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Their most successful studio album was their final album The Gift in 1982, which reached No. 1 in the UK and peaked at No. 82 in the US. The Jam were seen as the centre of mod revival culture during the 1970s to the 1980s, and the lead singer of the band, Paul Weller, was seen as The Modfather. The band separated in 1982, following ten years ...
The album, like those of the Clash and Sex Pistols, featured fast, loud and pointed songs. What set it apart from the records of those two bands was its more prevalent 1960s rock influences. The Jam covered Larry Williams's "Slow Down" (also covered by the Beatles) and the theme song of the 1960s TV series Batman. [20]
Extras (The Jam album) (1992) Collection (1996) Professional ratings; Review scores; Source Rating; AllMusic [1] Extras is a compilation by the British group The Jam.
The Gift is the sixth and final studio album by the English rock 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 studio album Sound Affects (1980). The songs were largely recorded during 1981 to 1982, at George Martin's AIR Studios, assisted by Peter Wilson.
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]
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".
Setting Sons is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Jam, released on 16 November 1979 by Polydor Records.It reached No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart upon the first week of release, [5] continuing the commercial (and critical) favour that had begun with their previous album All Mod Cons.
All Mod Cons is the third studio album by the British band the Jam, released in 1978 by Polydor Records.The title, a British idiom one might find in housing advertisements, is short for "all modern conveniences" and is a pun on the band's association with the mod revival.