Introducing The Style Council

Introducing The Style Council is an EP[5] by English band The Style Council, released in 1983. Their debut release, 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.

Introducing The Style Council
EP by The Style Council
Released	1983
Recorded	June 1983
Studio	La Studio Grande Armée, Paris, France
Genre	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)

Professional ratings

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

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

All tracks are written by Paul Weller, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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:			31:21

New Zealand cassette edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Party Chambers"	3:20
2.	"Le Depart"	2:47
Total length:		37:28

Personnel

• 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

Chart (1983–84)	Peak position
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

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. Christgau, Robert (21 February 1984). "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

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