Our Favourite Shop
by The Style Council
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The Style Council bestography
Our Favourite Shop is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by The Style Council on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Style Council is Café Bleu which is ranked number 3366 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 450.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Our Favourite Shop track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Our Favourite Shop rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 47 Music Albums of 1985 | 32/47 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1985 by Ultimate Record Collection | 19/41 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 75 Music Albums of 1985 | 50/75 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1985 | 28/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | The Style Council - RANKED | 1/8 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 96 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 392 | |||
Our Favourite Shop collection
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Our Favourite Shop ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/07/2026 10:49 |  RasmV | 2,617 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 11:49 | NowhereMan | 1,504 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 00:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,426 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
Our Favourite Shop favourites
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Our Favourite Shop forum mentions
NowhereMan 04/13/2026 12:08 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
neilgee 12/04/2023 21:11 in What music video are you watching right now? neilgee 05/15/2022 12:33 in What album are you listening to right now?View all forum mentions
Our Favourite Shop comments
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One of the few albums of the '80s that still don't sound ridicolous. Some of the best songs ever wrote by Paul Weller and a jazzy feeling that is absolutely fresh and enjoyable, even after 25 years.
The Style Council's best album for me. Weller showing what they could've been had he not been so determined to wind up Jam fans and Jam fans weren't so disparaging cos TSC weren't The Jam
timtooky 04/25/2014 22:35 | #110086 | TOP COMMENT
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what's that? strange record...
does it fit in any genre? it has 80s easy listening songs close to rick astley, but also simply red popsoul and duran duran strange e-pop styles...
seems meaningless to me.
Not bad at all, and no worse than, the gift, and, walls come tumbling down, is one of Paul Weller's greatest songs outside The Jam, maybe including the Jam too.
Their strongest set for me. overtly political, great well played tunes, powerful subjects.
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