Artist	Song
The Jam	Going Underground
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	Town Called Malice
from The Gift (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	That's Entertainment
from Sound Affects (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	In the City
from In the City (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	The Eton Rifles
from Setting Sons (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	The Modern World
from This Is the Modern World (1997)
The Jam	Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
from All Mod Cons (1997)
The Jam	David Watts
from All Mod Cons (1997)
The Jam	Strange Town
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	Start!
from Sound Affects (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	The Dreams of Children
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	The Butterfly Collector
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	English Rose
from All Mod Cons (1997)
The Jam	The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	Beat Surrender
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	All Mod Cons
from All Mod Cons (1997)
The Jam	To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)
from All Mod Cons (1997)
The Jam	All Around the World
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	Thick As Thieves
from Setting Sons (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Funeral Pyre
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	"A" Bomb in Wardour Street
from All Mod Cons (1997)
The Jam	Away from the Numbers
from In the City (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?
from The Gift (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	When You're Young
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	Smithers-Jones
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	Precious
from The Gift (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Tales from the Riverbank
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	Absolute Beginners
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	Mr. Clean
from All Mod Cons (1997)
The Jam	News of the World
from Snap (2006)
The Jam	In the Crowd
from All Mod Cons (1997)
The Jam	Life from a Window
from This Is the Modern World (1997)
The Jam	Liza Radley
from The Sound of The Jam (2003)
The Jam	Pretty Green
from Sound Affects (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Man In the Corner Shop
from Sound Affects (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Carnation
from The Gift (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Monday
from Sound Affects (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Private Hell
from Setting Sons (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Billy Hunt
from All Mod Cons (1997)
The Jam	Happy Together
from The Gift (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Ghosts
from The Gift (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Here Comes the Weekend
from This Is the Modern World (1997)
The Jam	Boy About Town
from Sound Affects (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Sounds from the Street
from In the City (Remastered) (1997)
The Jam	Wasteland
from Setting Sons (Remastered) (1997)

Comment:

In 1982, after five glorious years, the Jam went out on a high, taking final single "Beat Surrender" to #1 on the U.K. singles charts, and [i]The Gift[/i] to the top album spot. Paul Weller said he didn't want to "end up old and embarrassing like so many other bands," and with our [i]Jam[/i] Essentials we toast the courage of his convictions. By striking a balance between aggression (Weller precision-spat his lyrics, as sparks flew from his Rickenbacker) and sensitivity (those words were astute and reminiscent at times of the great English poet Philip Larkin), [i]and[/i] by bowing out before either of those edges were dulled, the Jam secured their reputation as one of [i]the[/i] great British bands. Why they didn't make more of an impact on this side of the pond remains a mystery — [i]Sound Affects[/i] was the band's highest charting album in the U.S., topping out at #72 — but these monumental [i]Jam[/i] Essentials go a long way to setting the record straight.

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