Greatest Hits - Jam Reviews

Paul Weller has today got cult and iconic status amongst today's music fans and critics and is a massively lauded and respected solo artist. However, its very easy to forget that much of this status was really gained during his time as the front man and writer of probably one of the most influential and original British bands of the late 1970s ...  Read the complete review

The Jam were one of the most important bands of the early 80's. Four number one singles(Going Underground, Town called Malice, Start! and their final hit Beat Surrender) three of which entered at number one, when this was a very rare thing to do, and numberous another hits was the Jam's contibution. Songs like "Going ...  Read the complete review

The Jam's punk minimalist style of the late seventies and early eighties sounds so fresh and breathtakingly raw nowadays that this CD is worth getting for anyone who has listened to Coldplay and Blur too much. Weller never looked more at ease than with The Jam, and all the hits are included, such as the four number ones and that absolutely ...  Read the complete review

For those unaware of the Jam the greatest hits is the album for you. It shows the easy development of their sound through the difficult years at the end of the 1970's and the beginning of the 1980's. The Jam may have held a sound and image somewhere between the sixties mods and the seventies punks, but they were something different. ...  Read the complete review