. Ghosts of Dachau - The Style Council
13. Down in the Seine - The Style Council
14. The Paris Match - The Style Council
15. Boy Who Cried Wolf - The Style Council
16. Life at a Top People's Health Farm - The Style Council
17. Homebreakers - The Style Council
18. Dropping Bombs On the Whitehouse (Extended Version) - The Style Council
Disc 2
1. Speak Like a Child - The Style Council
2. The Lodgers (Or She Was Only a Shopkeeper's Daughter) - The Style Council
3. Money Go Round - The Style Council
4. You're the Best Thing - The Style Council
5. How She Threw It All Away - The Style Council
6. A Man of Great Promise - The Style Council
7. The Piccadilly Trail - The Style Council
8. A Solid Bond in Your Heart - The Style Council
9. All Gone Away - The Style Council
10. Sweet Loving Ways - The Style Council
11. Promised Land - The Style Council
12. Have You Ever Had It Blue - The Style Council
13. It Didn't Matter - The Style Council
14. Spin' Drifting - The Style Council
15. Here's One That Got Away - The Style Council
16. A Woman's Song - The Style Council
17. Changing of the Guard - The Style Council
18. My Ever-changing Moods (Demo) - The Style Council
19. Shout to the Top (Instrumental) - The Style Council