Released in March 1984, Cafe Bleu' reached no. As well as Weller and Talbot, the band at that stage featured Tvocalist Tracie Young and drummer Steve White. 3 and 'Money Go Round’ and the band’s fourth single 'A Solid Bond in Your Heart’ peaked at 11. All four of its singles did pretty well in the charts too. Looking back now, the tracks on this first outing are some of the best and consistent of all the Style Council's repertoire. The once serious Jamster was now floating down a river singing about love and weather. – changed all that and split the Weller fans straight down the middle. But ‘Long Hot Summer’, the third single to come from it - and one of my favorite tracks of all time.
When the follow-up single ‘Money Go Round (Part 1) ’came out, it seemed also to be a sort of continuation of the last band but with new members. The first single release was the superb ‘Speak Like a Child’, and wasn't that far removed from The Jam’s latter more soulful outings. This was quite an eclectic introduction to the new Weller, as it has just seven songs should be classed as an EP more than it should an album. Now, over thirty years later, Universal have released 'Classic Album Selection', a six CD box set of all the Style Council’s original albums.ġ. At the time, again, we were devastated, but then came the release of the first single from the newly formed Style Council. He also stated publicly that he wanted to go down this route. The box contained singles from artists such as Carla Thomas, Otis Redding, the Four Tops and the Motown Spinners and other soulful cuts. Apparently frustrated by the musical direction they were heading in, he wanted to explore music with a more soulful edge, and as the story goes he handed a box of choice soul 45's to new member and keyboardist Mick Talbot. The Jam were at the height of their success when this happened in 1982. When Paul Weller shocked Jam fans and the media world and broke up the most popular British band of the early 80s, my neighbourhood was devastated. He is still a member of the new reworked Dexys, and has also toured with Candi Staton. Mick Talbot was born in Merton, South London, and played with the Merton Parkas, Dexys Midnight Runners and the Bureau. Weller has gone on to be more than a household name in music, and as a solo artist is still recording and touring new material.
Paul Weller was the founder member of The Jam, which also included Bruce Foxton and had a string of hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s including the well known ‘Going Underground’, ‘A Town Called Malice’ and ‘Beat Surrender’.
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