Scroll down to read the full track listing and pre-order it here. All format details and track listings below. Over four albums and 17 singles, The Style Council made a stand and became the standard bearers of progressive soulful pop and social comment.Īs well as digitally, the album will be available on double CD and triple album vinyl: limited editions of both vinyl formats: black vinyl and a highly covetable colored vinyl version. In a quest for new sounds, the group travelled to realms previously unchartered for a pop group incorporating musical influences as wide ranging as Blue Note jazz and Chicago soul, Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, Chicago House and Jacques Brel.Īt the same time, as battle lines were drawn in a decade under Margaret Thatcher culminating in the miner’s strike of 1984-85, Weller’s lyrics spoke with the language of the activist and his state of the nation addresses were both fierce and eloquent. As their leader he had become a deity-like figure and for his fans, The Jam’s split was unimaginable.īut creatively restless and of inquisitive mind, Weller jettisoned them at their height to form a collective with an eventual core line-up of Weller with Mick Talbot, Dee C Lee and Steve White. 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. When Paul Weller announced The Style Council’s arrival in March 1983, he’d come a very long way. The Style Council - Long Hot Summer (single version) Lyrics.
The album was remastered at Abbey Road Studios. Don't matter what I do It don't matter what I do Don't matter what I do Don't matter what I do Don't matter what I do 'Cause I end up hurting you One more covered sigh And one more glance you know. Long Hot Summers features rare photos, an introduction by Paul Weller, a new essay by Lois Wilson, and sleeve-notes from ‘super-fan’, actor Martin Freeman. Scroll the page down for full tracklisting and format details. (in my heart only shadows fall) I once stood proud now I feel so small.
(in my mind different voices call) What once was pleasure now's pain for us all. We're dashing ourselves against the rocks of a lifetime. The album also features key album tracks and fans’ favourites such as “Headstart For Happiness”. And one more glance you know means goodbye. Of course, it also Includes all the band’s classic singles –12 top-20 hits -including the debut single “Speak Like A Child” and “Long Hot Summer”.
THE STYLE COUNCIL LONG HOT SUMMER LYRICS PLUS
Long Hot Summers also includes two unreleased tracks – an intriguing demo of the top 5 single “My Ever Changing Moods” with strings, and the extended, 5-minute plus version of “Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse”. The release also ties in with a new Sky Arts documentary about the band, also out on October 30, featuring interviews with all key members, fans and collaborators. As well as the huge hit “Long Hot Summer”, the album also includes the band’s sterling debut top 5 single “Speak Like A Child” as well as other signature hits such as the languid “You’re The Best Thing”, “Ever Changing Moods” and dance floor filler “Shout To The Top”. 36: The Style Council: Long Hot Summer One of Paul Weller’s greatest, this 1983 single laid out the deep-soul territory he’d explore with the Style Council (and ever since, with plenty of.
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