Café Bleu

Tracklist

• CD 1: Introducing Expanded
• 1
  Speak Like a Child
  3:18
  2.0 ★
• 2
  Party Chambers (first version)
  3:21
• 3
  Money‐Go‐Round (pts. 1 & 2, original full 12‐inch version)
  7:42
• 4
  Headstart for Happiness (early version)
  2:51
• 5
  Mick’s Up
  3:10
• 6
  Long Hot Summer (extended mix)
  7:01
  3.0 ★
• 7
  The Paris Match (early version)
  3:47
• 8
  Party Chambers (instrumental version)
  2:50
• 9
  Le Depart
  2:48
• 10
  A Solid Bond in Your Heart
  3:17
• 11
  It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands
  2:32
• 12
  My Ever Changing Moods (long version)
  5:43
• 13
  Spring, Summer, Autumn
  2:22
• 14
  Mick’s Company
  2:49
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Money‐Go‐Round (pts. 1 & 2, Bert Bevan’s remix / club mix)

  The Style Council & Bert Bevans
  7:45
• 16
  Long Hot Summer (club mix)

  The Style Council & Bert Bevans
  6:55
• CD 2: Café Bleu
• 1
  Mick’s Blessings
  1:17
• 2
  The Whole Point of No Return
  2:42
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Me Ship Came In!
  3:06
• 4
  Blue Cafe
  2:16
• 5
  The Paris Match

  The Style Council & Tracey Thorn
  4:26
  3.0 ★
• 6
  My Ever Changing Moods
  3:37
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse
  3:14
• 8
  A Gospel
  4:44
• 9
  Strength of Your Nature
  4:19
• 10
  You’re the Best Thing
  5:41
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Here’s One That Got Away
  2:37
• 12
  Headstart for Happiness
  3:21
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Council Meetin’
  2:34
  5.0 ★
• CD 3: Singles, B‐Sides, Remixes
• 1
  You’re the Best Thing (7″ version)
  4:31
• 2
  You’re the Dub Thing

  The Style Council & Brian Robson
  4:58
• 3
  The Big Boss Groove (12″ version)
  4:34
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Money‐Go‐Round (pts. 1 & 2, dance mix)
  7:50
• 5
  Long Hot Summer (7″ single)
  4:02
• 6
  A Solid Bond in Your Heart (instrumental version)
  3:28
• 7
  My Ever Changing Moods (single version)
  4:05
  5.0 ★
• CD 4: Unreleased Demos, Outtakes & Alternate Versions
• 1
  Long Hot Summer (pre‐TSC demo)
  3:29
• 2
  Party Chambers (alternate version)
  1:56
• 3
  Up for Grabs (demo)
  3:18
• 4
  Take It to the Top (demo)
  3:06
• 5
  Mick’s (demo)
  3:29
• 6
  Funk (interlude)
  0:31
• 7
  The Big Boss Groove (alternate version)
  3:52
• 8
  Summertime Song
  4:02
• 9
  The Paris Match (long version)
  6:29
• 10
  Come Away With Me (demo)
  2:33
• 11
  Me Ship Came In (alternate version)
  3:24
• 12
  Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse (alternate version)
  3:35
• 13
  That One in D minor (demo)
  3:00
• 14
  Boy Hairdresser
  2:45
• 15
  A Gospel (alternate instrumental version)
  5:12
• 16
  A Gospel (outtake)
  2:00
• 17
  Mick’s Company (alternate version)
  2:44
• 18
  I’m in the Mood for Gazza
  0:30
• CD 5: BBC Sessions & Live
• 1
  Headstart for Happiness
  2:51
• 2
  Mick’s Up
  3:06
• 3
  Here’s One That Got Away
  2:32
• 4
  The Paris Match
  4:20
• 5
  Headstart for Happiness
  2:51
• 6
  Here’s One That Got Away
  2:33
• 7
  The Paris Match
  4:18
• 8
  Times Are Tight
  4:17
• 9
  My Ever Changing Moods
  3:56
• 10
  Mick’s Blessings
  1:21
• 11
  The Paris Match
  3:58
• 12
  Headstart for Happiness
  3:05
• 13
  Long Hot Summer
  2:39
• 14
  Meeting Over Yonder
  3:11
• 15
  My Ever Changing Moods -
  5:50
• 16
  It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands
  2:54
• 17
  Mick’s Up
  3:49
• 18
  Here’s One That Got Away
  2:51
• 19
  Up for Grabs
  3:39
• 20
  Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse
  3:56
• 21
  Long Hot Summer
  7:22
• CD 6: Live Versions
• 1
  Money‐Go‐Round
  7:19
• 2
  Speak Like a Child
  3:34
• 3
  Headstart for Happiness
  3:40
• 4
  Hanging on to a Memory
  5:05
• 5
  Meeting Over Yonder
  3:11
• 6
  My Ever Changing Moods
  5:51
• 7
  Speak Like a Child
  3:33
• 8
  The Whole Point of No Return
  2:52
• 9
  Le Depart
  3:17
• 10
  The Paris Match
  4:31
• 11
  Party Chambers
  3:00
• 12
  Money‐Go‐Round
  7:30
• 13
  Headstart for Happiness
  3:29
• 14
  Hanging on to a Memory
  6:54
• 15
  Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse
  3:32
• 16
  Long Hot Summer
  7:24

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Release credits

• Annie Whitehead
  trombone [4, 15]
• Barbara Snow
  trumpet [3, 7-8, 12]
• Becky Bell
  background vocals [7]
• Ben Watt
  guitar [5]
• Bert Bevans
  remixer [15-16]
• Billy Chapman
  saxophone [3, 7]
• Bobby Valentino
  violin [11]
• Chris Bostock
  bass [11], double bass [5]
• Dee C. Lee
  background vocals [4, 6, 15], vocal [9, 12]
• Dizzi Heights
  spoken vocals [8]
• Guy Barker
  trumpet [4, 15]
• Hillary Seabrook
  saxophone [8, 12]
• Jean-Louis Roques
  accordion [7]
• Joe Dworniak
  bass [4, 15]
• Mick Talbot
  Hammond organ [1.4, 1.6-7, 1.15-16, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13], additional [10], bass synthesizer [1.6-7, 1.16, 2.10], brass [12], clavinet [13], fortepiano [6-7, 16], keyboard [2.10, 1.1], performer [6], piano [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12, 1.4, 1.15], synthesizer [9], vocal [2.9-10, 2.12, 1.6-7, 1.16]
• Paul Weller
  bass [3, 7, 13], bass synthesizer [9], co [3], flute [13], guitar [2.2-4, 2.9-13, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.15-16], instrument [8], lead vocals [1, 4, 6-7, 15-16], performer [6], producer [2.1-13, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.15-16, 3.3, 3.7], synthesizer [2.9-10, 1.6-7, 1.16], vocal [2, 9-12]
• Peter Wilson
  arranger [3], double bass [4], drums (drum set) [8-10], producer [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.15-16, 2.1-13, 3.3, 3.7], strings [4]
• Spegos
  percussion [4, 15]
• Steve White
  drums (drum set) [6-7, 16], percussion [6-7, 16]
• Tracey Thorn
  lead vocals [5]
• Tracie
  background vocals [1]
• Zeke Manyika
  drums (drum set) [4, 15], membranophone [1]
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Issues

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  Café Bleu

  12" Vinyl
  23 March 1984
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  Café Bleu

  CD
  1984
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  Café Bleu

  CD (PolyGram pressing)
  1984
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  Café Bleu

  CD
  2000
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  Café Bleu

  SHM-SACD
  15 December 2010
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  Café Bleu

  12" Vinyl (blue vinyl)
  2017
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  Café Bleu

  4x Digital Media (special edition)
  30 January 2026
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  Café Bleu

  6x CD
  15 May 2026
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  Cafe Bleu

  Digital Media