Style Council - The Complete Adventures Of The Style Council [1998] (5 x CDs)

STYLE COUNCIL

Style Council - The Complete Adventures Of The Style Council [1998] (5 x CDs)

The Complete Adventures of The Style Council is a definitive five-CD box set released in 1998 by Polydor Records, chronicling the full arc of the band’s studio output from 1983 to 1989. Spanning over six hours of music, the set includes all of The Style Council’s albums, singles, B-sides, EP tracks, and even their previously unreleased final album, Modernism: A New Decade.

Disc One opens with early hits like “Speak Like a Child,” “Long Hot Summer,” and “My Ever-Changing Moods,” showcasing the band’s blend of mod revival, soul, and jazz-inflected pop. As the set progresses, listeners encounter the group’s evolving sound, from the politically charged “Walls Come Tumbling Down” and “Come to Milton Keynes” to the lush orchestration of “A Woman’s Song” and the house-inspired grooves of “Promised Land.”

The fifth disc, Modernism: A New Decade, recorded in 1989 but shelved until this release, reveals their bold pivot toward acid house and club culture, a move that baffled their label but now feels ahead of its time.

The box set is sequenced chronologically, allowing fans to trace the band’s stylistic shifts and lyrical themes. It includes both album and single versions of key tracks when they differ significantly, offering a complete listening experience. With contributions from Paul Weller, Mick Talbot, Dee C. Lee, and others, the set captures the band’s ambition to fuse pop with politics, style with substance.

For longtime fans and curious newcomers alike, The Complete Adventures is more than a retrospective, it’s a richly layered portrait of a band that refused to stand still, embracing reinvention at every turn. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 3:18

02 Style Council - Party Chambers 3:22

03 Style Council - Money-Go-Round (Parts 1 & 2) (Bert Bevan's alternate remix) 7:29

04 Style Council - Headstart for Happiness 2:50

05 Style Council - Mick's Up 3:13

06 Style Council - Long Hot Summer 7:03

07 Style Council - The Paris Match 3:46

08 Style Council - Le Depart 2:49

09 Style Council - A Solid Bond in Your Heart 3:18

10 Style Council - It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands 2:32

11 Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods (12" version) 5:43

12 Style Council - Mick's Company 2:49

13 Style Council - Spring, Summer, Autumn 2:24

14 Style Council - Mick's Blessings 1:17

15 Style Council - The Whole Point of No Return 2:44

16 Style Council - Me Ship Came In! 3:08

17 Style Council - Blue Cafe 2:18

18 Style Council - The Paris Match 4:27

19 Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods 3:39

20 Style Council - Dropping Bombs on The Whitehouse 3:15

21 Style Council - A Gospel 4:46

CD2

01 Style Council - Strength of Your Nature 4:21

02 Style Council - You're The Best Thing 5:42

03 Style Council - Here's One That Got Away 2:37

04 Style Council - Headstart for Happiness 3:22

05 Style Council - Council Meetin' 2:35

06 Style Council - The Big Boss Groove 4:40

07 Style Council - Shout to The Top 4:16

08 Style Council - Ghosts of Dachau 2:51

09 Style Council - The Piccadilly Trail 3:45

10 Style Council - Soul Deep [Bert Bevan's remix] 7:12

11 Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down 3:25

12 Style Council - The Whole Point II 2:51

13 Style Council - Blood Sports 3:36

14 Style Council - Spin Drifting 3:11

15 Style Council - Homebreakers 5:07

16 Style Council - All Gone Away 2:17

17 Style Council - Come to Milton Keynes 3:03

18 Style Council - Internationalists 3:08

19 Style Council - A Stones Throw Away 2:19

20 Style Council - The Stand Up Comic's Instructions 1:33

21 Style Council - Boy Who Cried Wolf 5:17

CD3

01 Style Council - A Man of Great Promise 2:35

02 Style Council - Down in The Seine 2:44

03 Style Council - The Lodgers [or She Was Only a Shopkeepers Daughter] 3:58

04 Style Council - Luck 2:36

05 Style Council - With Everything to Lose 3:56

06 Style Council - Our Favourite Shop 2:55

07 Style Council - (When You) Call Me 3:20

08 Style Council - Have You Ever Had it Blue (Uncut Version) 4:48

09 Style Council - Mr Cool's Dream 2:28

10 Style Council - It Didn't Matter 5:45

11 Style Council - All Year Round 2:18

12 Style Council - Right to Go 5:12

13 Style Council - Heavens Above 6:13

14 Style Council - Fairy Tales 4:10

15 Style Council - Angel 4:32

16 Style Council - Walking The Night 4:32

17 Style Council - Waiting 4:27

18 Style Council - The Cost of Loving 4:20

19 Style Council - A Woman's Song 3:04

20 Style Council - Francoise 2:42

CD4

01 Style Council - Wanted 3:24

02 Style Council - The Cost of Loving 3:50

03 Style Council - Life at The Top Peoples Health Farm 5:48

04 Style Council - Sweet Loving Ways 3:32

05 Style Council - It's A Very Deep Sea 5:32

06 Style Council - The Story of Someone's Shoe 3:43

07 Style Council - Changing of The Guard 2:50

08 Style Council - The Little Boy in A Castle / A Dove Flew Down From The Elephant 3:05

09 Style Council - The Garden of Eden (A Three Piece Suite) 10:30

10 Style Council - Why I Went Missing 4:43

11 Style Council - How She Threw it All Away 4:17

12 Style Council - Iwasadoledadstoyboy 4:28

13 Style Council - Confessions 1, 2, & 3 4:43

14 Style Council - Confessions of A Pop-Group 9:28

15 Style Council - In Love for The First Time 3:40

16 Style Council - I Do Like to Be B-Side The A-Side - The Mixed Companions 4:45

CD5

01 Style Council - Promised Land 7:07

02 Style Council - Can You Still Love Me? 4:21

03 Style Council - Long Hot Summer '89 5:31

04 Style Council - Everybody's on The Run 8:00

05 Style Council - New Decade 3:24

06 Style Council - Can You Still Love Me? 5:03

07 Style Council - World Must Come Together 5:24

08 Style Council - Hope (Feelings Gonna Getcha) 7:17

09 Style Council - That Spiritual Feeling 7:37

10 Style Council - Everybody's on The Run 5:44

11 Style Council - Love of The World 8:58

12 Style Council - Sure is Sure 6:18

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