Album Title
The Jam
Setting Sons (1979)
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Track List
01) Girl on the Phone
02) Thick as Thieves
03) Private Hell
04) Little Boy Soldiers
05) Wasteland
06) Burning Sky
07) Smithers-Jones
08) Saturday's Kids
09) The Eton Rifles
10) Heat Wave

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First Released

1979

Genre

New Wave

Mood

Gritty

Style

Rock/Pop

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Medium

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Album

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Polydor

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The Jam's Setting Sons was originally planned as a concept album about three childhood friends who, upon meeting after some time apart, discover the different directions in which they've grown apart. Only about half of the songs ended up following the concept due to a rushed recording schedule, but where they do, Paul Weller vividly depicts British life, male relationships, and coming to terms with entry into adulthood. Weller's observations of society are more pointed and pessimistic than ever, but at the same time, he's employed stronger melodies with a slicker production and comparatively fuller arrangements, even using heavy orchestration for a reworked version of Bruce Foxton's "Smithers-Jones." Setting Sons often reaches brilliance and stands among The Jam's best albums, but the inclusion of a number of throwaways and knockoffs (especially the out-of-place cover of "Heat Wave" which closes the album) mars an otherwise perfect album.



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