Café Bleu
Café Bleu is the official debut album released by the English band the Style Council. It was released on 16 March 1984, on Polydor Records, produced by Paul Weller with Peter Wilson. It followed the compilation Introducing The Style Council, which was released only in the Netherlands, Canada and Japan. The album was mainly recorded at Solid Bond Studios (owned by Weller) except for the strings which were recorded at CBS.
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| Released | 16 March 1984 | |||
| Recorded | October 1983 – January 1984 | |||
| Studio | Solid Bond and CBS, London | |||
| Genre | Sophisti-pop | |||
| Length | 43.57 | |||
| Label | Polydor Geffen (USA) | |||
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Café Bleu included a large number of extra musicians, known as Honorary Councillors, including Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt from Everything but the Girl. The album represented a huge shift away from Weller's previous group The Jam and towards incorporating his favoured elements of classic soul, jazz and rap. The album received mixed reviews on its release, but became the band's biggest success on the UK Albums Chart, spending 38 weeks on the chart. The singles "My Ever Changing Moods" and "You're the Best Thing" both reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart.
Café Bleu was renamed My Ever Changing Moods in the United States to capitalise on the success of the single of the same name, and featured a slightly different track listing.