The Poll Adventures of The Style Council

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On the heels of the EBTG album poll.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Café Bleu	4
Our Favourite Shop/Internationalists	2
Introducing The Style Council	1
Confessions of a Pop Group	1
Modernism: A New Decade	1
My Ever Changing Moods	0
The Cost of Loving	0

― Eazy, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:37 (seventeen years ago)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3018/2517772415_5c116d6c95.jpg

― Eazy, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:39 (seventeen years ago)

"Café Bleu". After that, they got worse with every single album. But really, they were never very good.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 20 March 2009 03:12 (seventeen years ago)

Right: That does it.

I'm voting "Modernism"

― Mark G, Friday, 20 March 2009 08:00 (seventeen years ago)

their Greatest Hits is pretty goddamn fantastic for nine tracks in a row - they were an excellent singles band for a good while there. for full albums, not so much.

― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Friday, 20 March 2009 13:01 (seventeen years ago)

I think I had My Every Changing Moods and the Everything But The Girl s/t on the same 90-minute tape, back in high school, so I think of them almost as a double album, especially with Tracey Thorn singing on "Paris Match" and how both albums have a really straight-ahead jazz instrumental track; and then both bands had the same disappointing follow-ups (Love Not Money and Internationalists), where in both cases it feels like they lost the feel of a live jazz/r&b/cabaret band. But that tape, if I've still got it buried away somewhere, would be some of my favorite 90 minutes of music.

― Eazy, Friday, 20 March 2009 15:28 (seventeen years ago)

I agree they weren't so great as an album band. I greatly enjoyed getting their box set, though, and just picking and choosing which songs I liked and putting it all together into about two CD-R's worth. You are right Eazy that in both cases (EBTG & SC), the second albums weren't as good. Our Favourite Shop/Internationalists sounds really overblown now in the worst kind of 80's way, for example. They should have kept a softer touch. I have a particular affection for Confessions of A Pop Group (though I admit it's not perfect) so I'm tempted to vote for that, but that little mini-LP Introducing The Style Council really can't be beat.

It occurs to me you could have included the live album Home & Abroad. I bought it on vinyl a couple of year ago but I admit I didn't listen to it much. Hell, maybe I'll put that out this weekend.

― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Friday, 20 March 2009 16:39 (seventeen years ago)

That cover above has to be the inspiration for this:

― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Friday, 20 March 2009 16:41 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 30 March 2009 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

four years pass...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS CRAP!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT BACK AND RELAX!

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:21 (thirteen years ago)

It's very fair to say that in light of recent events, Our Favourite Shop is really doing it for me.

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:23 (thirteen years ago)

The first 0:01 of "All Gone Away" may be the best intro ever

― Lee626, Sunday, 21 April 2013 08:46 (thirteen years ago)

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