Our Favourite Shop

by The Style Council

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	08/09/2004
Label:	Polydor / Polygram
UPC:	0731455905021
Rank:	97194

Tracks

1. Homebreakers
2. All Gone Away
3. Come to Milton Keynes
4. Internationalists
5. A Stone's Throw Away
6. The Stand up Comic's Instructions
7. Boy Who Cried Wolf
8. A Man of Great Promise
9. Down in the Seine
10. The Lodgers (Or She Was Only a Shopkeeper's Daughter)
11. Luck
12. With Everything to Lose
13. Our Favourite Shop
14. Walls Come Tumbling Down!
15. Shout to the Top!

Album Credits

Performance Credits

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

Technical Credits

Cappucino Kid   Liner Notes
Nick Knight   Photography
Olly Ball   Photography
Steve White   Composer,Composer,Composer
Paul Weller   Design,Composer,Producer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Jay Mark   Remixing
Lynn Easton   Make-Up
Peter Wilson   Producer
John Mealing   Arranger,String Score,Orchestration,String Arrangements
Roger Wake   Digital Remastering
Mick Talbot   Composer,Programming
Simon Halfon   Design
Dennis Munday   Remastering Producer