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Greatest Hits (The Jam Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is a compilation and the third greatest hits album from the Jam, released in 1991. It includes all of the band's eighteen hit singles plus "Precious" (which was released as a double A-side along with "Town Called Malice"). It includes two singles, "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?", which made the UK charts without ever being released there, they charted after being heavily imported from Europe. It has a companion album of rarities, titled '' Extras''. It was released in 1992. Track listing #" In the City" #" All Around the World" #" The Modern World" #"News of the World" #" David Watts" #" Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" #" Strange Town" #" When You're Young" #"The Eton Rifles" #" Going Underground" #"Start!" #" That's Entertainment" #" Funeral Pyre" #" Absolute Beginners" #"Town Called Malice" #" Precious" #"Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" #" The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" #"Beat Surrender "Beat Surrender" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jam
The Jam were an English mod revival/ punk rock band formed in 1972 at Sheerwater Secondary School 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?" remain the best-selling import singles of all time in the UK. They released one live album and six studio albums, the last of which, '' The Gift'', reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. When the group disbanded in 1982, their first 15 singles were re-released and all placed within the top 100. While the Jam shared the "angry young man" outlook and fast tempo of the mid-1970s British punk rock movement, in contrast with it the band wore smartly tailored suits reminiscent of English pop-bands in the early 1960s and incorporated mainstream 1960s rock and R&B influences into its sound, particularly from the Who's work of that perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When You're Young (The Jam Song)
"When You're Young" was the eighth single released by the Jam. The single was released on 17 August 1979, and charted at number 17 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 September. The B-Side of the single, "Smithers-Jones", is a guitar-based recording of this song, as opposed to the all-strings arrangement composed at the suggestion of the band's drummer, Rick Buckler, and included on their fourth album, ''Setting Sons''. Release "When You're Young" was not included upon any of the Jam's albums at the time of their original release, although both tracks ("When You're Young" and "Smithers-Jones") were included as bonus tracks upon the 2001 re-release of ''Setting Sons''. In addition, the song has been included upon several Jam compilation albums, including ''The Very Best of The Jam''. The single's promotional video was filmed in Queens Park, North West London. B-side "Smithers-Jones", written by Bruce Foxton, was the B-side of "When You're Young". It was re-worked with an all-strings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jam Albums
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat Surrender
"Beat Surrender" was The Jam's final single, and was released on 22 November 1982. It became the band's fourth and last No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in December 1982. Title The song's title was a play on words combining the title of the 1979 Anita Ward disco single "Sweet Surrender", with the British traditional military term of "Beating Retreat", signalling a withdrawal.Interview with Paul Weller, ''Mojo'', June 2015 Theme Paul Weller wrote the song to mark the end of the group, which he disbanded shortly after the single's release. "I wanted it to be a statement, a final clarion call saying: Right, we're stopping, you take it on from here." Release format The 7" was backed by the B-side "Shopping". A double 7" and 12" single version was available with additional studio cover versions of The Chi-Lites' " Stoned Out of My Mind", Curtis Mayfield's "Move on Up", and Edwin Starr's "War". "Beat Surrender" was not included on any of the band's six studio albums. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
"The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" is a single that was released by The Jam in September 1982. It reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart and remained there for two weeks, unable to dislodge "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor and "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth from the top spot. The backing vocals are provided by Jennie Matthias, lead singer of The Belle Stars. The man on the front cover of this single is Vaughn Toulouse Vaughn Toulouse (born Vaughn Cotillard; 30 July 1959 – 8 August 1991), was a British singer. He was a founding member of Guns for Hire and its successor band Department S. Toulouse was born in St. Helier on the island of Jersey and raised i ..., singer of Department S. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bitterest Pill 1982 singles 1982 songs Polydor Records singles Songs written by Paul Weller The Jam songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero?
"Just Who is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" is a song and single released by The Jam on 3 July 1982. It features on their sixth studio album '' The Gift''. It made number eight in the UK Singles Chart in July 1982. The single came with two B-sides – a version of "War" and an original Weller song, "The Great Depression". Song The song addresses those in 9 to 5 jobs as a nameless factory worker returns home to his wife wanting nothing but to sit and watch television before he has to go back to the 'lunch box and the worker/management rows'. The chorus focuses on the character having lived in the same street for years and highlights the futility of his life: 'as one life finishes the other one starts'- there has to be more to life than 'scrimping and saving and crossing off lists'. According to interviews with Weller (and the booklet accompanying the ''Direction Reaction Creation'' box-set) the point was not to ridicule or criticise the character (as he had Mr. Clean on ''All Mod Cons'') b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precious (The Jam)
"Precious" is a song composed by Paul Weller and performed by the British band The Jam. Details It appeared on The Jam's 1982 album, '' The Gift'', and also as a double A-side single along with "Town Called Malice". It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, although the song received much less airplay than "Town Called Malice". It was a departure for the band from their punk and mod roots, involving a funk-like sound that the band had not previously explored. ''Uncut'' described the track as "hypnotically itchy punk-funk". Some fans and critics have noticed the song contains a number of similarities to "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" is an instrumental performed by British dance-punk band Pigbag. The instrumental was written by Chris Hamlin and James Johnstone before Pigbag was formed and produced by Dave Hunt and Dick O'Dell. In the United St ...", which was a relatively new release itself at the time. Weller himself was to admit in 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolute Beginners (The Jam)
"Absolute Beginners" was a single released by The Jam on 16 October 1981. The song did not appear on any of the band's studio albums; it reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was named after the Colin MacInnes novel of the same name. The book was one of songwriter Paul Weller's favourites, being chosen by him when he appeared on '' Desert Island Discs''. "Tales from the Riverbank" appeared as the B-side. The band's record company Polydor later stated that they believed "Tales from the Riverbank" should have been released as the A-side. The song also appeared on the soundtrack for the 1997 film '' Grosse Pointe Blank''. Music video The video to "Absolute Beginners" was filmed in the neighbourhood around Nomis Studios in Shepherd's Bush, London. The video includes footage of the band running around terraced streets in the vicinity of the studios, chasing a camera tied to the rear of a vehicle. The video also includes inserted text slides typical of those used dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funeral Pyre
A pyre ( grc, πυρά; ''pyrá'', from , ''pyr'', "fire"), also known as a funeral pyre, is a structure, usually made of wood, for burning a body as part of a funeral rite or execution. As a form of cremation, a body is placed upon or under the pyre, which is then set on fire. In discussing ancient Greek religion, "pyre" (the normal Greek word for fire anglicized) is also used for the sacred fires at altars, on which parts of the animal sacrifice were burnt as an offering to the deity. Materials Pyres are crafted using wood. The composition of a pyre may be determined through use of charcoal analysis. Charcoal analysis helps to predict composition of the fuel and local forestry of the charcoal being studied. Ireland Specifically, in the Bronze Age, pyre materials were gathered based on local abundance and ease of access to the wood although materials were also selected due to the specific properties, potential traditional purpose, or due to economical reasons. In Templeno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's Entertainment (The Jam Song)
"That's Entertainment" is a 1980 song by British punk-mod revivalist group the Jam from their fifth album, ''Sound Affects''. Although never released as a domestic single in the UK during the band's lifetime, "That's Entertainment" nonetheless charted as an import single (backed by a live version of "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight"), peaking at No. 21. It was given its first full UK release in 1983 and peaked at No. 60. A second reissue in 1991 also made the top 50. The song remains one of the two all-time biggest selling import singles in the UK, alongside the Jam's "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?", which hit the charts at No. 8 as an import in 1982. "That's Entertainment" has been listed by BBC Radio 2 as the 43rd best song ever released by any artist. Song profile "That's Entertainment" is the group's lone entry, at No.306, on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list released in 2004. It consistently makes similar British lists of all-time great songs, su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Start!
"Start!" is the eleventh UK single release by the band The Jam and their second number-one, following "Going Underground"/" Dreams of Children". Upon its release on 15 August 1980, it debuted at number three, and two weeks later reached number one for one week. Written by Paul Weller and produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and The Jam, "Start!" was the lead single from the band's fifth album ''Sound Affects''. The single's B-side is "Liza Radley". "Start!" is based on both the main guitar riff and bass riff of the Beatles' 1966 song "Taxman" from the album ''Revolver'', written by George Harrison. "To be Someone" and "Liza Radley" also utilise the "Taxman" bassline as does "Dreams of Children", B-side to "Going Underground", played then as a lead guitar riff. The album version of the song runs at 2:30 and features trumpets in the final section. Other versions and sampling Beastie Boys covered the song on their 1999 single, "Alive". 808 State sampled the song on their 1993 sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Underground
"Going Underground" is a single by The Jam, released in March 1980. It debuted at number one in the UK Singles Chart, spending three weeks at the top. "Going Underground" was the first of four number one singles the band were to achieve throughout their career. Song profile "Going Underground" was not released on any of the band's six studio albums, although it has appeared on many compilations and re-releases since the 1980s. The song was released as a double A-side with "Dreams of Children", which originally had been intended to be the sole A-side; following a mix-up at the pressing plant, the single became a double A-side, and DJs tended to choose the more melodic "Going Underground" to play on the radio. The song covers social issues of the time such as political corruption, voter apathy and Thatcherism. It was the 15th best-selling single in the UK in 1980. The song was ranked at number 2 among the "Tracks of the Year" for 1980 by ''NME''. In March 2005, ''Q'' magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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