Café Bleu is the official debut album released by the band The Style Council in March 1984, reaching number 2 in the UK charts. It followed the compilation Introducing The Style Council, which was released only in the Netherlands, Canada and Japan. The album was mainly recorded at Solid Bond Studios (owned by Paul Weller) except for the strings which were recorded at CBS. Café Bleu was renamed My Ever Changing Moods in the United States to capitalise on the success of that single. Café Bleu included a large number of extra musicians, known as Honorary Councillors, including Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt from Everything but the Girl. The album represented a huge shift away from Weller's previous group The Jam and towards incorporating his favoured elements of classic soul, jazz and rap. It was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Café Bleu is the official debut album released by the band The Style Council in March 1984, reaching number 2 in the UK charts. It followed the compilation Introducing The Style Council, which was released only in the Netherlands, Canada and Japan. The album was mainly recorded at Solid Bond Studios (owned by Paul Weller) except for the strings which were recorded at CBS. Café Bleu was renamed My Ever Changing Moods in the United States to capitalise on the success of that single. Café Bleu included a large number of extra musicians, known as Honorary Councillors, including Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt from Everything but the Girl. The album represented a huge shift away from Weller's previous group The Jam and towards incorporating his favoured elements of classic soul, jazz and rap. It was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. false 2023-12-17 14:59:57 Café Bleu 6 1984 1984-03-23 1984-03-23 44 Downtempo Electronic Jazz Lounge New Wave Pop Pop Rock Rock Smooth Jazz Soul Soul Jazz Synth-Pop Sophisti-Pop 117221 2147503 6b23a8f5-1af7-3747-8656-49dd7a9806d2 34e56f20-ddda-48c9-a4bb-6bb12df57de0 49081a6f-8f76-3159-aba2-8527126d9384 /media/data/media4/Music/The Style Council/Café Bleu (1984)/folder.jpg The Style Council AlbumArtist The Style Council Artist The Style Council The Style Council 1 Mick’s Blessings 01:17 2 The Whole Point of No Return 02:43 3 Me Ship Came In! 03:07 4 Blue Café 02:17 5 The Paris Match 04:26 6 My Ever Changing Moods 03:39 7 Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse 03:15 8 A Gospel 04:45 9 Strength of Your Nature 04:21 10 You’re the Best Thing 05:43 11 Here’s One That Got Away 02:37 12 Headstart for Happiness 03:19 13 Council Meetin’ 02:31 The Style Council were a British band formed in late 1982 by Paul Weller, the former lead vocalist, principal songwriter and guitarist with the Jam, and keyboardist Mick Talbot, previously a member of Dexys Midnight Runners, the Bureau and the Merton Parkas. Weller started the project to escape the restrictions of the Jam, and to explore a more arty, European, jazzier direction, which encompassed pop, hip hop, and soul. The permanent line-up grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-girlfriend, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other artists such as Tracie Young, Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl) and drummer/percussionist Steve Sidelnyk (who has played for Madonna, Seal and Richard Ashcroft) also performed and collaborated with the group. As with Weller's previous band, most of the London-based group's hits were in their homeland, where they scored seven top 10 hits. The band also had hit singles and albums in Australia and New Zealand during the 1980s.