45rpm: The Singles 1977-79

by The Jam

45rpm: The Singles 1977-79 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 2001-01-01
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:00:52
  • Community rating: 4.2/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The first of two box sets gathering The Jam's Polydor singles, covering the band's 1977-79 run from 'In the City' to 'The Eton Rifles'. Paul Weller's songwriting fuses mod revival tailoring with punk velocity and increasingly pointed social observation.

Genres

Descriptors: compilation, punchy, melodic, guitars, retro

Tracklist

  1. In the City (2:19)
  2. Takin' My Love (2:16)
  3. All Around the World (2:25)
  4. Carnaby Street (2:24)
  5. The Modern World (2:33)
  6. Sweet Soul Music (1:41)
  7. Back In My Arms Again (2:48)
  8. Bricks & Mortar (0:47)
  9. News of the World (3:29)
  10. Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths) (2:32)
  11. Innocent Man (4:17)
  12. David Watts (2:56)
  13. 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street (2:39)
  14. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (4:01)
  15. So Sad About Us (2:36)
  16. The Night (1:47)
  17. Strange Town (3:50)
  18. The Butterfly Collector (3:10)
  19. When You're Young (3:15)
  20. Smithers-Jones (3:02)
  21. The Eton Rifles (3:30)
  22. See Saw (2:35)

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