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Home and Abroad

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.

Home and Abroad
Live album by
The Style Council
ReleasedJune 1986
RecordedDecember 1985
Genre
Length50:20
LabelPolydor
ProducerPeter Wilson
The Style Council chronology
Our Favourite Shop
(1985) 		Home and Abroad
(1986) 		The Cost of Loving
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]
Sounds[3]

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

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  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

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The Style Council

Charts

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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

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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