The Style Council – Confessions Of A Pop Group

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Label:	Polydor – TSCLP 5, Polydor – 5734121, UMC – 5734121
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, White
Country:	Europe
Released:	Sep 15, 2017
Genre:	Electronic, Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul
Style:	Pop Rock, Synth-pop, Soul

Tracklist

	New York - Gstaad: The Piano Paintings
A1	It's A Very Deep Sea Double Bass – Paul Morgan	5:32
A2	The Story Of Someones Shoe Backing Vocals – The Swingle Singers Vibraphone – Frank Ricottim*	3:40
A3	Changing Of The Guard Double Bass – Paul Morgan Drums – Steve White (3)	2:49
A4	(a) The Little Boy In A Castle / (b) A Dove Flew Down From The Elephant	3:01
	The Gardener Of Eden (A Three Piece Suite) Bass – Camelle Hinds Drums – Steve White (3) Harp – Rupert Parker	(10:29)
A5.1	(a) In The Beginning
A5.2	(b) The Gardener Of Eden
A5.3	(c) Mourning The Passing Of Time
	Tokyo - Marble Arch: Confessions Of A Pop Group
B1	Life At A Top Peoples Health Farm	4:18
B2	Why I Went Missing Bass – Camelle Hinds Drums – Steve White (3)	4:43
B3	How She Threw It All Away Bass – Camelle Hinds Drums – Nick Brown Flute – Dick Morrisey* Percussion – Little Jo Ruocco	4:17
B4	Iwasadoledadstoyboy	4:27
B5	Confessions 1, 2 & 3 Backing Vocals – Camelle Hinds Bass – Camelle Hinds Drums – Steve White (3) Trombone – Chris Lawrence	4:43
B6	Confessions Of A Pop Group Bass Guitar – Camelle Hinds Percussion – Little Jo Ruocco	9:26

Arranged By [Strings, Horns, The Swingle Sisters] – John Mealing
Design – SJH*, TSC*
Drum Programming, Mixed By, Engineer – Jezar
Drum Programming, Synthesizer, Guitar, Vocals – Paul Weller
Liner Notes – The Cappuccino Kid
Mixed By [Assistant], Engineer [Assistant] – Jatin*
Mixed By, Engineer – Jezar
Painting [Paintings] – Dan Davies (2)
Photography By – Lawrence Watson
Piano, Organ [Hammond], Synthesizer, Clavinet – Mick Talbot
Producer – Mick Talbot, Paul Weller
Vocals – Dee C. Lee
Written-By – Mick Talbot (tracks: A4), Paul Weller (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1 to B6)

2017 white vinyl reissue. Comes with printed inner sleeve, 3 panel fold out booklet and download card.

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Confessions Of A Pop Group (LP, Album)	Polydor	835 785-1	Europe	1988
Recently Edited	Confessions Of A Pop Group (LP, Album)	Polydor, Polydor	TSCLP 5, 835 785-1	UK	1988
Recently Edited	Confessions Of A Pop Group (CD, Album)	Polydor	835 785-2	Europe	1988
Recently Edited	Confessions Of A Pop Group (CD, Album)	Polydor	835 785-2	Canada	1988
Recently Edited	Confessions Of A Pop Group (LP, Album)	PGP RTB, Polydor	220361, 835 785-1	Yugoslavia	1988

Nomos_Alpha Mar 17, 2024
I got the original UK and sounds great...new vinyl have often pressing issues. Besides, they are digital so why to bother? Get the cd
MrDayInTheUk Oct 19, 2023
This is better than the Cafe Bleu one, which was jussssssssst full of sssssssibilancccccce. Not nice. Ive got this on now and apart from a few minor clicks it sounds pretty good. Don’t ask me why but Im not a fan of white vinyl. This is one of the better ones I’ve owned (although, if I’m honest, should I stumble across a cheap original that would replace this like a shot)
I’m definitely not getting the sibilance issues I was getting on the aforementioned. A little bit on DC Lee’s vocal on Gardener. Its a long album too. There’s a lot of music squeezed onto these two sides. And we know how SQ is usually affected if too many tracks crammed on.
So, this will do for now. Are there any good CDs of this album? I used to have the Japanese paper sleeve disk and thought that sounded like it had been recorded from the radio 😯.
5/5. The definition of an underrated album. Only Favourite Shop betters it.
MrDavidoff89 Nov 29, 2020
How does it sound this r e i s s u e?