Blimey - a ‘new’ track from The Style Council ahead of the Cafe Bleu boxset drop in the new year.
And so here we Take It to the Top (demo).
If I’m being slightly less than favourable, then I would say that there’s usually a reason as to why demos remain just that.
Take It to the Top is no companion piece for the anthem Shout to the Top.
There’s a heavy funk riff going off; it still sounds like a different world away from the more retro sound of The Jam only a few years previously. But it’s not going to change the world.
It sounds more like a loose, ahem, jam between the various members of TSC at the time. It dies out a little before it even gets started.
I wonder how many other ‘lost’ TSC tracks remain in the Solid Bond archive? EIGHT discs for a boxset is at least five too many.
Related:
MOJO had a list of all the TSC albums rated. Before I even scrolled down, I tapped in my list, to see how it stacks up.
I wasn’t expecting MOJO to rank EVERY album, such as the Best Of and Live album etc.
I was close.
My list:
Our Fave Shop - the absolute MASTERPIECE
Confessions
Cafe Bleau
Introducing
Cost of Loving - which you really should stay away from.
MOJO has Cafe Bleu as the top album, then Confessions and Our Fave Shop.
We’re nitpicking. All three are absolutely glorious.