The Style Council discography explained

Artist:The Style Council
Studio:5
Live:2
Compilation:9
Video:11
Ep:6
Singles:24
1Option:1
1Option Name:Studio mini albums
2Option:4
2Option Name:Box sets

This is the discography of British band the Style Council.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
JPN
[6]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
Café Bleu
(North America title: My Ever Changing Moods)
22743231664156
Our Favourite Shop
(North America title: Internationalists)
  • Released: 1 May 1985
  • Label: Polydor, Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP. MC
152353231811630123
  • UK: Gold
The Cost of Loving
  • Released: 25 January 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
22458456233546122
  • UK: Gold
Confessions of a Pop Group
  • Released: 18 June 1988
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
15609174
  • UK: Silver
  • Released: 19 October 1998
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP
  • Recorded in 1989
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[12]
AUS
GER
JPN
NL
[13]
NZ
SWE
Home and Abroad
  • Released: 1 May 1986
  • Label: Polydor, Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
8595334272136
  • UK: Silver
The Style Council in Concert
  • Released: 2 February 1998
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, MC
150
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
JPN
NZ
The Singular Adventures of the Style Council – Greatest Hits Vol. 1
  • Released: 2 March 1989
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3643946
  • UK: Gold
Headstart for Happiness
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: CD, MC
Here's Some That Got Away
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, MC
3943
The Style Council Collection
  • Released: 19 February 1996
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, MC
60
Classic Style Council: The Universal Masters Collection
  • Released: December 1999
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 14 August 2000
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
28
  • UK: Gold
The Collection
  • UK: Gold
The Sound of the Style Council
  • Released: 18 March 2003
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
Long Hot Summers – The Story of the Style Council
  • Released: 4 September 2020
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xCD, 3xLP, digital download
8
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
Keeps on Burning – The Style Council Singles
  • Released: 15 April 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 6x7"
  • Japan-only limited release
The Complete Adventures of the Style Council
  • Released: 12 October 1998
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 5xCD
100
Keeps on Burning
  • Released: January 2007
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 10xCD
  • Japan-only limited release
Classic Album Selection
  • Released: 15 July 2013
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 6xCD, digital download
67
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
What We Did on Our Holidays – The Video Singles
Far East & Far Out – Council Meeting in Japan
  • Released: 16 August 1984
  • Label: PolyGram Music Video
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
What We Did the Following Year – The Video Singles
  • Released: 2 December 1985[14]
  • Label: PolyGram Music Video
  • Formats: VHS
Showbiz – The Style Council, Live
  • Released: May 1986
  • Label: PolyGram Music Video
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
Jerusalem
  • Released: February 1987
  • Label: Palace, PolyGram Music Video
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
Confessions of a Pop Group
  • Released: October 1988
  • Label: PolyGram Music Video
  • Formats: CD-V, VHS
The Video Adventures of the Style Council
  • Released: 10 March 1989[15]
  • Label: Channel 5, PolyGram Music Video
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
Live at Full House
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Meldac
  • Formats: LaserDisc
  • Japan-only release
The Style Council on Film
The Universal Masters DVD Collection
  • Released: 11 April 2005
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: DVD
  • US-only release
Essential Videos
  • Released: 26 October 2007
  • Label: Universal Music Group
  • Formats: DVD

Singles and in-sequence EPs

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[16]
AUS
[17] [18]
BEL
[19]
CAN
[20]
IRE
[21]
NL
[22]
NZ
[23]
US
[24]
US
AC

[25]
US
Dance

[26]
"Speak Like a Child"19834295
  • UK: Silver
Non-album singles (UK) / Introducing The Style Council (US)
"Money Go Round" 1111
À Paris EP (lead track: "Long Hot Summer") 33
  • UK: Silver
"Long Hot Summer" (Regular single outside UK and Ireland)284112
"A Solid Bond in Your Heart"1114Non-album singles (UK) / My Ever Changing Moods (US)
"My Ever Changing Moods"19845704211373229Café Bleu (UK) / My Ever Changing Moods (US)
Groovin' EP (lead tracks: "You're the Best Thing" and "The Big Boss Groove")55
  • UK: Silver
"You're the Best Thing" (Regular single outside UK and Ireland)179777631
"Shout to the Top!"781410366Our Favourite Shop (UK) / Internationalists (US)
"Soul Deep" (as the Council Collective)19852485
"Walls Come Tumbling Down!"61936615Our Favourite Shop (UK) / Internationalists (US)
"Come to Milton Keynes"2314
"Boy Who Cried Wolf" (Not released in the UK)3821
"The Lodgers"13947
"(When You) Call Me" (Live) (Not released in the UK)91Home and Abroad
"Have You Ever Had It Blue"19861482833Absolute Beginners soundtrack
"It Didn't Matter"19879482249048The Cost of Loving
"The Cost of Loving" (Japan-only release)
"Waiting"52
"Heavens Above" (US-only release)
"Wanted"209818
"Life at a Top People's Health Farm"198828Confessions of a Pop Group
1234 EP (lead track: "How She Threw It All Away")41
"How She Threw It All Away" (Regular single outside UK and Ireland)
"Like a Gun" (as King Truman)
"Promised Land"1989271062219The Singular Adventures of the Style Council
"Long Hot Summer 89" (remix)48
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Off-sequence EPs

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[27]
Café Bleu
  • Released: 12 December 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, 7"
The Bird's & the B's
  • Released: 12 December 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, 7"
Mick Talbot Is Agent 88
  • Released: 12 December 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, 7"
100
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: STYLE COUNCIL full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2021-10-26. www.officialcharts.com.
  2. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. St Ives, NSW. 299. David Kent (historian).
  3. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. 2021-10-26. austriancharts.at.
  4. Web site: 2013-07-17. Results: RPM Weekly. 2021-10-26. www.bac-lac.gc.ca.
  5. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2021-10-26. www.offiziellecharts.de.
  6. Book: Okamoto, Satoshi. Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon. 2006. 978-4-87131-077-2.
  7. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2021-10-26. dutchcharts.nl.
  8. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal. 2021-10-26. charts.nz.
  9. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal. 2021-10-26. swedishcharts.com.
  10. The Style Council. 2021-10-26. Billboard.
  11. United Kingdom. Style Council. 3 December 2022.
  12. Web site: Chart Log UK: DJ S - The System Of Life. 2021-10-26. www.zobbel.de.
  13. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2021-10-26. dutchcharts.nl.
  14. 23 November 1985. Prince, Council head PolyGram releases. Music Week. 36. 26 October 2021.
  15. 25 February 1989. Channel 5 puts on the style. Music Week. 32. 26 October 2021.
  16. Web site: COUNCIL COLLECTIVE full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2021-10-26. www.officialcharts.com.
  17. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. St Ives, NSW. 299. David Kent (historian).
  18. Web site: Week commencing 24 April 1989. 2022-02-11. en-GB.
  19. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. 2021-10-26. www.ultratop.be.
  20. Web site: Results: RPM Weekly. 2021-10-26. www.bac-lac.gc.ca.
  21. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. 2021-10-26. irishcharts.ie.
  22. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2021-10-26. dutchcharts.nl.
  23. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal. 2021-10-26. charts.nz.
  24. The Style Council – Hot 100. 2021-10-26. Billboard.
  25. The Style Council – Adult Contemporary. 2021-10-26. Billboard.
  26. The Style Council – Dance Club Songs. 2021-10-26. Billboard.
  27. Web site: STYLE COUNCIL full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2021-10-26. www.officialcharts.com.