Thick as thieves us
Greg K. Afuso | Corpus Christi, Texas | 12/03/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Great stuff. Talk about zeitguist. When I listen to this music I remember the angry young man I used to be, and the resentment against the consumption culture that American society wanted me to embrace. And then one day all the things that make you a responsible American house-owning, taxpaying adult overwhelm you and you become part of the machine. Oh well, I can sit in my office and earn money for my boss, listen to the Jam and still be the irresponsible, anti-social, perpetual student who worked at UPS, surfed and drank beer all the time kid that I once was; Even if it is now hidden deep inside the recess of the disguise I have created for myself.
"True it's a dream mixed with nostalgia, But it's a dream that I'll always hang on to, That I'll always run to, Won't you join me by the riverbank" - Paul Weller, the Jam, 'Tales From the Riverbank'.
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THIS IS THE JAM - ALL OF THE JAM
Mitchell Cassman | BUFFALO GROVE, IL United States | 12/20/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The legacy of the Jam is founded on just half-a-dozen studio albums-all crammed into an incident-packed five years. Yet their impact was much, much more significant than a mere six albums would suggest. Direction Reaction Creation is a welcome 5CD box which gathers together pretty much everything the Jam ever recorded: B-sides and hard-to-get singles as well as every track from those six albums. But the fifth disc is the real bonus: 22 unreleased tracks, including demos ("In The City", "Precious", "The Bitterest Pill"); covers ("Rain", "Dead End Street", "Stand By Me"); and alternate takes ("A Solid Bond In Your Heart", "Billy Hunt", "That's Entertainment")
CD1:
01. In The City
02. Takin' My Love
03. Art School
04. I've Changed My Address
05. Slow Down
06. I Got By In Time
07. Away From The Numbers
08. Batman Theme
09. Sounds From The Street
10. Non-Stop Dancing
11. Time For Truth
12. Bricks And Mortar
13. All Around The World
14. Carnaby Street
15. The Modern World
16. London Traffic
17. Standards
18. Life From A Window
19. The Combine
20. Don't Tell Them You're Sane
21. In The Street Today
22. London Girl
23. I Need You (For Someone)
24. Here Comes The Weekend
25. Tonight At Noon
26. In The Midnight Hour
CD2:
01. News Of The World
02. Aunties And Uncles (Impulsive Youths)
03. Innocent Man
04. David Watts
05. `A' Bomb In Wardour Street
06. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
07. So Sad About Us
08. The Night
09. All Mod Cons
10. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
11. Mr. Clean
12. English Rose
13. In The Crowd
14. Billy Hunt
15. It's Too Bad
16. Fly
17. The Place I Love
18. Strange Town
19. The Butterfly Collector
20. When You're Young
21. Smithers-Jones
22. The Eton Rifles
23. See-Saw
CD3:
01. Girl On The Phone
02. Thick As Thieves
03. Private Hell
04. Little Boy Soldiers
05. Wasteland
06. Burning Sky
07. Smithers-Jones
08. Saturday's Kids
09. Heatwave
10. Going Underground
11. The Dreams Of Children
12. Start!
13. Liza Radley
14. Pretty Green
15. Monday
16. But I'm Different Now
17. Set The House Ablaze
18. That's Entertainment
19. Dream Time
20. Man In The Corner Shop
21. Music For The Last Couple
22. Boy About Town
23. Scrape Away
CD4:
01. Funeral Pyre
02. Disguises
03. Absolute Beginners
04. Tales From The Riverbank
05. Town Called Malice
06. Precious
07. Happy Together
08. Ghosts
09. Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero ?
10. Trans-Global Express
11. Running On The Spot
12. Circus
13. The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong
14. Carnation
15. The Gift
16. The Great Depression
17. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
18. Pity Poor Alfie/Fever
19. Beat Surrender
20. Shopping
21. Move On Up
22. Stoned Out Of My Mind
23. War
CD5:
01. In The City
02. Time For Truth
03. Sounds From The Street
04. So Sad About Us
05. Worlds Apart
06. Billy Hunt
07. It's Too Bad
08. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
09. David Watts
10. Best of Both Worlds
11. That's Entertainment
12. Rain
13. Dream Time
14. Dead End Street
15. Stand By Me
16. Every Little Bit Hurts
17. Tales From The Riverbank
18. Walking In Heaven's Sunshine
19. Precious
20. Pity Poor Alfie
21. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
22. A Solid Bond In Your Heart
THANKS TK"
Track Listings (26) - Disc #1