Home and Abroad

Home and Abroad
Live album by The Style Council
Released	June 1986
Recorded	December 1985
Genre	Pop sophisti-pop pop rock synthpop
Length	50:20
Label	Polydor
Producer	Peter Wilson
The Style Council chronology
Our Favourite Shop (1985) Home and Abroad (1986) The Cost of Loving (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]
Sounds	[3]

Home and Abroad (styled Live! The Style Council, Home & Abroad. on its cover) is a live album by the English band The Style Council, released in 1986. It was recorded on the tour supporting the band's 1985 album Our Favourite Shop.

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

Reviewing the album, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "Home & Abroad is a slick and earnest live set, but it's only of interest to die-hard Paul Weller fans."^[1]

Track listing

1. "The Big Boss Groove"
2. "My Ever Changing Moods"
3. "The Lodgers"
4. "Headstart for Happiness"
5. "(When You) Call Me"
6. "The Whole Point of No Return"
7. "Our Favourite Shop"
8. "With Everything to Lose"
9. "Homebreakers"
10. "Shout to the Top!"
11. "Walls Come Tumbling Down!"
12. "Internationalists"

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

Personnel

The Style Council

• Paul Weller – vocals, guitar
• Mick Talbot – keyboards
• Dee C. Lee – vocals
• Steve White – drums

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4]	59
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5]	27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6]	53
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7]	34
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8]	21
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9]	36
UK Albums (OCC)[10]	8

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11]	Silver	60,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Home & Abroad – The Style Council". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
2. Coleman, Mark (2004). "The Style Council". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 789. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
3. Roberts, Chris (3 May 1986). "Wishing Weller". Sounds. p. 31.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 299. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
5. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Style Council – Home & Abroad - Live!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
6. "Offiziellecharts.de – The Style Council – Home & Abroad - Live!" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
7. Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon. ISBN 978-4-87131-077-2.
8. "Charts.nz – The Style Council – Home & Abroad - Live!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
9. "Swedishcharts.com – The Style Council – Home & Abroad - Live!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
10. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
11. "British album certifications – Style Council – Home and Abroad". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

External links

• Home and Abroad at Discogs (list of releases)