''Home and Abroad'' (styled ''Live! The Style Council, Home & Abroad.'' on its cover) is a live album by the English band

The Style Council The Style Council were an English pop band formed in Woking in 1982 by Paul Weller, the former lead vocalist, principal songwriter and guitarist with the rock band the Jam, and keyboardist Mick Talbot, previously a member of Dexys Midnight Ru ...

, released in 1986. It was recorded on the tour supporting the band's 1985 album ''

Our Favourite Shop ''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 Polydo ...

''. It is their first non-studio album and their only live album until 1998's ''In Concert''. As was common at the time, the CD and cassette versions of the album featured two songs that did not appear on the LP. The album cover shows both

Paul Weller John William Weller (born 25 May 1958), better known as Paul Weller, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame in the late 1970s as the guitarist and principal singer and songwriter of the rock band the Jam, alongside ...

and

Mick Talbot Michael Talbot (born 11 September 1958) is an English keyboardist. He was a co-founder of the Style Council with Paul Weller, and has also been a member of Dexys Midnight Runners, the Merton Parkas and The Bureau (band), the Bureau. Career ...

sitting on a stool, although both Dee C. Lee and Steve White appear on the album. Reviewing the album,

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...

Stephen Thomas Erlewine Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and former senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of multiple artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance ...

wrote: "''Home & Abroad'' is a slick and earnest live set, but it's only of interest to die-hard Paul Weller fans."

Track listing

# "The Big Boss Groove" # " My Ever Changing Moods" # " The Lodgers" # "Headstart for Happiness" # "(When You) Call Me" # "The Whole Point of No Return" # "Our Favourite Shop" # "With Everything to Lose" # "Homebreakers" # " Shout to the Top!" # "

Walls Come Tumbling Down! "Walls Come Tumbling Down!" is a song by the English pop band the Style Council which was their ninth single. It was written by their lead vocalist Paul Weller, and released in 1985 by Polydor Records. It is the first single from the band's second ...

" # "Internationalists" Tracks 1 and 7 did not appear on the vinyl album.

Personnel

The Style Council *

– vocals, guitar *

– keyboards * Dee C. Lee – vocals * Steve White – drums

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* {{1980s-pop-album-stub 1986 live albums The Style Council albums Polydor Records albums