DISCOGRAPHY
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 |