The Cost of Loving is an album from the band The Style Council

The Style Council

The Style Council were an English band, formed in 1983 by the ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller, with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The permanent line-up grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other artists such as Tracie Young and Tracey Thorn also...

, 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

Soul music

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, jazz

Jazz

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, and European folk

Folk music

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 styles that the band had displayed on their previous two albums. United States label Geffen Records

Geffen Records

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 heard the tracks and promptly dropped The Style Council from their roster. Polygram

PolyGram

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 records would eventually issue the album Stateside without its much-maligned International Orange

International orange

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 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

House music

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 and the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

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 sound. The initial British pressings of the album were conceived and issued as two 12" EPs in a gatefold

Gatefold

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 sleeve (designed by Simon Halfon

Simon Halfon

Simon Halfon is a graphic designer most noted for his work with The Jam, The Style Council, and Paul Weller. Halfon has also worked with Oasis and George Michael, among others. Halfon's most visible work has focused on solid inspiration from the design of the 1960s. He has, however, displayed...

 with ideas from Paul Weller

Paul Weller

Paul Weller is an English singer-songwriter. Starting with the band The Jam , Weller then went on to branch out musically to a more soulful style with The Style Council...

). 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 nickane 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
  Dee C. Lee
  Dee C. Lee is an English pop singer.-Career:Lee was a backing vocalist for the pop group Wham! in the early 1980s, but she left the group to work as a solo artist and also to join Paul Weller's band, The Style Council...
  
   - Vocals
• Mick Talbot
  Mick Talbot
  Michael 'Mick' Talbot is a British keyboardist. He played with the late 1970s mod revivalists The Merton Parkas; Dexys Midnight Runners; The Bureau, and later with Paul Weller in The Style Council....
  
   - Keyboard
• Steve White - Drums