Track Listing

1. Evening Standards
2. Party Games
3. Tune Into Heaven
4. Last Picture Show
5. The Tourist
6. Desert Island Discs
7. Woman's World
8. Back Of My Hand - Jags, Simon Humphrey
9. She's So Considerate
10. Little Boy Lost
11. Single Vision / Bmw
12. Here Comes My Baby
13. I Never Was A Beachboy
14. Another Town, Another Place
15. The Train And The Plane
16. Silver Birds
17. The Sound Of G-O-O-D-B-Y-E
18. Small Change
19. Mind Reader
20. Little Lloyd Wright
21. Fearing A Tornado

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25364 in Music
• Released on: 1999-03-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .21 pounds
• Running time: 77 minutes

Customer Reviews

Power Pop Classic from the One Hit Wonders!
Always remembered as one hit wonders for the Power Pop classic ‘Back of My Hand’, this album, which is essentially both studio LP’s shows that this band had a whole lot more to offer than the public ever got the hear.

Judging by the poor sales of both albums & follow up singles, not many did get the hear The Jags, which is a real pity because there are some real gems on this release, with production & musicianship as crisp as any of their contemporaries.

OK, the Elvis Costello comparisons are certainly justified, especially on the first half of the album, which is the first LP. Gems that really shine here are the follow up to Back of My Hand ‘Woman’s World’ a fantastic tale of girl power! Played out in snappy punk/pop style with cynical lyrics ('She'd gone out with the boy next door, and left me in the lurch once more' is a particular favourate of mine!),Got to a desperate 75 in the charts.

The next single ‘Party Games’ didn’t even dent the charts which is a real pity because it’s the stand out track on the album, kind of reminds me of Slick/Baycity Rollers/Mud style, but no bad thing!

By the time the second LP got released in '81 the band had changed to a darker style, with sometimes slightly embarrassing ‘cockney’ vocals taking over from the Elvis style!

A storming mod version of ‘Here comes my Baby’ kicks off the 2nd LP set, with the rest of the stuff good, but not as ace as the first LP. More of a grower I feel.

The big question is....... just who were these guys? I would really like to know what they did after this group disbanded. They had songwriting style and playing expertise that kind of hints at session men, but who knows?

The Jags-the great undiscovered mystery of our time. Oh, by the way get this album-Since I acquired it 12 months ago it has barely got of my car CD player and remains an infectious classic of power pop perfection.

Should have been a huge hit!
What a bargain. Two whole albums on one pretty cheap CD. Every tune a gem! Of course, I would say that ...I played on it! ....and no, I don't get royalties from the sales. I'm just pleasantly surprised that few people still take the time to listen then bother to write reviews about it. I even appreciate the "not so good" ones. I read the second half of the CD (the second album) described as "darker". Interesting! Must listen to it with the lights on!! No, we weren't session men, just mere mortals who seemed to be on the same musical wavelength. Personally, I preferred the "dark" bit, Silverbirds (a throwaway instrumental) being my favourite perhaps because it's completely different to anything else we did. Mind you, I'm still very proud of all of it and if you have a tenth as much fun listening to it as I did making it then you won't be disappointed.

The Jags Rule!
I think this album is wicked!, i'm not usually into the old 80's rock but i was persuaded to listen to this by Alex Baird (my drum teacher) who happens to be the Drummer of The Jags. I think it is really unfortunate that they had to split up, but in a way i'm glad because i would never have had such a great drum teacher if they didn't split up!