Our Favourite Shop (released as Internationalists in the United States) is the second studio album by English band the Style Council. Recorded ten months after the band’s debut, Café Bleu, it was released on 8 June 1985 on Polydor. It features guest vocalists including Lenny Henry, Tracie Young, and Dee C Lee. The album includes “Come to Milton Keynes”, “The Lodgers”, “Boy Who Cried Wolf”, and “Walls Come Tumbling Down!”, which were all released as singles (with corresponding music videos). The three singles released in the UK all reached the top 40 on the UK charts. The track listing was reconfigured for the U.S. release. The Style Council’s most commercially successful album, it was an immediate commercial and critical success, and remained at the top of the charts for one week, displacing Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits. The album was the Style Council’s only number one album in the UK. According to the BPI, the record sold over 100,000 copies and was certified gold. The multigenre album incorporates diverse stylistic influences, including soul, rap, jazz and rock styles. Recording was completed in March 1985. The cover, depicting the band posing inside a shop, was designed by Paul Weller and British artist Simon Halfon.
Tracklisting
- Homebreakers
- All Gone Away
- Come To Milton Keynes
- Internationalists
- A Stones Throw Away
- The Stand Up Comic’s Instructions
- Boy Who Cried Wolf (Album Version)
- A Man Of Great Promise
- Down In The Seine
- The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper’s Daughter) (Album Version)
- Luck
- With Everything To Lose
- Our Favourite Shop
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
Apple Music
Videos
Shout To The Top USA Remix
More Videos
- The Style Council Our Favourite Shop TV Commercial 1985
- The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down
- The Style Council - Shout To The Top
- Internationalists
- The Stand Up Comics Instructions
- Style Council - The Boy Who Cried Wolf HQ
- Down In The Seine
- Luck
- With Everything To Lose
- A Man Of Great Promise
- A Stones Throw Away
- The Style Council - Our Favourite Shop Album Version
- Homebreakers The Style Council
- The Style Council - All Gone Away
Release Images
Release Information
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Favourite_Shop |
| Format | Vinyl LP Album Limited Edition Reissue (Lilac) |
| Label | Polydor |
| Catalog Number | TSCLP 2 |
| Notes | Reissue on lilac-coloured vinyl |
| Discogs URL | The Style Council - Our Favourite Shop |