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Beach surfer vibes mixed with alternative. Not bad but nothing too excit
Boring but still fine to listen to. Didn't realize the album was looping, so it must not be that bad. 3/5
Actually really liked this to my surprise. Can see where the libertines get some of their sound from. Couple of dudes but mostly bangers
Lives up to its hype. Great album.
En terme de punk rock, ça vole plus haut que la moyenne
Superb tunes with excellent songwriting. My favourite album by the jam.
It moved seamlessly into Elvis Costello and I didn't notice.
Good solid album. A few stand out tracks but the rest are ok too. I like the social commentary of Weller's writing and the jangling punky vibe to the music. 3 stars. Best songs - To Be Someone, English Rose, A Bomb In Wardour Street & Down In The Tube Station At Midnight.
Great, great, great. Fun basslines and boppy mod. Weller can't quite manage the slower numbers but it doesn't retract too much.
This is a decent new wave/punk album that I don’t find anything particularly special or exciting about. I love the song English Rose, but I’m pretty neutral on the rest.
I don't know a lot about this band. But, this is one of those albums where you can just tell they have better albums. I'm gonna listen to their others. If this is their best, I'll be disappointed
Was quite an easy listening for me, some tracks being even too much simple...Overall, there are some real standouts in here (Fly, and English Rose for example), but some tracks are also really forgettable unfortunately...
Ok. Quite liked To Be Someone, and Mr Clean. Probably not as good as Sound Affects.
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3.5
Seems like it was way ahead of its time, but I just really dislike New Wave.
Enjoyed that. Can't recall if I've heard anything by them before. I think what I enjoyed most was hearing where a lot of later bands took inspiration from. It wasn't a perfect album, but its sound has been taken and expanded by others in different directions elsewhere. Feel like it was an important release, which is said far less frequently than I was expecting on this list. 4* for that reason.
Awesome record!!
4/5. Sure, clear influence from Kinks and British jam bands (hence the name I guess) but great songwriting and catchy songs nonetheless. Mostly short and tight songs with upbeat instrumentation with some dark lyrics strewn throughout. Great guitar riffs is a highlight here as well as well bassline in the forefront. Best Song: Mr. Clean, English Rose, Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Never heard of this band. Okay music.
a pleasant surprise! Thought this one was great.
Kinda sound like a cross between The Clash and The Kinks. It's good.
Enjoyable album, but nothing near a masterpiece either. Had a good time.
Soooooo british it hurts. But there's a lot of good songs, so enjoyable record overall.
Cool. 3.5
Fun little British Pop Punky vibes. High energy for the most part. No 👍 so rounding down from a 3.5 to 3 but would listen to again.
sounds like a bunch of songs i've heard before
In the late 70s and early 80s, the Jam were most popular band in British pop music. The made short, melodic, guitar driven pop songs, and were a significant step in that tradition. Their sound impacted the 80s and 90s bands in that genre. All Mod Cons is the band's third album, and was the album that propelled the band to popular success.
Para entender la dimensión de The Jam hay que conocer su influencia en la estética (y en la ética) de la época en la que desarrollaron su carrera. Ese retorno al sonido y estilo Mod, pero también su capacidad de crítica social y su perspectiva sobre el movimiento Punk, con el que tuvieron varios enfrentamientos convirtiéndose en su oveja negra. Aunque hoy han perdido parte de su consideración (la ganada por ejemplo por The Clash), en su día fueron los líderes de su generación. To be someone y Mr.Cleanes son las mejores del lote. Esta última sorprende con sus cambio de ritmo, Int he crowd es una medio tiempo con toques psicodélicos pero muy elegante. David watts es una estupenda versión de los Kinks.. Para muchos este es su mejor disco, pero realmente cualquiera de la triada que comienza con este disco es igualmente válido: All Mod Cons ( 1978) , Setting Sons ( 1979) y Sound Affects ( 1980). Otros discos editados en 1978: debuts de Dire Straits, Police, Devo y Siouxsie and the banshees, así como Paralell Lines, Some Girls, This year´s model, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Incantations, el directo de Cheap Trick e incluso Grease.
7 / 10 Mezcla de Soft-Punk con Rock. Bastante escuchables.
A great discovery, Will listen IT again for sure ! What a Marvelous band
Some great riffs and I do like the lead's voice. Sure are a lot of English 60s bands on this list though...
Paul Weller does come across as an insufferable prick, but he can write a tune. He can also steal from the Beatles and the Kinks in almost equal measures. Just not enough in this for me. Down in the Tube Station is good.
Really good
some proto-pop punk. Liked it
Stellar Album
It's a sound that's unique to 80s British rock. Clash, English Beat, etc. Really good, but lacking the blockbusters you would expect.
I love the complete britishness of it, and the mod sound. Its bit rock, a bit punk and plenty of energy and sass. Fly is probably the only song that is forgettable, the rest being interesting and compelling enough to sign along from start to finish. Down in a Tube Station has an incredibly engaging lyrics/vision and is its own masterpiece of a song. Love this album and the Jam.
Low 2
Diving into The Jam's "All Mod Cons" felt like stepping into a realm of music that I feel I should have been drawn to, yet the reality was quite the opposite. Despite the hype and cult following that this band has garnered over the years, I found myself struggling to connect with their sound. Perhaps it's a disconnect with punk music as a whole on my part—I've noticed a pattern where it rarely captivates me, often leaving me feeling disengaged. Most of the tracks seemed to merge into one mass, lacking the distinctiveness I crave in music. That said, "English Rose" emerged as a delightful exception, offering a moment of unexpected beauty and a break from the uniformity, standing out as a genuine highlight of the album. "Mr. Clean" and "Fly" also offered something a bit different from the rest, providing slight deviations from the album's sound. However, these tracks weren't enough to elevate my overall impression of the album beyond a modest 2-star rating. The scarcity of engaging melodies and the sameness of much of the album makes it hard for me to imagine a future in which this album will suddenly resonate with me. While I believe that some music can indeed grow on you over time, revealing its depths and nuances upon repeated listens, I just can't foresee that happening with "All Mod Cons." My experience with music has taught me that there's usually an immediate hint of potential connection, a spark, even if faint—and unfortunately, I didn't find that spark here. Favourite Tracks: Mr. Clean, English Rose, Fly
Nice
I dig it, used to listening to Snap! I'll have to add this to the rotation
60s and early 70s British Pop Rock sounds very similar to each other.
Fine background noise but nothing special
All Mod Cons - 4 To Be Someone (Didn’t Have A Nice Time) – 4 Mr. Clean – 3 David Watts – 3.5 English Rose – 5 In The Crowd – 3.5 Billy Hunt – 3 It’s Too Bad – 4 Fly – 3.5 The Place I Love – 4 ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street – 4 Down In the Tube Station at Midnight – 4.5 Average - 3.83 Love it 👍
I’m slowly learning that I only like a few songs off one album by The Jam and this ain’t it.
Reality god album. I recognize a few songs.
Fun album, definitely hear how the police drew inspiration from them
Really good album from a really good band.
4.5. very good
Upbeat, fun, rock album. Sounded a lot more modern than 1978. 3.75 stars
I can still never believe Paul Weller wrote so many lyrically incisive and musically brilliant songs by the age of 20.
Great album. A distinct sounding band with short, sharp action. I'm not sure what that communicates exactly, but it makes sense to me.
Decent enough. Knew a couple already
I really don't enjoy the Jam. Paul does my nut in. That said...i didn't dislike this as much as i thought i would.
I didn't know what to expect when this popped up, but I was a bit disappointed because I'm tired of 70s albums. I've had 29 of them so far and it's my second lowest rated decade. I must say, however, that I'm pleasantly surprised by this. It's classified as Pop by Apple Music, which I find a bit odd. To me, it's punk-adjacent rock and roll. The musicality is superior to most punk music, however. They're nice, bite-sized songs rarely going much more than 2 1/2 to 3 minutes. 12 songs in 38 minute package. I certainly won't be putting this in a normal rotation, but it was a nice listen. 3 stars.
3.65
Genuinely don't remember 👍
Beginner’s rock. The singer is too punk-like for me. Forgettable. I liked the bass on “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight” though.
Ja ik vond dit leuk!
I keep saying “forgettable” for a lot of these albums and I’d apologize for it but I can’t remember which ones
I love me a good surprise jam, and The Jam bring the jam.
Pop rock with feeling A la the Kinks and the Who Garage feel with grit
I had a friend, now deceased, who spent a year studying abroad in Scotland during college around 1979. During that time, he picked up basically all of his musical interests -- which honestly became frozen in time. All of his favorite bands and performers were from that era. One of those bands was The Jam. I first heard the album when I was visiting him in San Francisco -- and I didn't get it at all. Fast forward a bunch of years -- I haven't listened to this since then and only had fleeting memories of Down in The Tube Station at Midnight. You know what? This is a damned fine album -- and it clearly bridged the punk and new wave eras. You can hear the Jam in just about every other rock band popular in the 80's...regardless of specific genre. Unexpected bangers: Billy Hunt, English Rose, A Bomb in Wardour Street
Surprisingly great! Loved it.
this album is decent, i respect all the songs individually but they don’t stand out to me to wanna listen to them again, it’s not bad at all though, they’re a good punk rock band but im just not gravitating towards them right now. light 7
Kinda hippy British rock, lots of hits on this album, great melodies. 3.3
This was a decent album. British upbeat new age. They did a pretty good job, the music was crisp and well produced. The drawback is that there wasn’t anything that made me excited. It was easy to enjoy but also easy to forget. Not bad just not worth revisiting. 5.6/10
It's not bad, but I don't understand why this would be anywhere in the top 1000, let alone several others we have listened to. I realize everyone has different tastes but many of these seem to be nothing too special, or groundbreaking. Anyone can make a list.
I seem to be on a roll with 2 stars, so let's continue this.
unremarkable
I enjoyed it as background while I was working. I wouldn't pick it on a regular basis though.
Paul Weller #3 I forgot how good the Jam were! I've listened to well over 500 albums since Sound Affects, so I'm not really in a position to say whether this or that is the superior Jam. Fun, punchy, doesn't overstay its welcome. HL: “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight”, “English Rose”, "In the Crowd", “It’s Too Bad”
enjoyed it.
2/5. It's like watered down The Clash
fine but really nothing special
really good! havent listened to the artist a lot before, but really like it. hard to study to, but great music overall
The Jam are not quite a Greatest Hits band for me, there are enough album tracks of interest throughout their career but 'A' Bomb and Down In The Tube...are clearly the best tracks here.
Im not a big punk guy (others may disagree) but I found this album really enjoyable! Good guitar riffs and enough variation in style to keep things interesting! The jam’s admiration for the who definitely shines through
The Jam offers upbeat punk and fledgling shoegaze with their effects-laden guitar, tight vocal harmonies, and active bright bass. The majority of the album is high energy distorted rock, but is punctuated by a few experimental elements, such as recordings of a city transit train or passenger ship, to surprisingly good affect. The real surprise for me, however, were the tracks when The Jam went acoustic, singing simple yet hauntingly beautiful melodies. My first album with these English rockers, and I was impressed. Stand out tracks include “To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have A Nice Time)”, “Mr. Clean”, “English Rose”, “In The Crowd”, “Fly” and “Down In The Tube Station At Midnight”
Rather mid for me
I was Jamming to it, good stuff.
Rock, Beat, NewWave, 1978 -> 2
Favourite song - English rose
Poppy Brit rock from the late 70s still holds up surprisingly well.
Interesting album that touches on a few different genres from Brit rock to early punk to pop rock.
Sort of a Kinks meets The Clash sound. It started off a little slow but it picked up by the middle. I was not familiar with the artist or album but enjoyed it in the end. Standout tracks for me were English Rose and In The Crowd.
Easy listening, nothing objectionable, some groovy tunes. But, generally not super interesting or impressive overall.
This was pretty good
Although I am getting slightly tired of the oversaturation of British acts, there's no denying the quality of The Jam. 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight' is on hell of a closer!
I was getting really tired with the britishness of this list. Luckily The Jam really managed to pull me out of that hole. It’s still really British, don’t get me wrong. It’s just also quite fresh.
4.0
Rough vocals I prefer harmony of voices in this era, even in punk
what a coincidence, i was just thinking this list could use even more new wave albums!
Previously, I rated The Jam's, Sound Affects, 5 stars and All Mod Cons is just as good, if not better. The Jam's debut album, In The City, clearly was influenced by early Who, and whose raw Mod sounds showed flashes of R & B, Soul, as well as punk. By the third record, the Jam's sound have evolved and matured and the best comparison would be the songwriting and imagery of Ray Davies and the Kinks. The obvious is they covered the Kinks, David Watts, but it goes beyond that with Paul Weller refining his wordplay and tightening up the band. The results are spectacular with a collection of brilliant songs resulting in the Jam's best album and most satisfying. I've ranked most the Kinks albums on this list, 5 stars and the two best Jam albums aren't that far behind as far as quality and enjoyment. I also learned, All Mod Cons is abbreviated for all "modern conveniences" and the album cover photo is a visual joke with the band members posing in a bare empty room...haha..
It’s Too Bad. I listened to this yesterday but I’ve already forgot so I guess it wasn’t that memorable…
A little bit Elvis Costello. A little bit of The Clash. Boppin bass and good guitar riffs.
Straddles 70’s classic and 80’s weird. Nice little album.
Early pop punk. Lots to love and sounds like inspo for Midwest emo, Green Day, etc
Gran álbum me encanta
Not terrible. I enjoyed some of the songs.
Fun OG punk
One of the easiest five stars yet. Such a distinctive and addictive sound, and the lyricism is fantastic. The political commentaries are beautifully described and I love when Weller's brilliant, spikey cockney accent is used to sing incredibly sweet love songs like English Rose or The Place I Love. In so many songs, the bass acts at the lead guitar and the lead as the rhythm. It complements Weller's gritty voice perfectly. I only knew English Rose and Down In The Tube Station... before I listened and as soon as the the first track All Mod Cons came on I knew it'd be five stars. The album is 37 minutes of pumping cockney poetry and I could listen to it forever.
Brilliant. Great tunes with great lyrics. Mini stories. A classic.
just boring.
Nice
Quality group. Great album.
Never heard of them, but I liked the album. A nice surprise this morning,
Nice melodies but sounds just a bit old.
Excellent. They seem like really cool dudes
This feels like The clash before the clash. Great proto punk rockers.
I wasn't expecting to love this one but, man did I ever. The other album from The Jam on this list is a disappointing collection of rip-off songs. THIS one, on the other hand, is freaking wonderful. I didn't realize that I knew this album but I recognized pretty much every song. And I loved them. It's punk, it's pop, it's new-wave... but it's the best of all those things instead of the worst. I don't know. I loved every minute of it. Loved it so much, I listened to it three times in a row.
There are some bangers on this one. There isn’t really a track I’d consider bad, at the very worst it’s just meh. The pop Rock is catchy and enjoyable as well, sounds amazing as well. Sounds like it was made four years after its release! I could recommend this to somebody. Cool!
Pretty good. Not as good as Sound Affects.
Solid punk record. I enjoyed listening but its not really my favorite type of music
This is just okay, a bit one dimensional. You've heard one track, you've heard them all. billly huny billy hunt billy billy billy
Good suprising
It’s got some bops!
Brilliant album, made even better by the contrast to my previous day's album by Limp Bizkit. Hints of the Beatles, the Kinks, The Who and The Clash along with their own style. I knew of the Jam and their most famous songs but most of this was totally new to me. I shouldn't have spent so many years out off by tragic middle-aged dads and their 'Well-end' haircuts. Will definitely put this in rotation in future.
Boring.
Love the visual joke of the album cover. Pleasant brit rock, great audio mix and more mature than their earlier counterparts. Favorite track: All Mod Cons (jeez I really love openers..)
Cor blimey guvnor it's the jam
Amongst the first LPs I bought; it still holds up after 45 years. Pity the same thing can't be said for Paul Weller...
Muito bom!
A lot of this reminds me of some of the indie rock I would hear in the later 90s and early 00s. I really enjoyed what I was hearing and loved the minor variations in styles. Favorites were David Watts and Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
I listened to it yesterday but I can't remember a thing.
Power pop beauties
good
First song amazing drums Mr clean is great English rose???!!!! In the crowd bass = best thing ever Fly chorus so catchy A bomb in Wardour street instrumental seems to be from a Mamonas Assassinas song What is that closer
6/10
New wave generally isn’t my cup of tea so this doesn’t do much for me but listenable
It was fine. I’m gonna out as much effort into this review as British people put into their music. Oh so mid and boring but not necessarily bad just so boring bc that’s how Brits do it bc they love that Queen for some fucking reason… ugh fuck the Brits 3 stars
This album is interesting as it reaches back as much as it moves forward. Very strong 60's feel to it. David Watts sounds a bit like a modern version of the Kinks, In the Crowd sounds a bit like it would fit in Revolver era Beatles music. Early Pete Townsend and Who are also in the mix. The album bridges Power Pop and Punk. Favorite songs: David Watts, English Rose, In the Crowd, Down in the Station.
This album checks all of my new wave/70s pop punk, with heavy influences from the Who and the Kinks, following in the tradition of critiquing British society and class issues of the time. Nick is right, some proto-Smith vibes in here too. Fav tracks: To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time?), English Rose, Down In The Tube Station At Midnight, In the Crowd
The Jam feel like a bit of a missing link between the British Invasion and Britpop, while also supplying some angular punk energy that would be so successfully carried forward by mainstream (The Police) and indie (The Smiths) bands alike into the 1980s. Excellent Kinks cover in the mix! I also love the way the \"It's Too Bad\" pre-chorus interpolates \"She Loves You.\" \"Down in the Tube Station at Midnight\" sounds like a lost Clash track, in the best possible way. The record feels referential, but also fresh, vibrant, and original. Favourite tracks: Down in the Tube Station at Midnight, English Rose, David Watts, In The Crowd
Very enjoyable. Reminds me of The Clash in a good way. Favorite song is Down In The Tube Station At Midnight.
Texturally, this album is all over the place. There are tracks that have strong Beatles vibes - To Be Someone riffs off Taxman, for example - then there are some weird, angry almost punk stuff like Mr Clean. Also, Weller 'singing' "if I get the chance I'll fuck up your life "is the least threatening thing I've ever heard. Then you've got ballads like English Rose which is pretty, but nothing amazing. Overall its OK.
Can't believe I've never heard this before. I love it, the bass sounds so good. Great songs.
There's a bit of British rock fatigue here, but I'll do my best to stay objective. This is a cool album, or at least most of the songs are. The other songs tend to melt into the background. The bass lines stand out often, and the album ends with a bang, but other than that it's another punk-y album to go along with the rest.
I refuse to believe this isn’t a parody project created by Fred Armisen. English Rose is a beautiful song though.
Very interesting bass guitar and piano parts. Vocal is pretty good for punk. Sound similar Clash but sometimes it’s more interesting. The calm songs on this album are masterpieces. I think that’s strong 4
Fine
It’s fine
Not for me.
The Jam are my favorite band from the 70’s English punk/new wave era. I much preferred them over the Clash, the Sex Pistols or the Damned, but they were never really appreciated here in the USA. That said, this is “only” my third favorite album of theirs, behind “Setting Suns” and “Sound Affects”. All in all, a really solid album, with some key songs. Not quite as complete as the subsequent albums, and easy 4 stars, but not quite good enough for 5. 5/5
Not as good
If this was ever special in some way it is now lost to history. Punk has come a long way since this pop band.
Sounds good, and i can see connections to The Who etc. But 5 minutes after i stopped listening, i couldn't recall a single note.
Too Bri'ish, soothing tho
Never heard this but familiar with Weller. I really liked this album
непонятный) какой-то микс панка и битлов и смитс, просто английская музыка. вроде приятная)
This album just reaffirmed my distaste for punk rock music. Specifically punk rock from the 70s. There is nothing on this album for me. Sure there are some cool little bass locks here and there... But they seem irrelevant to the whole song. You have a typical Fuck you punk song with boring music and annoying vocals, and then a cool bass fill. Yeah, it's pretty tasty... But why? What is it adding? If anything, to me it screams, this song is only good for 2 seconds, half way through the song. I just don't care for this music. This might sound pretentious, but I'm so happy that I got into good music. Yes, "good" is subjective.. Obviously people love punk, and all to them. But if someone were to show me the Jam and say they're the best artist in the world and its their favourite... I would say "well, they might be your favourite. But you're wrong on how high of a pedestal you put them on." There is just so much better music from this era. I guess I owe punk rock music some credit for putting some angst and aggression into the mainstream. Should I give them credit? Were they the pioneers? I don't know... Maybe? Do I hate punk? Not entirely, but I don't care for it. I'd have given this a lower score if it wasn't for them being slightly more tolerable than their peers of this era. I'm looking at you Sex Pistols.
Classic the jam. Down at the tube station at midnight is a good song.
6/10. Pretty good, yet nothing really stuck out to me as memorable. Oh well
This is a great little new wave record. Plenty of songs that get to the point quickly and don't overstay their welcome. Would maybe listen to this again if I was really in the mood for it. 7/10
I forgot I was even listening to this. It is fine but not 100% memorable to me.
Valid
"All Mod Cons" is the third studio album by British band the Jam. New wave, mod revival and punk rock. Yeah, I picked all that up in the first song. The album title refers to a British idiom on housing advertisements "all modern conveniences" and a pun on the band's association with the mod revival. The band is Paul Weller (guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals) Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals) and Rick Buckler (drums). After a commercially disappointing second album, this album reached #6 in the UK and had wide-spread critical acclaim. Drums and a rockin' guitar open "All Mod Cons." You get a dose of Weller's melodic guitar, a highlight throughout this album. He is taking a shot at fake friends and record executives. The band covers the Kink's "David Watts." This is a much faster version. Foxton on lead vocals with Weller on backing vocals. They make almost a singalong. A piano adding to the music. "In the Crowd" shows the heartfelt side of Weller as he sings about losing your individuality. It starts out as a more of a pop song and then rocks out. A searing guitar solo outro. The band comes out blazing on the second side with "Billy Hunt." This is in punk territory. Weller yowling. Buckler gets the percussion and cowbells going on "A' Bomb in Warfour Street." A prominent bass. Layered guitars. This sounds a lot like their contemporaries at the time, the Clash. A story about a guy going to interview and it getting derailed by a bomb threat. Speaking of derailed and the Clash, the album closes with the wonderful "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight," a song about a young man getting beaten up by right wing thugs at Tube Station. There's eerie train sounds. Weller might have saved his best melody for last with melodic layered guitars closing it out. This a fabulous album. The music is melodic and all band members shine. Nice mixing and production with all instruments very clear. Most the songs are short. The songwriting and lyrics are top notch with Weller telling stories and his innermost feelings on some things. Ah, very similar to the band they cover, the Kinks. There's hard rockers, punk songs and even some I would put in the ballad category. Not bad song or a dull moment. A very high recommendation.
Van die classic crappy britse rock 5/10
Paul Weller's project before Style Council... A solid album that checks all my boxes -- post-pu k/new wave, an accessible pop energy, good melodies and songwriting. Down the Tube Station At Midnight and In the Crowd are my favorites. This one's going in my regular rotation.
Brani Preferiti: - Nessuna preferenza Note: In generale apprezzo il genere punk, ma non vado pazzo per questo album onestamente trovo difficile trovare un qualcosa da apprezzare. Detto ciò è comunque un ascolto di 40 minuti piacevole, ho però come la sensazione che questo disco è un classico caso di 'vivere in quei anni per capirlo'
I can dig it.
You can hear that British rock transition from the 70s to the 80s
The Sixties with a spiky sneer.
white goods
Usually hate the Jam but didn't detest this quite so much.
Quite inoffensive but not a big fan of the Jam
C'est pas désagréable mais c'est ultra basique, non ? J'ai l'impression que ça a posé des choses qui ont largement été élaborées depuis ; c'est du Clash moins inventif par ex.
TBH, it never really gets off the ground
Nebolo to zle, ale ani bomba, tak dajme tomu
Groovy
Good
Solid album. Very British smooth 70's punk. If only we had listened to some of their warnings / predictions that are still true today.
Overall a good album! Nothing particularly special about it, but energy is good. I like the acoustic guitar in many of the songs and find that the music is pleasant, although sometimes it feels like the artists is singing in cursive (although that might be an accent, I haven’t done research)
The point of singing as a British person is to mask the accent. They really missed the mark there. Other than that decent album with some good vibes but nothing amazing
Overall, I liked the vibe/energy. Favourites were In the Crowd (very relatable song and that reference to baked beans on toast, whaaaaat) and English Rose was beautifully simply and pleasant.
This is definitely a fun album to listen to. Basslines are funky and defined. The last song was really good with an intriguing storyline. Not bad.
english rose gives oasis and billy idol
Always wary of an album where the cover is the best song
I love this and it’s such an easy listen but it never gets to full on classic for me. One of those records I think a lot higher of before listening, but it’s still real good.
Tried my best for my normal 3.... but this album just fought back at every turn. No skips here and a ton of the best Modrevival you're gonna here
This one wasn’t my jam. It wasn’t bad, I just found it a bit… boring. Monotonous, perhaps? Nothing made my ears perk up or made me tap my toes.
Very British, music kind of bland.
This wasn’t a bad album, but there’s nothing really remarkable about it. It was pleasant while I listened but I probably won’t listen to these songs again.
Punk-ish rhythm, some interesting songs
Liked it
Awesome, just awesome! Bloody love a bit of Weller, and this is no exception!
Enjoyed checking this out but I'm blown away by anything in particular.
Not all of us like punk or can discern prog rock from punk. Not my tipple.
Very reminiscent of the "mod" counterculture. Consistent sound throughout the album, didn't change around genres much. Strong closer.
Straight rock. Boring stock. Tick goes the clock.
Sounds like the beginning stages of new wave. They also sounds like a Police album which may have been a popular sound back then. Songs are upbeat
The problem with music that is message oriented is that if I can't pay absolute attention, I'm missing most of it.
Very quick listen through, overall mood of the album is good, relatively upbeat tunes for the most part, solid stuff
Dans l'âge d'or et de platine du rock anglais, cet album (et ce groupe) s'est fait éclipsé par Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd et autres géants du genre dans les années 60/70s. Un album très fun a écouter, avec des morceaux solides, une créativité dans l'air du temps et une maturité musicale surprenante. Quelques morceaux oubliables mais d'autres sortant de manière plaisante du lot comme Mr. Clean ou encore In The Crowd. Je ne connaissais pas ce groupe mais c'est une excellente découverte !
Nice! Ahead of its time,
Pretty nice new wave kinda stuff, I could come back to this.
I really enjoyed this album. Very British pop
Like if greenday were in the 70's.
It was fine but sounds a lot like indie/mod rock which isn't my favourite thing
91.67 5 stars
Not my thing.
I hear: - Elvis Costello - The Cars - The Romantics - The Pretenders - Talking Heads (maybe) Maybe one of them influenced the other. Who knows. Was all that music that sounded original and fresh at the time really just a mishmash of that era’s sound? Will we look back on today’s music and say the same thing?
Very low three, not a bad listen
Felt good minute 1! I liked this. Nothing really stood out, but very of the time. I think I liked the other Jam album we had a little bit more– told the story a little bit better. 3/5
Een beetje een interbellum plaat: 't is geen punk of pop geen disco. Wat is het wel? Het is uptempo maar geen rock. Ow ja: English New Wave en "Mod Revival" (die komt van Wikipedia): retro 70 jaren muziek in de jaren 80. Niet mijn ding in dit geval. Muziek uit de jaren 70 is ok, maar ik loop niet warm voor the Jam. Het album: een paar interresante tracks, maar de productie is een dikke notensaus. Een muziekbrei. Niks springt eruit of valt op. Lift muziek wat mij betreft. Een paar uitzonderingen: David Watts (track 4) heeft zijn momenten. Verder niets bijzonders. Waarom ik dit moest luisteren is me een raadsel.
The production sucks, the songs are repetitive, lyrics are alright (nothing to write home about). Ultimately, the whole project feels messy and disorganized. It's got heart, but that doesn't necessarily guarantee quality. I enjoyed it though. 3/5
A great slice of mod. Whilst it doesn't have the singles of some of their other albums, it's solid from start to finish and bristling with energy.
Didn't think I was keen on Paul Weller solo material, so was expecting not to enjoy this, but it was super.
Solid Album. Probably a bit influence on bands like The Strokes.
Pass, not my vibe, it has a good energy to it though and it manages to keep it going the whole way. In The Crowd was pretty good, also the least abrasive.
6 maybe 7 really good songs but no absolute bangers
Decent little album! Not my type of music but I’m glad I listened to it. The final track is a pretty sad story that sadly rings true to this day.
Not bad, but nothing really stood out. I kind of liked English Rose, but other than that just king of meh.
Meh
Had never heard of them, I like their sound, very old skool brittish
It was okay. A bit better than I was expecting. Would probably give 2.5 stars.
Didn’t like any songs particularly, but a good British band I remembered seeing a “mods” gathering in Brighton once, remembered that
Decent, didn't stand out
Proppa Bri'ish culture. Enjoyed it but English Rose was defo highlight.
Second album I’ve heard of this band. Very similar style as other album with typical alt brit sound.
Kinda mediocre British pop like a few other bands. Understand if this was released before the others.
Punk, new wave, upbeat, lidt repetititvt
All mod cons - 87 to be someone - 90 mr clean - 71 david watts - 80 english rose - 92 in the crowd - 75 billy hunt - 93 it's too bad - 78 fly - 65 the place i love - 79 a bomb - 95 down in the tube station at midnight - 89
Great one. New wave and punk, combined with brit pop. Never heard of this band before this.
all mod cons and to be someone feels like the start of a romcom with the main girl strutting through london. i like english rose but i prefer to imagine they’re singing irish rose. i wanna listen to in the tube station at midnight in the tube so bad
Good example of the sound from the British Invasion.
Excellent
5/12, 42%
Cool british post punk. Love the sound of this vocalist and the guitar tones.
Decent, nothing to write home
I already got their newer album Sound Affects before. The song structures of this album make more sense to me. Paul Weller always sings a little flat, but less on this album. So this album is slightly better. But not enough for an extra star. Favorite song: A-bomb on Wardour Street.
Fikk kje så masse ut av da
fun British punk rock
Consistent Brit rock fun. Great listen. Will play again.
Clearly a predecessor to The Clash, but The Clash took their influence and ran away with it. Musically it wasn't too bad, but much of the lyrics we're poorly, or maybe lazily, thought out.
Track 1 - P Good Track 2 - Good Track 3 - Ok Track 4 - P Good Tracl 5 - V Good Track 6 - Good Track 7 - Good Track 8 - Good Track 9 - P Good Track 10 - V Good Track 11 - V Good Track 11 - Excellent
cuz when you know you know 🖤
Gros meh. J'avais espoir que ce serait mieux.
British punk rock, classic tone and some good original songs but not very creative. Good listen though. (70%)
Tchê baita álbum, anos setenta, muito agradável
Fits my music taste perfectly. Meaningful lyrics, great instruments
meh
It was okay
Not bad enjoyed this one.
Liked it. Would listen again
3.5
Snazzy, nice little jams. The name is appropriate. This would be fun to listen to on a road trip. I like it.
Kedeligt - på trods af deres version af David Watts
Good early british pop/punk.
The Jam at the peak of their punky powers before they went all soft and jazzy 😂. “David Watts” = freaking great tune!
Heard before: some Hidden in the stories about violent punks and economic despair is a sweet ode to London. The mods' tough guy stance isn't the be-all and end-all, it's just a fact of life when you are young, walking the bricks of the city, flanked by your boys, on top of the world without a dime in your pocket. And the urban details here could only be written by someone who loves them. Even the music itself calls back to a specifically British brand of power pop by the likes of the Kinks and the Who: the energy, the hooks, and the sometimes mythical England in which the songs are set. God Save The Queen! Sack The Monarchy! Top tracks: Down In A Tube Station At Midnight, English Rose, To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
Talking heads esq!
not bad
en tiiä miten hepokatti laitumella konsanaan läpsättänyt vitosta niskaan... sanantoisto britti poppi new wave post punk garbage, noh tällä kertaa toistelee sanoja vähän paremmin kun yleensä... muutama hyvä biisikin siellätäällä, mutta ei liian montaa heh... david watts
Every song is good.
I forgot this album while I was listening to it
I fw it. Singer is cool
Always the next big thing. Never the thing. Weller could have been more of a contender than he was. This album shows why. While he could approach transcendence (Town like Malice for example) he never quite gets there. David Watts lacks a purpose. Why listen to this when you have the original? The jam are tight but not quite supported by the songs. Unlike execrable elvis Weller doesn’t waste the band. It’s more that he’s crushed by the weight of unrealistic expectations. But it’s still a pretty terrific album.
if music on this list can make me smile, even ironically, it gets a point. At my high school there was wall with either The Jam or The Stems grafiti on it. Given how many mods I knew then, I am surpised I dont know this music so much. (obviously it was deeply cool at the time), i find iconic happy crazy light sound. I find it playful, in the way Elmer Foodbeat is, without the poignant and extremely crude French lyrics. So yes, there's a warmth to the guitar style, and something proulsively mindless to the poppy repetition. Funny to discover these at age 50, feeling my teen rebeliousness rising, I am putting this in the cool pile. Oi! babbabbababah! yeah why not, a fiver for ya.
I’d read about The Jam in NME & Melody Maker long before I heard them. Then one day, around the time this, their third album, was released, I was spending lunchtime in Chelsea Records. This was an import shop in Pitt St,Sydney. They were having a sale & I picked up the first 2 Jam L.P’s for $2.99 each (at a time when the R.R.P. was $5.99). Couldn’t wait to get them home but was pretty disappointed by them - I really did not like Weller’s voice - & did not bother listening to the band again for a good 5 years - around the time they broke up & Weller formed Style Council. I acquired quite a few of their old singles & realised that they had released some really good ones, most notably That’s Entertainment, which I think is one of the best English singles released in the 80’s. As for this album, I think the best song on it is The Kinks’ David Watts, the first single released off the album, and featuring bassist Bruce Foxton on vocals. I also really enjoy English Rose - a ballad & totally different to the rest of the material here. I first heard the last 2 tracks on singles & they’re fine, but not among my favourite Jam singles. I had not played this album for decades.
I just never liked Paul Weller. Don't like the Jam, don't like the Style Council, don't like his solo 'Modfather' work. Lots of people really dig the Jam, and god knows I have tried many, many times over the past 40 years to understand it. But I just don't. Chalk this up as yet another unsuccessful attempt to get into the Jam. The only Paul Weller track I like is the Kosmos (Lynch Mob Bonus Beats Remix). I think this is because it removes all of his singing and, essentially, all of the song itself. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i8djfurMVQ&t=2s
This album doesn't contain the biggest songs of The Jam but it's solid, I can see how this album inspired bands like the Kaiser Chiefs, The Cure, The Libertines, The Smiths etc This is the first (of hopefully many) which is simply just outstanding.
Favourite tracks: all mod cons; Mr clean; English rose; down in the tube station at midnight
Just immensely average. Nothing interesting about it. I forgot it as soon as I finished it
A couple of great tunes - Paul Weller is a fantastic songwriter. English Rose is a very clever modern version in the style of an old folk song. A nakedly, emotional song. Some of this, however, did flag for me and even though English Rose and David Watts and Down in the Tube Station… are absolutely brilliant my interest wained on the others. They were very much a band of the moment, but some songs still stand up.
I was going to give it three stars, but the use of she instead of her in “English Rose” knocked it down to a two. I liked Fly
Before I spin this, can we talk about the album cover for a second? I mean, WTF? It's up there (down there?) with The Teardrop Explodes' Kilaminjaro cover in the "let's make the band look as awful as possible" category. Terrible lighting, awkward composition, the most boring room in history. Who the hell came up with this? It leads me to wonder... how terrible is the music within? Let's find out. Well, the music is a WHOLE lot better than the cover. I heard familiar elements reminiscent of Joe Jackson, The Who, Tom Petty (there's a song he released the same year as this called "When The Time Comes" that sounds just like a line in the first track here)... and more. So yeah, this was really good. I know I heard some of The Jam back in the day, but somehow they passed me by completely. This was solid from front to back — short snappy tunes, chock-full of melodies and hooks and a sense of freedom and fun that's hard not to like. I've been dishing out a lot of 5s lately, and this was nudging up that mark, but it was maybe a little loose in spots — or maybe I'm being stingy. Dunno, but another I'll put into rotation to dig more deeply into.
I've tried getting into The Jam before as they always seemed like a band I should dig, but somehow they never clicked with me. Well, today they finally (mostly) did. Every song didn't grab me, and I liked the slower ones better than the faster ones. The Kinks cover seemed pointless, sounding exactly like the orig. (What struck me today was how much Robert Pollard of GBV fame has been trying to sing like Paul Weller. In fact, if I didn't know better, I would have sworn that some of these songs were by GBV.) Anyway, good stuff. Might even grow to like it more.
Always wanted to like this band more than I actually do. Paul Weller would go on to capture this longing with the Style Council. While this has a definite British vibe it's one that underwhelms me. But it's laying the groundwork for My Everchanging Moods, so good work, lads.
A distinctly British sounding album undoubtedly. Like someone took the 60's rock and pop and put the filter of early punk on it. Down to the Tube Station was my favorite on album.
2.5
I've always had a thing for Paul Weller's voice and this early raw sound especially. This gets four stars for the nostalgia it evokes but also it was the beginning of something in British pop.
Lacks instrumemtal variety and often risks sounding one note, which is a shame because the performances are impeccable, and In the Crowd is already one of favorite songs ever.
I’ve been playing Disco Elysium lately, and have been loving it. I debated race science with a techno giant. This album seems like the kind of thing the player character would listen to. Good bowling alley music. Not particularly interesting, however. Feels more like Muzak than anything else. Has the rough hewn, scratchy quality a lot of English music from this time possesses, a vibe I am entirely neutral towards. This album neither exceptionally offensive, nor does it arouse any feeling in my whatsoever. If my friend played this in the car, I would neither thinks it’s abhorrent nor beautiful. I wouldn’t think about it all. I doubt I’d notice it. It would wash over me. I keep losing interest oh my god I cannot sit through this entire album. It’s like eating beige, or drinking wallpaper. At least it doesn’t trigger the same cosmic dread in me we’re it American. Then I’d have to imagine it playing in the dystopian setting of the Big Lebowski bowling alley and dispair.
Average. Indifferent. As if The Clash played without energy.
Nice to listen, but very forgettable
Rythm, guitars and vocals seem to be just right. Definitely not masterpiece but I guess enought for 4
6/10
Interesting and cerebral. Some cool riffs in here (I’d expect that from The Jam). Enjoyable throughout.
Solid rock album, nothing too special
Fantastic album, excellent songwriting.
I bloody loved this. Every song was good or great, will deffo listen to again
Not as bad as i originally thought it was going to be. Still, this is jut some standard rock music.
Extremely average album. Exactly 0 standard deviations from the mean. Right at the center of the bell curve.
Pretty average album. I didn’t hate it but nothing really struck me significantly. English Rose was kind of a cool chill song
4/5
Bit yawny
I didn't expect to like this album, but I was a bit disappointed to find I didn't really think much of it either way. It was a pretty uninspiring listening experience from start to end. In 1978 there was a clear distinction in my class at school between people who like the Jam and people who preferred AC/DC. I was firmly in the latter group. This album brought back some of those memories. The pop-punk-lite songs all sounded rather watered down, although there was the odd flash of something more going on here and there. This was difficult to rate as it wasn't awful, but I wouldn't make an effort to ever listen to this album again. It's probably somewhere between a 2 and a 3, but I'll give it a 3 purely because I do like the last track a little bit more than the rest of this rather pedestrian album.
I listened to it and didn’t thumbs up one song.
Pretty standard album, sounded good
I liked this more than I thought I would, since I had been recommended The Jam before and didn’t really get it. Favorite song: “English Rose”.
Decent if unremarkable.
Again, this was okay, didn't blow me away for the most part. But the end is really good - the last two tracks are the standouts for me, A Bomb In Wardour Street is a great more punky one, and Down In The Tube Station at Midnight is a bit softer, but it's some really good storytelling. Lifts the album up to a 3.
Pretty solid, but it left me with a craving for the Kinks.
That's my Jam! Elska þessa nýbylgju. Alltof margt fólk hér á Íslandi sem veit ekki einu sinni af þessari hljómsveit.
bit british, innit?
Listened Before? N Pretty good. Kinda Clash-ish. I liked it okay. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: David Watts
All Mod Cons by The Jam is a pivotal album that solidifies the band's status as one of the key figures in the British punk and mod revival movement. Released in 1978, it showcases The Jam's evolving sound, blending punk energy with melodic hooks and insightful lyrics. Tracks like "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" and "A Bomb in Wardour Street" encapsulate the band's social commentary and frustration with the state of society. The album's production is tight and polished, highlighting the band's tight musicianship. While some tracks may not reach the same heights as the standouts, All Mod Cons remains a significant release that captures the spirit of the era and stands as a testament to The Jam's enduring influence.
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