Introducing The Style Council

1983 studio album by the Style Council

Introducing The Style Council

Studio album by

the Style Council

Released| 1983
Recorded| June 1983
Studio| La Studio Grande Armée (Paris)
Genre|

* Sophisti pop
* new wave
* soul

Length| 31:21
Label| Polydor
Producer|

* Paul Weller
* Peter Wilson

The Style Council chronology
|  | Introducing The Style Council
(1983)  | Café Bleu
(1984)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Q| [2]
Rolling Stone| [3]
Uncut| 7/10[4]
The Village Voice| B[5]

Introducing The Style Council is a mini-LP[5] by English band the Style Council, released in 1983. It was released only in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, Japan, and the Netherlands. Though not officially released in the United Kingdom, the Dutch release was heavily imported.[citation needed]

Introducing The Style Council includes tracks from the band's first three UK single releases, as well as the club mix version of "Long Hot Summer". The band's official, full-length studio album, Café Bleu, was released the following year.

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Paul Weller, except where noted

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Long Hot Summer"|  | 7:04
2.| "Headstart for Happiness"|  | 2:52
3.| "Speak Like a Child"|  | 3:20
4.| "Long Hot Summer" (club mix)|  | 6:57
5.| "The Paris Match"|  | 3:50
6.| "Mick's Up"| Mick Talbot| 3:13
7.| "Money-Go-Round" (club mix)|  | 7:45
Total length:| 35:00

New Zealand cassette edition bonus tracksNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Party Chambers"| 3:20
2.| "Le Depart"| 2:47
Total length:| 41:07

## Personnel

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* Paul Weller – vocals, guitar, production
* Mick Talbot – keyboards
* Zeke Manyika – drums
* Steve White – drums
* Tracie Young – backing vocals
* Peter Wilson – production
* Bert Bevans – remixing (tracks 4 and 7)

## Charts

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Chart (1983)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] | 29
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] | 44
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] | 69
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] | 6
US Billboard 200[10] | 172

## References

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1. ^ Floyd, John. "Introducing the Style Council – The Style Council". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
2. ^ Quantick, David (September 2017). "Vogue Trader". Q. No. 376\. p. 118.
3. ^ Fricke, David (24 November 1983). "The Style Council: Introducing the Style Council". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
4. ^ Troussé, Stephen (October 2017). "The Style Council". Uncut. No. 245\. pp. 42–44.
5. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (21 February 1984). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 299\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
7. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6720a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
8. ^ Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon. ISBN 978-4-87131-077-2.
9. ^ "Charts.nz – The Style Council – Introducing The Style Council". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
10. ^ "The Style Council Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

## External links

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* Introducing The Style Council at Discogs (list of releases)

* v
* t
* e

The Style Council

* Paul Weller
* Mick Talbot
* Dee C Lee
* Steve White

Studio albums|

* Introducing The Style Council
* Café Bleu
* Our Favourite Shop
* The Cost of Loving
* Confessions of a Pop Group
* Modernism: A New Decade

Live albums|

* Home and Abroad

Compilations|

* The Singular Adventures of The Style Council
* Here's Some That Got Away
* The Complete Adventures of The Style Council
* Greatest Hits

Singles|

* "Speak Like a Child"
* "Long Hot Summer"
* "A Solid Bond in Your Heart
* "You're the Best Thing"
* "My Ever Changing Moods"
* "Shout to the Top!"
* "Walls Come Tumbling Down!"
* "Come to Milton Keynes"
* "The Lodgers"
* "Boy Who Cried Wolf"
* "It Didn't Matter"
* "Promised Land"

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* Discography
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* Dexys Midnight Runners

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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