Café Bleu
by The Style Council
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Café Bleu is ranked as the best album by The Style Council.
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Café Bleu track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Café Bleu 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 | Mrump | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1984 | 15/22 | 2 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | The Style Council - RANKED | 3/8 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1984 | 21/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 65 Music Albums of 1984 | 17/65 | 4 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 701-800 | 91/100 | - |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 44 Music Albums of 1984 | 15/44 | 3 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 90/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 124 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 452 | |||
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Café Bleu ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/17/2026 18:57 |  HoldenM | 1,896 | 84/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2026 21:37 | Mrump | 542 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 11:49 | NowhereMan | 1,493 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.
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Café Bleu forum mentions
neilgee 02/27/2026 11:43 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
dihansse 11/24/2016 20:46 in My discoveries per yearCafé Bleu comments
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After having one of the most productive years of his song writing career, releasing a ton of classic songs willy-nilly as non-album singles, b-sides and eps, Weller suffered extreme writers block. The resulting album, Cafe Blue, was scraped together from jam sessions and pointless re-recorded versions of songs he's already released.
If only he's saved up all of those songs, what an album it would have been ...
I've compiled a list of all my favourite tracks that could have made it onto Cafe blue, if you're new to the style council I urge you to seek them out.
Speak like a Child (Single)
Money Go Round (Full 12 inch version, but not the remix)
Headstart for Happiness (Early 12 inch version)
Long Hot Summer (Single Edit/EP version)
Paris Match (Early EP version)
A Solid Bond in Your Heart (Single)
It Just Came to Pieces (B-side)
My Ever Changing Moods (Single Edit)
The Whole Point of No Return (From: Cafe Blue)
You're the Best Thing (Single Edit)
Here's One That Got Away (From: Cafe Blue)
Big Boss Groove (Full version, B-side)
Great album by The Style Council highlighted by smooth, groovy, sophisticated pop. Most of the album sounds very refined and polished.
Favorite Tracks: You're the Best Thing, My Ever Changing Moods, Paris Match
My favorite songs : Paris match.....You're the best thing.....The Whole point of no return.....Blue cafè
wide variety of musical genres hits home run with You're The Best Thing
wide variety of musical genre hits home run with You're The Best Thing
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