the style council perhaps the best pop group

THE STYLE COUNCIL PERHAPS THE BEST POP GROUP MOD

They are prime examples of the uDiscover mantra since discovering them anew is a real pleasure. The big albums – Café Bleu, Our Favourite Shop, The Cost of Loving and the experimental Confessions of a Pop Group were all top twenty or better but while they acquired Gold and Silver status they had something of a connoisseur appeal and Weller was right when he said that people would appreciate them more in years to come. Their best-known singles, “Speak Like a Child”, “Long Hot Summer” and the sublime “My Ever Changing Moods” (a precursor to the styles of Weller’s solo career) kept Jam fans onside and drew in new listeners. Between 19 The Style Council enjoyed enormous success in the UK and Europe and made inroads into the American market.

THE STYLE COUNCIL PERHAPS THE BEST POP GROUP MOD

With new partner Mick Talbot (a former member of Dexys Midnight Runners and mod outfit The Merton Parkas) he found the perfect foil, a gifted keyboards player with a penchant for Hammond organ and a sunny disposition. In other words, if he’d felt constrained or frustrated on occasion during his earlier stardom his promise to himself was to make great music. After Paul Weller parted company with The Jam in 1982 he wasted little time in moving into the deeper soul soundscapes that he wanted to combine with funk and synth-pop while keeping an open mind about the incoming trends: deep house, avant-garde or fusion jazz and even progressive elements of new wave.

The style council perhaps the best pop group