AMG Review of Sound of the Style Council

James Christopher Monger
All Music Guide

1998's Complete Adventures of the Style Council, which collected every bit of skin and bone from Paul Weller's post-Jam sophisti-pop outfit, has been neatly trimmed into a single-disc overview on Universal International's 21-track Sound of the Style Council. Listeners put off by sheer volume of the former would do well by themselves in integrating this perfectly serviceable anthology into their collections, but for fans looking to split the deal a little more evenly, 2006's two-disc Gold collection or 2007's Sweet Loving Ways: The Collection would be a better option.