All Mod Cons - The Jam

This review is of the remastered deluxe edition with bonus DVD - a great addition for the Jam fan's collection. The original album stands on it's own merits as one of the pivotal works of the post punk/new wave movement, with power, belief and well crafted songs, coming together and defining for the first time The Jam sound. It was viewed at the time as a make or break album for the band following a critical response to their second album. All Mod Cons opens with a searing comment on the music scene of the day with the title track, an honest commentary on the hangers on and false cheerleaders that exploit young artists' naivety and then fail to ...

All Mod Cons (1978) in my opinion is possibly the best Jam album or at least their first accomplished one. It certainly contains what I believe to be the best ever Jam song: “Down in The Tube Station at Midnight”. What first led me to write this review was hearing one of the tracks from the album on Radio two recently, the Jam’s version of “David Watts” (originally recorded by the Kinks). It was the first time I had never heard it on the radio. I think it was a minor hit for the Jam in 1978 and was released before the album. All Mod Cons was The Jam's third album and the first to make the top ten. It was considered a demarcation point from their earlier ...