Café Bleu (Special Edition)

The Style Council

Album Information

The 2026 release 'Café Bleu (Special Edition)' saw The Style Council experimenting with new sound textures while staying true to their rock roots. Featuring the hit single that would become their signature song, the album showcases the band's evolution and cemented their place in rock history.

Track Listing

1Speak Like A Child
1Mick's Blessings
1You're The Best Thing (7" Version)
1Long Hot Summer (Pre TSC Demo)
1Headstart For Happiness (BBC Radio 1 Session / 5th May 1983)
1Meeting Over Yonder (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
2Party Chambers (First Version)
2The Whole Point Of No Return
2You're The Dub Thing
2Party Chambers (Alternate Version)
2Mick's Up (BBC Radio 1 Session / 5th May 1983)
2My Ever Changing Moods (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
3Money-Go-Round (Pts. 1 & 2) [Original Full 12 Inch Version]
3Me Ship Came In!
3The Big Boss Groove (12" Version)
3Up For Grabs (Demo)
3Here's One That Got Away (BBC Radio 1 Session / 5th May 1983)
3Speak Like A Child (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
4Headstart For Happiness (Early Version)
4Blue Cafe
4Money-Go-Round (Pts. 1 & 2) [Dance Mix]
4Take It To The Top (Demo)
4The Paris Match (BBC Radio 1 Session / 5th May 1983)
4The Whole Point Of No Return (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
5Mick's Up
5The Paris Match (feat. Tracey Thorn)
5Long Hot Summer (7" Single)
5Mick's Demo
5Headstart For Happiness (SBH: In Concert / 11th June 1983)
5Le Depart (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
6Long Hot Summer (Extended Mix)
6My Ever Changing Moods
6A Solid Bond In Your Heart (Instrumental Version)
6Funk Interlude
6Here's One That Got Away (SBH: In Concert / 11th June 1983)
6The Paris Match (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
7The Paris Match (Early Version)
7Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse
7My Ever Changing Moods (Single Version)
7The Big Boss Groove (Alternate Version)
7The Paris Match (SBH: In Concert / 11th June 1983)
7Party Chambers (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
8Party Chambers (Instrumental Version)
8A Gospel
8Summertime Song
8Times Are Tight (SBH: In Concert / 11th June 1983)
8Money Go Round (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
9Le Depart
9Strength Of Your Nature
9Paris Match (with Tracey Thorn) [Long Version]
9My Ever Changing Moods (Saturday Live / 31st December 1983)
9Headstart For Happiness (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
10A Solid Bond In Your Heart
10You're The Best Thing
10Come Away With Me (Demo)
10Mick's Blessings (Saturday Live / 31st December 1983)
10Hanging On To A Memory (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
11It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
11Here's One That Got Away
11Me Ship Came In (Alternate Version)
11The Paris Match (Saturday Live / 31st December 1983)
11Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
12My Ever Changing Moods (Long Version)
12Headstart For Happiness
12Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse (Alternate Version)
12Headstart For Happiness (Saturday Live / 31st December 1983)
12Long Hot Summer (BBC Sight & Sound In Concert / Live At Goldiggers Chippenham / 10th March 1984)
13Spring, Summer, Autumn
13Council Meetin'
13That One In D' Minor (Demo)
13Long Hot Summer (Saturday Live / 31st December 1983)
14Mick's Company
14Boy Hairdresser
14Meeting Over Yonder (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
15Money-Go-Round (Pts. 1 & 2) [Bert Bevans Remix/ Club Mix]
15A Gospel (Alternate Instrumental Version)
15My Ever Changing Moods (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
16Long Hot Summer (Club Mix)
16A Gospel (Outtake)
16It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
17Mick's Company (Alternate Version)
17Mick's Up (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
18I'm In The Mood For Gazza
18Here's One That Got Away (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
19Up For Grabs (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
20Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
21Long Hot Summer (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
22Money Go Round (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
23Speak Like A Child (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
24Headstart For Happiness (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)
25Hanging On To A Memory (BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre / 14th March 1984)