... 12-inch, Vinyl record

Say what you want, we love this album! When it came out, we were such big Jam fans that we could never forgive Paul Weller – but now, nearly 20 years later, we're stunned at how great some of the soul songs on the album are. Sure, you've got to throw away about half the tracks – because they're silly early 80s bad funk numbers – but the remaining half is way more soulful than you'd remember, with a sweet, sincere, compressed sound that's made all the better by jazzy touches from Mick Talbot and Steve White. Includes the classics "My Ever Changing Moods", "You're The Best Thing", "Blue Cafe", "Paris Match", and "A Solid Bond In Your Heart". LP, Vinyl record album

... LP, Vinyl record album

A later effort from Weller and Talbot, and definitely a step further along on the slick production scale, but as with all Style Council efforts, there's a few gems contained here too! The pair continue with their sophisticated modern songwriting, with soulful and jazzy touches tempering their pop sensibilities. Includes "All Gone Away", "Come To Milton Keynes", "Internationalists", "A Stones Throw Away", "A Man Of Great Promise", "Down In The Seine", "The Lodger's", "Shout To The Top" and "Walls Come Tumbling Down". LP, Vinyl record album

A blue-eyed soul classic from the UK scene of the 80s – probably the last truly great album from The Style Council, and a great blend of 60s influences with the post-Jam sound of Paul Weller. The album's got a bit more polish than before, but still none of the too-poppy modes that would mar the group at their end – and Weller's vocals are great, as always – with a sense of warmth we never would have expected in the early days of The Jam. The songwriting's great too, and Mick Talbot manages to give the record a jazzy enough sensibility to please our dusty-tuned ears. Titles include "Homebreakers", "All Gone Away", "Come To Milton Keynes", "Internationalists", "Boy Who Cried Wolf", "A Man Of Great Promise", and "Luck". LP, Vinyl record album

Titles include "You're The Best Thing", "Have You Ever Had It Blue", "Money Go Round", "Wanted", "Shout To The Top", "My Ever Changing Moods", and "Long Hot Summer". LP, Vinyl record album

... 12-inch, Vinyl record

These guys never stop being great! Organist/keyboardist James Taylor has been a mainstay of the London scene for years – moving through a range of styles over the years, but always staying true to his soul jazz roots, and his love of classic funky jazz. This album's a perfect extension of Taylor's late work with the Acid Jazz label in the mid 90s – particularly the more soulful tracks he cut with singers Noel McKoy and Alison Limerick, plus a few of the Johnny Hammond-inspired groovers that would show up from time to time. Yvonne Yancey sings lead vocals on most of the cuts, and the production style has a nice bit of "space" – kind of an homage to 60s pop filtered through modern Brit sensibilities, one that also recalls a bit of the best jazzy moments of The Style Council from their first two albums. Titles include "Outta Sight", "First Time", "Starship", "Send Me", "Mr C", "Leads Me Back To You", "TKO", "Chasing Dragons", and "Change Your Mind". CD