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- The Very Best Of The Jam
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The Jam
Released 1997

Absolute Beginners
02:50
892 plays

Beat Surrender
03:26
777 plays

The Modern World (Censored Version)
02:32
757 plays

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- 1
- In The City
- 02:20
- 1,011 plays

- 2
- All Around The World
- 02:23
- 1,524 plays

- 3
- The Modern World (Censored Version)
- 02:32
- 757 plays

- 4
- News Of The World
- 03:28
- 634 plays

- 5
- David Watts
- 02:56
- 1,443 plays

- 6
- 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
- 02:33
- 507 plays

- 7
- Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (Single Edit)
- 04:01
- 605 plays

- 8
- Strange Town
- 03:48
- 586 plays

- 9
- When You're Young
- 03:13
- 493 plays

- 10
- The Eton Rifles (Single Edit)
- 03:28
- 515 plays

- 11
- Going Underground
- 02:56
- 1,000 plays

- 12
- The Dreams Of Children
- 03:08
- 510 plays

- 13
- Start!
- 02:17
- 599 plays

- 14
- That's Entertainment
- 03:34
- 1,911 plays

- 15
- Funeral Pyre (Snap! Remixed Version)
- 03:29
- 569 plays

- 16
- Absolute Beginners
- 02:50
- 892 plays

- 17
- Town Called Malice
- 02:54
- 4,897 plays

- 18
- Precious (Single Edit)
- 03:33
- 544 plays

- 19
- Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero?
- 02:15
- 457 plays

- 20
- The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
- 03:34
- 614 plays

- 21
- Beat Surrender
- 03:26
- 777 plays

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album review

The Very Best of the Jam is the third, and complete collection of the Jam's 21 hit singles. Containing an almost identical track list as Greatest Hits and Snap, this 1997 release chronologically charts Paul Weller, Rick Buckler, and Bruce Foxton's development from mod revivalists, to leftist new romantics, to '60s R&B fanatics, to Brit-pop pioneers. Finishing this anthology of the Jam's brief -- when compared to similarly influential British predecessors like the Rolling Stones and the Who -- British chart domination, the trio's fourth and most incendiary number one hit "Beat Surrender," punctuates their brilliant singles career with a post-punk flash -- minimizing the stylistic juxtapositions and political commentary that while important, are only secondary components of what has become a monumental legacy. Listeners not yet familiar with the Jam might prefer this singles compilation to its above-mentioned predecessors or to the many B-side and rarity offerings released after the group's breakup in 1982. The remastered tracks sound a little tighter and more even than the original masters, and the liner notes contain thorough descriptions with plenty of information to help put the songs in commercial and historical context. Hardly a necessity for collectors or passionate followers of the group's career, The Very Best of the Jam does serve its purpose as a nicely packaged, full-sounding quick study. ~ Vincent Jeffries, All Music Guide