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Polydor

The Jam

Compact Snap!

back in stock the jam started out as a punk band and ended up as a soul band one of the more eclectic and rewarding journeys found in the rock pantheon this side of the clash however because certain elements remained constant paul weller's stunning lyrics the energetic rhythm section the healthy tryanything attitude the quality never diminished it only transformed compact 'snap' travels the distance from the desperate punk of 'in the city' to the equally desperate soul of 'beat surrender' touching on most of the great moments along the way the physical violence depicted in early songs like 'down in the tube station at midnight' eventually gave way toan emotional violence in lateperiod songs like 'the bitterest pill i ever had to swallow' weller described the youth of his day almost as skilfully as his hero pete townshend had done for the mod generation ten years earlier