词条 | The Cost of Loving | ||||||||||||||
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| name = The Cost of Loving | type = Album | artist = The Style Council | cover = The Cost of Loving original .jpg | alt = | caption = UK cover | released = 7 February 1987 | recorded = May, August and October 1986 | venue = | studio = Solid Bond Studios | genre = Soul[1] | length = 42:12 | label = Polydor | producer = Paul Weller | prev_title = Home and Abroad | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Confessions of a Pop Group | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = The Cost Of Loving.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = US cover }} }}{{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}[1] }} The Cost of Loving is the third studio album by English group The Style Council. It was originally released in February 1987.[2] The album was recorded over a period of three months in 1986, at Solid Bond Studios (owned by their lead vocalist, Paul Weller). The album is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the band's later work. The album peaked at number 2 in the UK charts, and achieved gold status from the BPI. It featured the singles "It Didn't Matter" and "Waiting", which had corresponding music videos. "It Didn't Matter" reached the top 10 in the UK charts, however "Waiting" failed to make the top 40, which was a first for any Style Council single. On release, The Cost of Loving received mixed reviews from music journalists. Today, the album is generally seen as a turning point in the band's career, leading to the sounds later explored on Confessions of a Pop Group and A New Decade, whilst also signalling the start of the band's declining commercial and critical success. The band themselves have been quite vocal in being less satisfied with the album. Production and recordingThis 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. 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. Tracks from the album were included in a 37-minute film, Jerusalem, about the band. Cover artThe 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). Polygram records would eventually issue the album Stateside without its much-maligned International Orange jacket design. When asked by Uncut magazine whether the album cover was intended as "a citric version of The Beatles' White Album?", Weller replied that "the only thing" he "can say in its defence is that it's in some book as one of the top 100 album sleeves."[3] Critical receptionIn a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album two out of five stars and wrote that "Filled with bland, professional soul-pop, few of the songs have memorable melodies and the band tends to meander through the slick arrangements." also noting that "Weller's lyrics were self-important and under-developed, with only the hit single "It Didn't Matter" making a lasting impression among the undistinguished songs that comprised the majority of the album."[1] In 1991, the NME included the album in a list of fourteen albums that "should've been an EP".[4] Track listing{{Track listing| headline = Side one | all_writing = Paul Weller, except where noted | title1 = It Didn't Matter | writer1 = {{flat list|
}} | length1 = 5:44 | title2 = Right to Go | writer2 = {{flat list|
}} | length2 = 5:10 }}{{Track listing | headline = Side two | title3 = Heavens Above | length3 = 6:10 | title4 = Fairy Tales | length4 = 4:08 }}{{Track listing | headline = Side three | title5 = Angel | writer5 = {{flat list|
}} | length5 = 4:31 | title6 = Walking the Night | length6 = 4:30 }}{{Track listing | headline = Side four | total_length = 42:12 | title7 = Waiting | length7 = 4:26 | title8 = The Cost of Loving | length8 = 4:19 | title9 = A Woman's Song | length9 = 3:02 }} Personnel{{div col}}
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Certification{{Certification Table Top}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=The Cost of Loving|artist=The Style Council|award=Gold|accessdate=8 June 2015|autocat=yes}}{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes|nounspecified=yes}}See also
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1. ^1 2 [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r19248|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review] {{refend}}2. ^{{cite journal |periodical=NME |publisher=IPC Media |location=London, England |page=3 |date=10 March 1984}} 3. ^http://www.wellerworld.co.uk/Uncut.html 4. ^NME November 1991 issue. 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alexander+O%27Neal|title=NL Charts > Alexander O'Neal|publisher=MegaCharts|accessdate=2012-05-26}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.musicload.de/rssfeed.ml?feed=rss-album-charts&cck=AAAAAw |title=Musicload Album Charts |publisher=Musicload.de |date= |accessdate=26 September 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311042256/http://www.musicload.de/rssfeed.ml?feed=rss-album-charts&cck=AAAAAw |archivedate=11 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Style+Council|title=Discografie The Style Council|publisher=DutchCharts.nl|accessdate=2011-12-03}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alexander+O%27Neal|title=SWE Charts > Alexander O'Neal|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=2012-05-26}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/style%20council/ | title=Chart Stats - The Style Council | publisher=theofficialcharts.com| accessdate=2011-12-03}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-style-council-p5548/charts-awards | title=Chart Stats - The Style Council | publisher=allmusic.com| accessdate=2011-12-03}} External links
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