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Britain's a funny place, but not always in the literal sense. While apparently placid on the surface, in reality England has always had issues with class, race, and socio-political turmoil. In 1980 Margaret Thatcher had taken power as Prime Minister, and the youth culture that had usually reserved its disdain for the dominant Labor party had a compelling new target. Not so coincidentally, in 1980 The Jam released SETTING SONS, their strongest and most political album to date.
If The Jam's first three albums are a tribute to the resiliency of British working class youth, SETTING SONS is a call to arms. In the context of politically informed songs such as "Eton Rifles'" and "Burning Sky," even a cover of the Motown chestnut "Heatwave" seems to take on political connotations. The albums centerpiece, the haunting mini-epic "Little Boy Soldiers" leaves no doubt as to the intensity of Weller's ire, with its sarcastic references to shooting to kill for "Queen and country," and lambasting of United States support for Thatcher ("God's on our side and so is Washington"). Luckily the usual Weller hooks are there as well, so it's safe to hum along even without knowing what the fuss is all about.
Digitally remastered edition of Paul Weller and the boys' fifth album that stands as one of the best in their canon. It's late 1979 appearance was prefaced with the release of the single "The Eton Rifles", which pulled no punches and had their audience clamoring for more. Originally to be a concept album, hurried schedules prevented a fully realized vision to come to fruition, but what was issued is some of Weller's best songwriting. Plus, the album included a contribution from Bruce Foxton (Smithers-Jones). Other highlights include "Private Hell", "Girl On The Phone" and "Saturday's Kids".
Includes liner notes by Wayne Olsen.
German remaster
Engineers: Alan Douglas, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven.
The Jam: Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler.
Additional personnel: The Jam Philharmonic Orchestra.
NME (Magazine) (9/18/93, p.19) - Ranked #37 in NME's list of The Greatest Albums Of The '70s. Setting Sons Review
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Purchase Setting Sons CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Jam Sound Affects CD (1980) (Import) United Kingdom
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While other first-generation British punk bands embraced art and nihilism, the Jam offered working-class soul--solid, honest rhythms that were a ray of hope to the country's recession-racked youth. SOUND AFFECTS was released at the height of the Jam's popularity, and found frontman Paul Weller at his songwriting peak. Equally as influenced by Motown as by punk, Weller's songs defy categorization. ...
| | Jam All Mod Cons CD (1978) (Import) Remastered; United Kingdom
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After the success of their first two albums (IN THE CITY and THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD) within the span of barely a year-and-a-half, the Jam was not as pleased as it should have been. They had been extremely successful, but clearly the band (especially Weller), was chafing at being pigeonholed as "mod" revivalists. While the Jam's first two albums were clearly influenced by the mod movement of the early '60s, Weller was far too clever a songwriter to stick to the limitations of any one genre. ALL MOD CONS is the sound not just of an English youth movement, but of an English musical tradition of literate songcraft epitomized by writers such as Ray Davies of the Kinks, whose classic song "David Watts" is covered here.
Weller's usual bombast is herein subsumed by gentler, more rhapsodic concerns, and he even manages a credibly gentle love balled in "English Rose." Of course the band still offers its share of unadulterated "rock" songs, but on ALL THE MOD CONS ...
| | Jam In The City CD (1977) (Import) Remastered; United Kingdom
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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.
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This audio document of The Corrs' Dublin homecoming concert has pretty much everything fans of Irish pop could wish for, including an appearance from Bono in his earthly incarnation, fresh from an audience with President George W. Bush. It's to the band's credit that the charismatic singer fails to steal the show, despite creditable efforts via an anthemized version of Ryan Adams' beautifully downtempo "When the Stars ...
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With its progressive-leaning jazz and modernist blues vocals, In the Night was the prototype for the piano-vocals collaboration record that George Shearing would remake with Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, and Nancy Wilson while at Capitol (and many others afterwards). In July 1957, just after Dakota Staton's immense success with "The Late, Late Show," ...
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Hello! We are Last Known Settlers. We play pop songs that rock and rock songs that pop. We also play covers, ditties, ballads, and the occasional chantey. We play skee ball and Scrabble, too. We are a very talented band.We (mostly) live in Brooklyn, but we are originally from different places. Heather is from Alaska. It is a very big state. It is also very cold. Alaska is very big and very cold. Heather sings. She sings about escaping snow and intolerable people, among other things. She also sings show tunes, but she won’t sing them on stage ...
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