STYLE
COUNCIL
-
THE
UNIVERSAL
MASTERS
COLLECTION on
CD -
The
CD
is new.
Guitarist/vocalist
Paul
Weller
broke
up
the
Jam,
the
most
popular
British
band
of
the
early
'80s,
at
the
height
of
their
success
in
1982
because
he
was
dissatisfied
with
their
musical
direction.
Weller
wanted
to
incorporate
more
elements
of
soul,
R&B,
and
jazz
into
his
songwriting,
which
is
something
he
felt
his
punk-oriented
bandmates
were
incapable
of
performing.
In
order
to
pursue
this
musical
direction,
he
teamed
up
in
1983
with
keyboardist
Mick
Talbot,
a
former
member
of
the
mod
revival
band
the
Merton
Parkas.
Together,
Weller
and
Talbot
became
the
Style
Council
--
other
musicians
were
added
according
to
what
kind
of
music
the
duo
were
performing.
With
the
Style
Council,
the
underlying
intellectual
pretensions
that
ran
throughout
Weller's
music
came
to
the
forefront.
The
tracks
are...
YOU'RE
THE
BEST
THING
IT
DIDN'T
MATTER
LIFE
AT
A
TOP
PEOPLE'S
HEALTH
FARM
SHOUT
TO
THE
TOP
SPEAK
LIKE
A
CHILD
ANGEL
ALL
GONE
AWAY
CHANGING
OF
THE
GUARD
BLUE
CAFE
HEADSTART
FOR
HAPPINESS
WALLS
COME
TUMBLING
DOWN
THE
COST
OF
LOVING
HERE'S
ONE
THAT
GOT
AWAY
THE
STORY
OF
SOMEONE'S
SHOE
WAITING
BOY
WHO
CRIED
WOLF
HOW
SHE
THREW
IT
ALL
AWAY
MY
EVER
CHANGING
MOODS