OUR FAVOURITE SHOP

By The Style Council
Released 

REVIEW

Our Favourite Shop, the Style Council's second proper album, was still quite eclectic, but it didn't seem as schizophrenically diverse as Cafe Bleu. Paul Weller had been able to incorporate his soul and jazz experiments into his songwriting, writing the fine "Walls Come Tumbling Down," "Come to Milton Keynes," "Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "Down in the Seine," which were some of his best songs for the Style Council. The occasional misguided experiment remained -- the stiff funk of "The Internationalists" and the self-righteous "The Stand Up Comic's Instructions" were particularly embarrassing -- but the record was more cohesive and stronger than the debut. In America, the album was released without "Our Favourite Shop" and retitled Internationalists. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

 

TRACKS

1	Homebreakers	Weller/Talbot	5:06
2	All Gone Away	Weller	2:15
3	Come to Milton Keynes	Weller	3:03
4	Internationalists	Weller/Talbot	3:12
5	Stones Throw Away	Weller	2:18
6	Stand Up Comics Instructions	Weller	1:31
7	Boy Who Cried Wolf	Weller	5:15
8	Man of Great Promise	Weller	2:32
9	Down in the Seine	Weller	2:44
10	Lodgers (Or She Was Only a Shopkeeper's Daughter)	Weller/Talbot	3:57
11	Luck	Weller/Talbot	2:36
12	With Everything to Lose	Weller/White	3:54
13	Our Favourite Shop	Talbot	2:54
14	Walls Come Tumbling Down!	Weller	3:23
15	Shout to the Top! [USA Remix]	Weller	4:21

PERFORMERS

Bass	Camelle Hinds Kevin Miller
Cello	Audrey Riley
Conga	Steve Sidelnyk
Contrabass	Clark Kent
Double Bass	Clark Kent
Drums	Steve White
Flugelhorn	Dave Defries
Flute	Mike Mower
French Horn	Patrick Grundy-White
Guitar	Paul Weller
Guitar (12 String)	Paul Weller
Guitar (Bass)	Paul Weller
Keyboards	Mick Talbot
Organ (Hammond)	Mick Talbot
Percussion	Gary Wallis Steve Sidelnyk Steve White
Piano	Helen Turner Mick Talbot
Sax (Tenor)	Billy Chapman Mike Mower
Saxophone	Billy Chapman Mike Mower
Synthesizer	Paul Weller
Synthesizer Bass	Paul Weller
Trombone	Ashley Slater Chris Laurence
Trumpet	Dave Defries Guy Barker Luke Tunney Roddy Lorimer Steve Dawson
Viola	Jocelyn Pook
Violin	Anne Stephenson Charles Buchanan
Vocals	Alison Limerick Camelle Hinds D.C. Lee Lenny Henry Mick Talbot Paul Weller Tracie Young