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The Jam were an English rock band formed in 1972 in Woking, Surrey. They released 18 consecutive top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 1982, including four number one hits. As of 2007, "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
The Gift is the sixth and final studio album by English new wave / mod revival band the Jam. It was originally released on 12 March 1982 by Polydor as the follow-up to the Jam's critically and commercially successful 1980 album Sound Affects. The songs were largely recorded during 1981 to 1982, at George Martin's Air Studios, assisted by Peter ...
The discography of the British band the Jam consists of 6 studio albums, 5 live albums, 8 compilation albums, 5 box sets, 6 videos, 3 extended plays, 18 singles, and 3 B-sides. The band, who formed in 1972, didn't debut until five years later in 1977, when they released their debut studio album In the City, which entered the UK Albums Chart at ...
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight. " Down in the Tube Station at Midnight " is a single by the Jam, and was the second single from their third album, All Mod Cons. Released in October 1978, it reached No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart. [1] The single was backed by a cover version of the Who 's song "So Sad About Us", and the song "The Night ...
Professional ratings. Snap! is a greatest hits album by The Jam, released on 14 October 1983, one year after the group disbanded. [6] The double-album includes all sixteen of the band's UK singles, plus some B-sides, album tracks and rarities. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called it "one of the greatest greatest-hits albums of all time". [7]
Alternative cover. Music video. "The Eton Rifles" on YouTube. " The Eton Rifles " is a song recorded by the Jam, written by Paul Weller. It was the only song to be released as a single from the album Setting Sons. Released on 26 October 1979, it became the band's first top-ten hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3.
"Town Called Malice" was the Jam's third number-one single in the UK. According to the Official Charts Company it was the 10th best-selling single of 1982 in the UK. [ 12 ] It was the band's sole entry on any mainstream American chart when it hit No. 31 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1982.
Sound Affects is the fifth studio album by English rock band the Jam.The album was released on 28 November 1980 by Polydor Records.It is the only Jam album to be co-produced by the band themselves, and contains the only album track co-written by the entire band, "Music for the Last Couple".