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1989 PW "TSC was loads of fun for me, maybe too much fun, I think that’s what other people didn’t like about it."

FEBRUARY / 1989

Promo video for Promised Land is filmed

10/02/1989

TSC17 Promised Land is released

Peaks at No_27 & stays in the UK charts for 5 weeks

  • Also released in the following countries
     

  • 7" Germany

  • 7" Australia

  • 7" Japan

  • CD Europe

  • 12" Germany

  • 12" Australia

  • 12" USA

16/02/1989

TSC perform Promised Land on TOTP (their last TOTP appearance)

18/02/1989

Motormouth - Saturday Morning Kids TV

TSC perform Promised Land & Can You Still Love Me

19/02/1989

Promised Land enters the UK charts and peaks at No_ 27

10/03/1989

The Singular Adventures of The Style Council Vol 1 is released

Peaks at No_3 and stays in the UK charts for 15 weeks

Advertised as The greatest hits long player from Britain’s most successful girl group
 

  • Also released in the following countries
     

  • Europe

  • Canada

  • Australasia

  • Brazil

  • Australia

  • France

  • USA

  • Greece

  • Yugoslavia

  • Philippines

  • Spain

  • Japan

19/03/1989

The Singular Adventures of The Style Council Vol 1

Enters the UK charts and peaks at No_3

APRIL/1989

Another Get This moment - King Truman - Like A Gun

  • An unknown record played in the clubs - rumors have it it's TSC.
    The track was to be released on The Acid Jazz label but was pulled
    just days from release once Polydor got wind of it.

MAY/1989

Promo copies of the next single are pressed Everybody's On The Run

Polydor swap the order and release Long Hot Summer 89 as the A side

stating LHS will promote Singular Adventures, PW wanted Everybody's On The Run
to promote their new LP, NOT the Greatest Hits LP

28/06/1989

LHS1 Long Hot Summer 89 (UK Only)

Peaks at No_48 and stays in the UK charts for 2 weeks

JUNE/1989

The next single is confirmed as Sure Is Sure - due for release in July

Flights to Japan for 3 dates

  • 07/06/1989 The Arena Yokoham Japan

  • 08/06/1989 Jo Hall Osaka Japan

  • 09/06/1989 Pit 2 Shiodome Tokyo Japan

04/07/1989

Royal Albert Hall, London - THEIR LAST GIG

JULY/1989

Sure Is Sure doesn't materialize

AUGUST/1989

A press release stating that Sure Is Sure is scrapped &

Modernism A New Decade will not be released

TSC state they can no longer go on working with Polydor

The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council

PROBABLY THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD

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