Track Listing

1. Art School - The Jam, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven, Chris Parry, Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler
2. I've Changed My Address
3. Slow Down
4. I Got By In Time
5. Away From The Numbers - The Jam, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven, Chris Parry, Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler
6. Batman Theme
7. In The City - The Jam, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven, Chris Parry, Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler
8. Sounds From The Street
9. Non-Stop Dancing
10. Time For Truth
11. Takin My Love
12. Bricks And Mortar

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3875 in Music
• Released on: 1997-08-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 32 minutes

CD Description
In the Year of Punk, the Jam's exploded onto the music scene with this seminal debut album. The raw, unfettered aggression of the band's approach was well in keeping with the spirit of the times, but the heart of their songs and sound lay in the mod movement of the mid-'60s (early Who, Creation, etc.). Singer/guitarist Paul Weller comes off like a cross between Joe Strummer and the young Pete Townshend, bashing unreservedly through "Slow Down", one of the R&B tunes that inspired the original mods.
Weller extols the virtues of frenzied dancing and nonconformist youth culture ("Non-Stop Dancing", "Away From the Numbers") over the raging three-chord attack of bassist Bruce Foxton and drummer Rick Buckler. The pure punk insouciance of his words and delivery is a perfectmatch for the raging but hooky "arrangements", which basically consisted of the band walking into the studio and blazing through their live set. Rickenbacker guitars never soundedso thick, and skinny ties never seemed less geeky.

Customer Reviews

An Important Debut
In The City was the Woking boys powerful angst ridden opening shot and was seen by many as the LP that jump started the Mod revival in the UK.

Weller's emotive political lyrics were yet to fully take form but there are flashes of what was to come in the songs 'In The City' and the pithy 'Bricks and Mortar'

The Jam's music at this time owed a lot to the harmonies of Motown, the energy of the early Who and the anger of the current Punk scene.

Along with 'Bricks & Mortar', and 'In The City' the powerfully assured 'Art School' and the venomous 'I've changed my address' are the best tracks although the energetic cover of 'Slow Down' and the poignant 'Away From The Numbers' are also worthy of mention.

This was a stunning debut and a rallying flag for the coming Mod revival.

Vital Stuff

a classic debut album
if you are young and into todays punk bands, then you will like this album. I bought this when it came out, and its still good now. Musically its probably not The Jams best, but it has that immediacy of youth, that Weller had in abundance in his early work. It pays homage to the who, motown, put into a 1977 woking punk scene. You can tell even at this stage that weller was going to have a long and outstanding career. 'In the city' was the opening single for the band, and it got a lot of people to buy the album. If you've heard 'in the city' and like it, then buy it to.

THE BEST DEBUT ALBUM OF ALL TIME !!
This was the one !!

The album that turned me into a Weller fan for life.

I can vividly remember going to buy it, the day it was released, and it blew me away.
The punk aggression mixed with rocking tunes and every beat of the album telling me that "this was the time" !!

And it certainly was. All Mod Cons is the most accomplished Jam album but nothing touches the raw energy of this one.

Anyone into Punk, Mod, Rock music will realise what an album this is once they have graced their "turntable" with it.

If you want power and energy, dance and aggression,..........LOOK NO FURTHER !!

A MUST for any music fan !!

This is Weller at his most potent, make no mistake !!

Superb !!