The Cost of Loving

The Cost of Loving is an album from the band The Style Council, released in 1987. This album saw the group concentrating on the R&B styles that had been growing in America during the eighties. Its urban contemporary feel was a jolt to listeners who had grown accustomed to the continental mix of soul music, jazz, and European folk styles that the band had displayed on their previous two albums. United States label Geffen Records heard the tracks and promptly dropped The Style Council from their roster. Polygram records would eventually issue the album Stateside without its much-maligned International Orange jacket design. Socially conscious soul music pioneer Curtis Mayfield was asked to mix some of the material on the album, which displays hints of being influenced by House music and the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis sound. The initial British pressings of the album were conceived and issued as two 12" EPs in a gatefold sleeve (designed by Simon Halfon with ideas from Paul Weller). Tracks from the album were included in a 37 minute film, "Jerusalem," about the band.

Due to the controversial original album cover, the album gained the nickname The Orange Album.

Track listing

1. "It Didn't Matter" (Weller,Talbot)
2. "Right to Go" (Dynamic Three, Weller, White)
3. "Heavens Above" (Weller)
4. "Fairy Tales" (Weller)
5. "Angel" (Moten, Griffin, Sully)
6. "Walking the Night" (Weller)
7. "Waiting"(Weller)
8. "The Cost of Loving" (Weller)
9. "A Woman's Song"(Weller)

Personnel

• Paul Weller - Vocals
• Dee C. Lee - Vocals
• Mick Talbot - Keyboard
• Steve White - Drums

See also

References