Confessions of a Pop Group 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 on 20 June 1988, the album received moderate success, reaching # 15 on the UK album chart.
The album is essentially an eclectic blend of Weller's influences, side one and side two are completely different, in the vein of the first record 'Cafe Bleu'

Songs like Confessions of a pop-group were new territory for The Style Council, essentially prog-rock in terms of style, The Gardner of Eden being an Avant-Garde blend of classical/Jazz

'How She Threw It All Away' and 'Why I Went Missing' are often cited as lost Weller classics, having not been played live since the early 'rebirth' of Weller's solo career (around 1990/91)

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Paul Weller, except where noted.

1. "It's a Very Deep Sea" 5:33
2. "The Story of Someone's Shoe" 3:43
3. "Changing of the Guard" 2:50
4. "The Little Boy In a Castle (A)/A Dove Flew Down From the Elephant (B)" (Mick Talbot) 3:05
5. "The Gardener of Eden (A Three Piece Suite) I) In the Beginning II) The Gardener of Eden III) Mourning the Passing of Time" 10:30
6. "Life at a Top People's Health Farm" 4:17
7. "Why I Went Missing" 4:43
8. "How She Threw It All Away" 4:17
9. "Iwasadoledadstoyboy" 4:28
10. "Confessions 1, 2, & 3" 4:43
11. "Confessions of a Pop-Group" 9:28

Personnel

• Paul Weller - vocals, guitars, synthesisers, drum programs
• 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....
  
   - piano forte, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesisers
• 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
• Camille Hinds - bass
• Paul Morgan - contra bass
• Steve White - drums
• Nick Brown - drums
• Dick Morrissey
  Dick Morrissey
  Richard Edwin "Dick" Morrissey was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor sax, soprano sax and flute.- Background :...
  
  - flute on "How She Threw It All Away"
• Little Joo Ruocco - percussion
• Chris Lawrence - trombone
• Frank Ricottim - vibraphone
• Rupert Parker - harp