Reviews (page 7 of 9)
Surprisingly strong album. Really compelling and listenable melodies without betraying its punk routes. One I would not have found by myself, so thanks 1001!
it’s disappointing how such an interesting backstory can result in such a boring album. this is replacement level 80s pop
Not at all what I was expecting which was a very good thing lol much more melodic and thoughtful than most punk-ish music from these semi-obscure British bands. 6/10
Meh.
I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as Sound Affects, but I still added it to my library and will definitely listen again!
Ach, met Paul Weller kun je nooit fout gaan. Maar na een paar nummers klinkt het allemaal wel wat hetzelfde.
It was ok
Another average one - not too shabby
upbeat. kind of reminded me of the clash. twas a fun listen.
This was okay. I'd have liked it a lot more if it had a different lead singer. He does that thing with his voice where it sounds like... I dunno like when goofy does the Yuck Yuck laugh, like you're artificially increasing the size of your pharynx. The Thin Lizzy guy does the same thing and I don't like it. Anyway, the music was pretty good, the lyrics were super repetitive and I didn't like the vocals.
Another one of those albums that was fine to listen to but I have no idea why I “must” listen to it. These are getting out of hand.
It was okay - 70's British rock. I'd listen to it again if someone wanted to, but I'm not going out of my way to listen to it again
I don't think I knew any songs by The Jam going in. It reminds me most of the Clash and Elvis Costello. Not amazing, but a solid album with catchy songs, none of them bad, really. Favorite track: David Watts
Never heard of them before. Not awful.
S'alright
Decent
This is just another British rock band. Nothing really super special. They're not terrible, but there really isn't anything great about them either. Their guitar licks are alright I guess... Some of these songs feel like they could be done better with a better band, or if someone took a sample from them and created another much better song. This is a low 3/5
Decided to listen to this one purely off of the band name. Opening riff sounds punk inspired, but the production is crisper and a bit more glam. Love the bass tone and the harmonization -- solid title track. To Be Someone is a head nodder. Shiny guitars (call to The Police) with some thick bass lines. Mr. Clean keeps things rolling along nicely. David Watts actually reminds me of a Sufian Stevens song mixed with Psycho Killer by the Talking Heads. English Rose switches pace for a more tender song. Actually its quite pretty. In The Crowd is fine enough. Really I'm just hanging onto the bass through this one. Song starts to devolve into something that sounds like a Hendrix outro -- not hating it. Kind of let this drift into the background, but I enjoyed what I heard for the rest of the album. The last two songs were both really strong; especially the bass work on Down in the Tube Station. I had never heard of these guys before today and will now be diving deeper into their collection. This is a great album start to finish. Lacks a certain magic that would be needed to push it to a 5 for me, but they wrote good songs and demonstrate broad range. 4 / 5
Sorta dorky but fun. Backing vocals aren’t exactly Simon and Garfunkel.
I'm not getting lots out of this. I still get why people do, and I like the energy of it, but it's a middling 3 for me. My favourite track (David Watts) is a Kinks cover, although I do also like Down in the Tube Station at Midnight.
Somewhere halfway between The Who and The Beatles. Solid album and a new band discovered, would definitely like to explore The Jam's discography some more.
This sounds like British surfing music.
A very pleasing fusion of pop and post-punk. Think a blend of The Clash and Elvis Costello with a healthy dose of Gang of Four mixed in.
An essential album for all fans of The Jam. For everyone else, the stakes are rather low-key during the first two very similar-sounding tracks. But Paul Weller and co. nicely build up things from there: "Mr. Clean" is an effective pop-punk cut, "David Watts" is a lively cover of a Kinks classic, and "English Rose" is a elegiac, starry-eyed love song whose delicate acoustic guitar and hushed vocals give you the feeling you're lying in the grass at night, watching the milky way next to your better half. And "In The Crowd" is convincing as well, especially its surprisingly psychedelic guitar solo at the end. This record is the one in which The Jam broadened their palette, and as it can be heard on its first side, it was mostly for good effects at the time (or good "sound affects", I might say). The first part of side two is less impressive, though. "Billy Hunt" returns to more expected punk-rock territories, but feels rather functional after all the adventures on side one. And "It's Too Bad" and "Fly" are naive pop numbers that are a little bland, even though the guitar hooks in the latter are good. Peaks are to be seen again after that short valley, fortunately. "The Place I Love" and "A-Bomb On Wardour Street" are punky cuts that fare slightly better than the ones before. And "Down In The Tube Station At Midnight" is a closer that fares exceptionally well, thanks to its enticing background vocals and lush guitar needlework during its conclusion (is that a synth that I hear as well there?) *Setting Sons* and *Sound Affects*, the LPs that will follow that one, are pretty good albums as well, by the way--even if the latter is where Paul Weller's blue-eyed soul phase started, with increasingly patchy results as his career went on. But I guess that's a story for other times, kiddies. Number of albums left to review: 527 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 227 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 109 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 138
For some reason I wanted to dislike this album, but I just can't do it at all. Very fun record. Favorite track: Billy Hunt
This is good; its fairly aged but would have been my jam in 78 (5/5??)
What a wonderful find. I shouldn't be surprised by my love for this considering how often I still listen to The Style Council. I'll marinate on this and revisit it often with the aforementioned Style Council vibes, not to mention The Clash and The Kinks influences. It sounds new and fresh.
Quite the jam
first time listening
Dug this album. Punk with melody
Not an album I would listen to. More a collection of short punky songs. Still learning their trade.
This is good, I think. It's a very disciplined, light-touched riff-y thing, but there's also a heaviness to it that keeps it from being a trifle or an easy thing to disregard. Not the best Jam album, maybe, but I think it's OK.
Great punk album filled with some nice acoustic cuts as well
Intetsigende!
Not bad, but nothing stood out.
Nothing notable
promising but didn't stay interesting
I listened to a remaster of this I know, but the recording is excellent. Every instrument is so crisp, and I was glad to be listening on my decent speakers. I enjoyed this quite a lot. I haven’t listened to a lot of new wave so I enjoyed the experience. Stand out track is “Fly” which I thought was great
3.5
This is the second record by The Jam I’ve gotten and they’ve both been new discoveries. It’s cool, cool Kinks cover and there are some songs I’ll go back to. I really want to keep discovering them and I’m sure I’ll grow more fond. It’s the type of stuff that is right up my alley but just doesn’t stand out too much.
Cool. Maybe too cool for me.
Uninteresting 2/5
This album has a weak middle section but there's some solid songwriting on display here.
Good solid new wave record.
To Be Someone David Watts - goes hard Love that og punk from 60s/70s loved piano riffs English Rose is lovely.
Yes! A lot of energy here, and in a cool way. Great stuff!
I'm running out of things to say about all these generic albums. Two prolonged sighs out of five.
A decent track here or there. Nothing remarkable, but pretty felt pretty forward thinking for being in the late 70's
If you like British Rock you will dig it. I think the instrumentals sneak under the radar on this album. They are great, but simple.
Proggy britwave punk! Has that prog guitar tone that I hear first and foremost but it's more in line with Brit punk at that time.
Is this the clash without hits? Yes. Not bad.
The Strokes definitely took inspiration from the title track, or maybe from the same inspiration as the title track, who knows how far it goes. That was the coolest part of the album for me. A couple decent songs.
Non mi lascia molto...
Just alright. I don't hear what the hype around The Jam/Paul Weller is all about.
Might listen again
Feeling a little punked out at the moment. Maybe later will be a better time to revisit this.
Helt ufarlig halvgammel britisk rock
First time listening to this album in full. It’s a great mod revival album with a mix of punk and pub rock. Standouts: English Rose, In the Crowd, Fly, and Down in the Tube Station at Midnight.
A fine album, wouldn't seek it out again but didn't hate the experience.
Love this band. Didn’t own this album but I remember a lot of the songs. Really think The Jam is a too-often overlooked and consistently underrated band. Nice to see them get some love from this list.
Interesting vibe on this band, sort of Punk Refined, which I suppose raises question about whether punk-ness really survives refining, but these philosophical considerations fail to keep me up at night, it's just good rock and roll.
Early pop-punk-rock
Solid British punk, earlier year than I thought it’d be. Didn’t stand out really
Sounds like that Colin guy. Nice listening
Surprisingly decent album, really liked the production value of a heavy rhythm section. 2.5 stars would be more accurate, but I'll round up to 3 because of some great instrumental sections.
ALL KEV CONS Another punk album. How broad of an umbrella is punk? Another 1001 Albums cross over with David Watts! I really enjoyed this album. It has almost beach rock feel to it; great for a sunny 70 degree day. I would definitely listen to this album again or other works from The Jam.
Another pretty average British punk album in my mind. There were some parts that were pretty unique but nothing really stood out to me spectacularly. The cool thing though with all of these punk albums is that when they end on my Spotify, Television always comes up as the next song so I get to listen to them.
This is like nice punk. Still not the greatest fan but definitely one of those times I wish there were .5's to rate albums.
Felt a bit half arsed think they all needed a coffee at this point.
Peak Jam , this is an outstanding album.
A good solid album by The Jam: no complaints here!
Quality absolute quality
Not very interesting
15.04.23. Приятная британская музыка, вдохновлённая панком. Некоторые песни из альбома обязательно должны присутствовать в тематических плейлистах.
Paikoin kuin maanläheisempi Pulp. Voisi olla enemmän asennetta, jää vähän vajavaiseksi
Tämä bändi ei taida kauheasti harrastaa koukkuja. Kivastihan he soittavat, jopa tyylitajuisesti, mutta valitettavasti minulla ei ole syytä kuunnella.
It's great but there are groups who did it better: The Who, Elvis Costello, The Kinks. The final track sounds like The Clash.
There are some enjoyable elements, but overall it's meh
I thought this was pretty enjoyable. Nothing stood out, but a pleasant listen.
Generic Who soundalike. Nothing that really stands out as excellent, influential or meriting of a 'must-listen'. 3/5.
i always forget david watts is a kinks song (like many good songs, they sneak about in plain view), that leaves the last cut as the only place they soar the jam is one of those groups who were glorious but sadly only in their singles
Slightly better than the other one, I suppose
Bit shit and boring, shite vocals and some decent guitar x bass melodiez
2.5 stars. Meh. Brit alt punk. Catchy at times but fairly bland. Standout is "Billy Hunt."
It was okay but nothing really grabbed me. I could listen to it maybe as background. Nothing stood out nothing did it for me
Listenable. Wouldn't choose to listen to it. A lot of the songs sound the same, but they did have some slower ballads, etc for a bit of variety. The guys voice was better than most similar bands. 3-4/10
This one felt very average. It's not a bad album per se, but it fails to really stand out to me in general. I enjoyed the ballads/slower stuff more than the 'poppy' songs. I'd probably leave it on in the background if I heard it on the radio. Nothing added to the list, very doubtful that I'll return to this album. 5/10
At work when someone would announce we got a new client / contract / other good news, I would say: "Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba" Once, and only once, someone responded: "Hey - that's David Watts". Nobody else ever knew it or admitted to knowing it. This is a good early Jam punk album.
I like the catchy hooks and melodic pop-punk. To me, this LP sounds a bit like early Who, but there’s also a Motown influence, and Weller apparently listened to The Kinks for hours to aid his creativity. The song-writing is strong, every song sounds like it could be a single, so even with three instruments you don’t tire of the sound quickly. Ballads like “English Rose” and “Fly”, very unusual for a punk band, hint that Paul Weller would be exploring different musical avenues in the future.
I've always respected artists that are able to change their styles over time to suit the zeitgeist of the moment. Ones that come to mind are Bowie, Miles and Neil Young. Now it may be a stretch to include Paul Weller with those august names, but I must say he's still immensely talented. IMO, along with the Clash they are two of the best groups to come out of the Brit punk rock movement. The Jam's first single In the City is where they sound like a cross between the Clash and the Sex Pistols. Later they would release their anthemic Eton Rifles, and Going Underground. Paul Weller's latter day material with The Style Council and his soulful solo material is vastly different but equally good. Their third album, All Mod Cons was released when they were transitioning away from punk but it bears all the hallmarks of Weller's excellent song-writing.
A nice listen. Really didn't blow me away and I'm afraid it will get lost in this experience. Nothing to special for me personally but still a good sounding record.
Álbum solido
Didn't inspire much for me.
Always thought this album was slightly overrated because I don't particularly enjoy the slower numbers like English Rose.
Good sound, but it was just noise.
Genres: Punk rock, mod revival, new wave Formed: Sheerwater Secondary School in Woking, Surrey in 1972 Run time: 12 songs, 37 min 45 sec Yet another short album. It’s an eclectic mix of songs: love, work, and life in general. “English Rose” has over 13.5M plays on Spotify. It’s a very poetic love song but it doesn’t match the feel of the rest of the album. It’s nowhere near as good as “Down In The Tube Station”, which only has 3.4M plays - Strange. As for the rest of album, three of the tracks have less than 1M plays, the others have 1-4M plays. I will not play the album again, but I will be trying other Jam albums. My Rating: ***
Nice punk album. Not very new any more, too much heard and therefore sometimes annoying. But an important time stamp.
Pretty decent british post-punk. Indicative of the genre overall.
A great punk rock album.
Excellent
Sure why not. 2.6 rounded up to 3
theres some nice stuff on there but every song sounds the same
3 stars
3.6
Trio. Enjoyed the drums on all tracks. Familiar sounds of the 70's but a bit darker in political notes of working class life and even getting mugged and beaten while riding the "Tube". Vocal reminded me of a Bowie sound. Maybe more members in the band could have enhanced the too simple repetitive bits. They might have been playing for their own gain and I didn't feel like I was encouraged by the sounds to go along with them. Guess it just wasn't anything new under the sun for me. A swing and a miss for me.
The Jam is ok 3
Neat.
Parquet Courts clearly were influenced by these guys
Wow! I sort of knew most of the tracks but have never played the whole album so had never associated the songs with each other. As a whole the effect is oretty stunning. Makes me want to go back to 1978 and hear for the first time in context.
first listen not quite my tempo
Fikk kje så masse ut av da
Not my style of music, old punk. But this one actually had some catchy and fun songs, solid writing and structure. Enjoyable for sure.
Sounds minimalist, rhyming structure is weird, kinda corny. Zero songs added to my playlist. Just not my cup of tea.
Sanitized British radio pop rock
It was alright.
Sounds like The Jam.
Definitely the best jam album (5/5)
mhm
Made me want to grow a mullet and start hanging out with the punks of Camden. Raw and artistic and there was no filler. David Watts into English Rose was something else.
English rosen at it again. Otherwise, when it comes to Paul Weller, I prefer the style council
Always really hard to place The Jams sound. Just had that laddy aggression that XTC and that didn’t. See where they have influenced a lot of Brit pop but way more soulful. Weller is a great songwriter. He was so young as well. As a whole pretty average album though. Like most of their albums. Sot All Mod Cons David Watts A Bomb in Wardour Street Down In the Tube Station 2.5/5
Pretty average, no stand out tracks, 3/5?
Tiene un componente punk, pero se parece más a Queen o a Genesis, y la combinación termina por ser divertida. En el medio hay una linda balada como English Rose y, por breves momentos, un sonido que anticipa un poco Unknown Pleasures, para el que faltaba un año.
No está mal, me gustó mucho David Watts. La segunda parte del disco es más punk y no me cabió tanto. 5/10
mi voto es positivo
3/5 Felt very similar to other British? rock? bands of the era. Nothing stood out for me but also it wasn't cat wailing.
Nothing offensive or exceptional here. Background music at best for me and one note but it chugged along nicely. Can't say I'd relisten but that's okay.
Bien bien chiant
I haven't given this album the full attention it deserves in my humble opinion. I've spun it twice, lost track a bit. But what I heard was really enjoyable, well written, and the britpoppunk from The Jam is excellent. Will revisit.
So so
Oye, este disco fue una sorpresa. De The Jam sé muy poco, pero este disco ha probado ser una excelente puerta de entrada al resto de su discografía. Al ojo, repasando el listado de canciones a la rápida, puedo leer que no reconozco ninguna, pero en la medida que avanzan sé que el sonido me es familiar. Es curioso como funcionan las influencias entre grupos musicales y cómo, más tarde que temprano, por cierto, me doy cuenta de dónde parten y dónde terminan.
Wow, another one I was not expecting to love so much. I gave a previous album of theirs three stars but this is an easy five. Very solid work and ahead of its time.
First listen
This sounds like an alternate universe where The Ramones sold out and went pop in the 80s. Or if The Smiths weren’t clinically depressed. Not that I dislike it. I’ll come back to this another day.
I fail to hear anything of distinction here, but unlike most of the albums served here at least this one managed background music duties...
Pretty decent. Never heard this before, but they're cool.
Well the cover photo certainly tempers expectations. Yeesh. The title track gets to rocking and rolling right away. And it carries on energetically from there. I enjoyed the entire album quite a bit and listened to it more than once. I'm sure there is some specific genre this music falls into but it's all rock and roll to me.
VOE VITTU!!! VITUN HYVÄ ALBUMI SAATANA MUTTA MITÄ NÄYTTÄÄ SIVUSTON GENRET!! NEW WAWE, PUNK VOE VITTU!!! TUO PUNK NEW WAWE LEIMA TULEE JÄÄMÄÄN PERSEESEEN KUIN POLTTOJÄLKI TAI AATUN ISONENILLE TEETTÄMÄT NUMEROSARJAT!! JA SEURAUKSET VIELÄ PAHEMMAT!!
Not bad per say, but nothing remarkable jumped out at me. Unfortunately forgettable.
Listens: 3 Enjoyed: yeah Never really listened to The Jam but have always intended to. There's some excellent tracks here. David Watts and English Rose really stood out for me. Can't wait to delve it further to these
3.5
cool
Two brilliant sons, rest less than other of their work.
Great collection of songs
Doesn't 'jam' as hard as The Jam's other jams
This is super British and super okay.
No
Definitely one of those "I've done myself a disservice by not listening to this before" moments. One of the things I'm most looking forward to with this project is finally addressing some of these blind spots. Both The Jam and Paul Weller's solo stuff are things I've long been aware of but never really taken the dip on, save a compilation appearance or two from Weller that I don't recall disliking, but also never liked enough to push me deeper. This album rips! I'm pretty sure 25 years ago me would have enjoyed this immensely as well. I didn't take any sort of listening notes since I was cooking for the family while I listened to it, but I absolutely loved it from start to finish and will definitely be revisiting it again, likely tracking down a vinyl copy and eventually dipping deeper into their catalogue. The version on Stupify has the UK and original US track listing, which features "Billy Hunt" instead of "The Butterfly Collector." While I enjoyed the whole album immensely, I found myself particularly enjoying the back half of both sides the most, especially "'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" and "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" to close out the album.
Never listened to The Jam. It's all right.
The Jam and their album All Mod Cons were new to me. I enjoyed listening to the album. The Jam sounded like they could fit in with a group that included Elvis Costello, The Squeeze, The Kinks or The Clash. "In the Crowd" and "'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" were the individual tracks that I got my highest ratings for the album. I'd be interested in hearing more from The Jam.
Knew the Jam but didn't know any of the songs here, but what a great album. Very of the time but not in a detrimental way. 4.6
Oasis
Some britpop roots. Fine.
The first few songs were more new wave-y than I was expecting. I was expecting the band to be more high energy punk, but instead we get a band a bit more like The Clash (not that that is a bad thing). A couple of songs did grate on me after a while, like "Billy Hunt" (so repetitive: Billy Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy ARRRRRGGGGHHH!). I like punk a great deal, but this just did not hit me like those other bands do. It just felt more of the same, and nothing was unique there.
Alright, I am officially a fan of The Jam. I fully admit they are not the greatest or most talented band of all time, but I feel like they deliver a consistent, solid performance every time. A perfect sort of A-/B+ kind of band. Maybe it's the mix of approaches that appeals to me - a lot like Canadian rock I grew up with (check out the Northern Pikes, Tragically Hip, The Trews) that has some varied roots to it and a sound you can't quite place (and wouldn't find at the top of the American charts), but it has depth. Very solid lyrics and social commentary too. First third was better than the middle third - the album really drew me in with the title track, To Be Someone (my favorite), and Mr. Clean. Solid remake of David Watts too. Definitely took a dip with English Rose but I felt it started to bounce back nicely with Billy Hunt and It's Too Bad, and then finished with a bang - "A" Bomb in Wardour Street is a real cracker (to steal some British lingo).
This was a pleasant enough rocker but there wasn’t too much on here that hooked me in. I enjoyed “Mr. Clean” and the Kinks’ cover “David Watts” which sounded like more like a Rolling Stones song to me but the rest didn't stick out too much. I see that the album title is a play on words with a double entendre which was kind of clever. To be honest, coming from the US, I never understood the whole Mod / Rocker thing. Anyway, the album was an okay listen but it didn’t motivate me to go on and check out more of the Jam’s stuff so it gets 3 shiny stars.
I enjoyed the album, but nothing is sticking with me after multiple listens. Somewhere between punk and new wave but after a while everything blended together. Moving on...
liked it alot kinda ahead of their time werent they?
Des petits cons.
Je sais pas si tous les Mods sont cons, par contre j'en connais un de gros con et il s'agit de Robert avec ses albums de merde.
Not for me
Fun stuff, did not expect it to be this enjoyable
Svängigt! Klassiskt! Bra!
This album is fine--again another English band that I'm not entirely sure needs to be on this list. I had a Paul Weller solo album from the 1990s a while back, and it was not good. This is a lot better. The Kinks cover is pretty fun. All in all, it's fine, but I'm not sure it merits inclusion on this list.
Eh. Nothing special. British music.
Superb catchy Power Pop record with amazing basslines, melodies and vibe. Most songs stick and the production is slick. The ballads are pretty and incredibly english. Great listen. 8,5/10
forgettable
Started well. Lost me a bit in the end.
I kinda tended to forget I was listening to it.
Kinda liked it but not super memorable, mostly liked the first song and everything else is ok
Unimpressive but not bad.
Decent album but kinda kept forgetting that I was listening to it.
Solid 3, decent album but I personally wouldn't listen to it again
2/5
Beat sound
I really wanted to like this because there are some The Jam songs I like a lot, but I couldn't get into it. I like the vocals, but the lyrics and the general cadence didn't seem exciting.
I gave it some time, it's growing on me.
This was pretty great. I liked it a little better than "Sound Affects" or the Paul Weller solo album we listened to. Would definitely go back to The Jam after this.
I like English Rose the best. Of the rest, I enjoy the punkish offerings better than the new wave.
Nothing about the album really stuck out to me. I've heard a couple of songs by the Jam that I liked, but I don't think they were on this album.
Decent listen
Ehh pretty generic late 70s fluff. Nothing really memorable.
very nice not many thoughts just some good stuff best tracks: all mod cons, down in the tube station at midnight, Mr clean
Pretty standard brit punk
Good one. Ahead of its time.
banger. added to library
Stand-outs: "To Be Someone...," "English Rose," "It's Too Bad"
Kinks are better
Alright band I guess and not a bad album, but I feel like this list has made me a little numb to this kind of rock. Didn’t really feel anything listening to it….. Idk 2?
More stock British rock, not really into it
I’m really hating British rock
крутая обложка, вроде приятненький небольшой альбомчик
How many boring Paul Weller albums are on this damn thing?
entretenido, lo tuve de fondo buena parte de hoy
Tight, subversive, and catchy. I love this album and love the band.
Pretty good.
I liked the later Jam music better, and Paul Weller's Style Council even better. You can hear the guitar and bass/drum syncopation that influenced new wave and pop in the 90's. Also you can hear how the Kinks influenced them.
Can’t score it too low as it’s all fine, really. Some decent lyrics, some nice tunes, & the production values are more advanced than I expected (i.e. it sounds nice and crisp. It helps that the band is tight, I guess). Can’t score it too high as there aren’t really any standout tracks, just a lot of quite good ones and a couple of underwhelming ones. It would be pretty unremarkable if released today, but I guess it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine it being a milestone release in the 70s.
I had listened to this before, however its the only album by The Jam I've listened to in full. I enjoy it and think the songwriting is very solid, it's not one I listen to very often though.
People think Weller is the coolest shit ever and I still can't see it.
Actually not bad
I liked this album and was hedging between 3 and 4; it was sort of early new wave and had a lot I liked about it. What clinched it as a 3 is that The Jam have other songs I like a lot more that aren’t from this album
Aimé mon écoute, entraînant, cool. Mais j'ai l'impression d'avoir écouté un album que j'ai déjà entendu – j'imagine que c'est le fait que je l'écoute tant d'années après sa sortie, mais généralement ce type de décalage ne m'affecte pas vraiment.
1978?! Wow - the audio quality on this is sublime. And the songs are really catchy! New fan of the Jam.
If The Police were good
This was good, I did feel I bit bored at the end but other than that I would listen again
Y’know what? I really enjoyed this album. Once I got past the Vocals that is.
trying it but not sure I'm feeling it. Won me over with sweet harmonies but i still dont like it quite
Raw 70s sound, a few tunes, a bit patchy.
Some outlets called it one of the "truly essential rock albums of the last few years" (being late 70s), I'd hardly call it that. All Mod Cons is an ok new-wave/punk album, with definite feeling of coming into a very early 80s new wave sound, but typically British. Best: Billy Hunt Worst: Fly
Cool album, upbeat and fairly interesting. Definitely ahead of their time, and appeals to alternative/indie/punk fans.
Là c'est sexy. Là c'est vendeur.
#manifested
Another album that's OK, nothing stood out particularly
Slumped my shoulders when I got this album. The other one was mediocre at best and I wasn't looking forward to the struggle. This was way better. I listened to it twice to be sure, and yep - still fun. Best track: To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
Good fun punk. Not mind blowing for me but it does what it does well. Plus I like the punny title!
I respected the length and the quickness of this album- it wasn’t overdone but it was very nice and i enjoyed the rock.
Ahh I love this album. Aggressive yet extremely melodic (and very British) songs - has an early Police meets angry early Who vibe and I just love the mix. The bass fits in so perfectly (Elvis Costello-ish) and Bruce Foxton's playing propels so many of these songs, it might be my favourite individual aspect of this album. Sound Affects is their most-lauded album and it's good but this is my favourite Jam album from top to bottom - no filler whatsoever. 9/10 5 stars.
Just some all round great punk-rock. A British classic! Favourite: Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Love it
There were elements of every song that I liked, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted. I liked the album about as much as I thought I would. Wasn't bad, but wasn't especially notable to me. My favourite song was probably Mr Clean, but no one song particularly jumped out at me.
I’m starting to think British new wave just isn’t for me
relentlessly fun album every track felt so engaging 10/10
Love it
IT WAS SURPRISINGLY GOOD
- First listen - Liked it slightly less than Sound Affects but still very good - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight is the best track on this by miles and is up there with Town Called Malice and That's Entertainment for best Jam song - Fav songs: DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT, TO BE SOMEONE, ENGLISH ROSE
good album and vibes
Catchy in parts, irritating in parts, but a neat listen.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Sorry for not writing much (idk who im saying sorry to) I'm writing this like twelve hours after I listened to it :/ I REMEMBER THE LAST TRACK BEING VERY GOOD THOUGH
Assured
I’ve never really understood what the whole “mods and rockers” thing was, but maybe you had to be there at the time. As far as I know, the only song by The Jam that I already knew is A Town Called Malice which doesn’t appear on this album. And my dad will take any opportunity to tell anybody that he once smoked a joint with Paul Weller when he used to work festivals. Songs I already knew: none Favourite after listening: To Be With Someone (Didn’t We Have A Nice Time), Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Overall: 9/10 I might not understand the whole mod scene, but the album definitely stands out as great many years on. It definitely doesn’t feel like an album from 1978 as many modern indie bands still sound very similar to this. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight certainly sounds like it could have been released within the last decade. Bruce Foxton has some excellent bass riffs throughout, and I absolutely intend to learn some of them myself to play at home, and maybe pretend that I’m in the know and totally understand what a mod is.
would be in an early 2000s british movie like that pirates stop motion one. struggling to finish. kay it got better about halfway in. kinda sounds like the smiths lol high school me would have liked this
Pretty good, some bangers, some just drag out too long
I believe I dislike new wave. I really dislike the vocalist's voice. The only song I liked on the album was "English Rose" which appears to be the most popular song on the album. If I could, I would probably give this 1.5 stars.
Good
Just ok
Good British rock n roll, would listen again. English rose my favourite song
English guys English accent not bad I'm sure someone enjoys it lol
Heard this plenty of times, so another easy 5 from me. David Watts, Down in a tube station, Bomb in wardour street are highlight tracks LOVE THE JAM AND PAUL WELLER <3
Good album. One of the first albums I had never heard of.
Best Song: To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time). Very typically classic British rock. Worst Song: In The Crowd. Bit of an overly long jam session that never went anywhere interesting. Overall: Seems like the kind of music that goes over great in a pub as background to a round of drinks, but listened to outside of that context it's just another band on the pile of classic rock, indiscernible from most of the others.
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: To be someone, Billy hunt
This is good! They sound like a lot of bands I like. I hear some Clash, some Who, maybe even some Smiths and Elvis Costello. (A lot of those artists were contemporaries of The Jam or came after so it’s probably fair to say those artists took influence from these guys.) I think this is a good album but not necessarily a great one. I’d be curious to hear other Jam albums and see if there’s an even better entry point into their music. The last track — “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight” — surprised me. There are a lot of great details in the music. Makes me want to revisit the rest of the album and see if there are more great songs I missed on the first listen. Highlights: “In the Crowd,” “Billy Hunt,” “The Place I Love,” “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight”
Love the drum sounds and performance. It's a pretty interesting album and I think overall I enjoyed it. The most popular song was also my favorite one of the bunch, "English Rose". I really like how it has these acoustic guitar driven tracks in between the more upbeat ones, like this and also "Fly" (even though "Fly" picks up more in the second half of the track). There's a lot of songs that I liked on this, "English Rose" "In The Crowd", "All Mod Cons" "It's Too Bad" all were nice tracks. I'm going to have to come back to this album I think.
Meh. Nothing here really got my attention. It's fine. Don't love it, don't hate it. 2.5 stars.
I very much enjoy this band & album
Not my favourite album by The Jam. But still a pretty damned good album.
Not necessarily the Jam but definitely a decent jam
Not listened to an album by The Jam all the way through before, as far as I know. I know the singles. Some I love, some I like. I tend to prefer the later, more soul-tinged stuff. I didn’t mind this but I found Weller’s voice a bit same-y after a while, and the constant bass/drums/guitar/vocals configuration runs out of steam for me after a while. The singles still sound great and Weller is without doubt a great lyricist, but I didn’t hear any undiscovered gems in the unknown (to me) album tracks.
This is such a snap shot of late 70's English life. Weller's story telling is backed up by a very tight band. Song after song - it sounds like a Best Of.
Molto diretto, produzione scarna. Interessanti arrangiamenti di chitarra, per il resto un po' sciapo.
not into it, pretty generic jam band
Meh
Pretty good post punk album, but ultimately a bit forgettable
70s rock not bad
kinda meh generic
Perfectly pleasant, but doesn't stay.
Really cool album. I thought the guitar work in particular was really cool.
It was an alright album, but I wouldn't rank it on a list of "need to listen to".
Liked this quite a bit and want to hear more from them. Feels like a softer more laid back punk. Favorite: David Watts
Fun new wave punk. Reminds me of the clash
Might as well have been British white noise. I found nothing notable from this album
Some fun songs, some annoying. Like the slice of life vignette concept and some of the execution of it.
It's the Jam.. It's going to be good. Though this one is not one of favorites, I like Sound Effects and the Gift a bit more. The problem is when I listen to this album I think as good as this the Clash perfected this sound so much better.
I’m a fan of The Jam and Paul Weller in particular. But this is not my favorite. In fact, I like what came before and after more than this record. That said “A” Bomb is a great tune, and the David Watts cover is better than the original.
Enjoyed listening to it all the way through.
Really liked this album and look forward to listening to it again.
Classic
Love this album. Inventive musicians playing great songs with Smart lyrics.
-"To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)" has a nice strong, catchy chorus that was giving me Cheap Trick vibes -They like writing songs with people's names, like "Mr. Clean," "David Watts," and "Billy Hunt" -"Billy Hunt" is quite catchy, probably because they say "Billy Hunt" about 1000 times. Also the end jame with the drums going is fun -Bass-groovy bridge in "It's Too Bad" is fun -"'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" has some nice distorted guitar and is a nice jam -"Down In A Tube Station At Midnight" is giving me punk vibes and it also has some sweet bass riffs backed up by flying high hats -Overall very nice rock album. A bunch of short, strong tracks
Very surprised by how much I enjoyed this.
Not quite five stars on this but pretty close. Becoming a big fan of Paul Weller as a result of this list.
The Jam borrows lightly from punk and introduces interesting melodies and tempos to some of their songs along side with tried and true melodies and lyrics of the era, making this an enjoyable and interesting album, bridging the gap between the 70s and 80s music scene. Thoroughly enjoyable, if you find yourself not bobbing, air drumming or faux guitar playing along with each track then I suggest you check your pulse because you clearly are returned from the dead here only to eat brains and have somehow gotten a pair of headphones stuck on to your head while this album was playing, I assume it probably happened while munching on someone with good taste for music, probably why you found their brain so tasty.
4.5/5. This is some really great stuff, the working class are the only people that have made good music from Britain #hottake
4, very jam like
I had never heard them before and it is awesome! It’s like, in between the clash and cars. It’s great.
Not bad but not amazing
This was more varied than I had expected. I’d only heard the singles from The Jam so this was a pleasant surprise.
DIDN'T WE HAVE A NICE TIME
I really dont know what to say about this one. Its OK, I guess? Decent album, maybe I'm just not into mod stuff. I kept on wishing it was more like the Kinks. - 2/5
UK rock, 80s sounding, 2-3 bangerz
Quite enjoyed the album tbh. I felt kinda eh around the first half of the record, cause even though I love Britpop and its sound, the first few track didn't quite do it for me. But the second half was hit after hit, loved so many of those melodies. Favourite songs are To Be Someone, English Rose, In The Crowd, Billy Hunt, It's Too Bad, The Place I Love (fav), 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street (fav), and Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (fav). Never heard of these guys before, but I am looking forward to hearing more from them cause they are sick!
BILLY HUNT BILLY HUNT BILLY BILLY BILLY PREFS: TOUT MOINS PREF: RIEN
This is a brilliant album, not a bad song in the lot. What I enjoy about it is seeing how the Jam is evolving musically, to a more nuanced and sophisticated sound. The punchier style the band developed on their first two albums is still in there, but it has matured, with confident, melodic hooks, and surprising forays into psychedelia and jazz-pop. Paul Weller's ability to craft a lyric has developed tremendously here too, with vivid imagery and sly social commentary. I could listen to this all day. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Down in the Tube Station at Midnight, It's Too Bad, In the Crowd, Fly, To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time), English Rose, Mr. Clean, All Mod Cons, David Watts, 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street, The Place I Love, Billy Hunt
As always some great tracks some OK tracks.
This was pretty good! Almost gave it a 4.
Seemed pretty generic to me, I had a hard time figuring out what's "important" about this album. Last couple tracks are heartfelt and quite serious. And I see what commenters have said about the ode to England being earnest without cringey patriotism.
Not impressive. Starting to worry who’s picking the 💿 for this list of 1000!
literally what I was referring to yesterday but I'll say it again. There does not need to be this many mediocre british rock bands on this list!!
Another seemingly generic Brit-pop-rock album, but these guys had some great melodies on here. A handful of tracks I'll enjoy returning to. Again though, there are so many bands like this on the list that I've never heard of, how deep does this well go? Anyhow, I'm feeling kind today and calling this one solid. Easy to listen to, that's for sure. Favorite tracks: Down in the Tube Station at Midnight, English Rose, The Place I Love, Mr. Clean. Album art: Three boring looking chaps, sitting in a room. I like the guy standing in a white suit, at first glance I thought he was a doctor about to give me some terrible news. 4/5
Yeah, this hits the spot
I wanna be David Watts
Mod-punk. Ni fu ni fa.
Bastante chulos. Punk rock (suave), mod revival,new wave. 4
Un dels discos més creatius en un dels períodes més creatius. És la sublimació del so de The Jam en la seva primera etapa. I aquesta sublimació és d'una excel.lència i exuberància gairebé màgica
I enjoyed!
22nd June 2022 Listened on the Thursday as I’m still in bed all day with illness. Gave me a new appreciation for the Jam. The drumming is perfection and some of the songs are slinky and soft which you wouldn’t traditionally associate with them.
This is a band I had overlooked earlier in my music listening. I have really been enjoying recently.
Schönes Album! Aber sticht nicht raus für mich
Teilweise viel zu britisch poppig etwas punkigere Momente etwas besser