Sound Affects - Album
Sound Affects (Album) by The Jam
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The Jam Was A Punk/mod Revival Group Formed In Woking England In 1972 Consisting Of Paul Weller Vocals Guitar Bruce Foxton Bass Vocals And Rick Buckler Drums . Weller Left The Band In 1982 Effectively Ending The Jam. The Jam Released Six Albums And Had 18 Consecutive Top 40 Hits In The United Kingdom Between 1977 And 1982 Including Four #1 Singles Going Underground Start! Town Called Malice And Beat Surrender . Their Singles "That's Entertainment" And "Just Who Is The Five O'Clock Hero" Are The Best Selling Import Singles In UK History. The Band Drew Upon A Variety Of Stylistic Influences Over The Course Of Their Career Including 1960s Beat Music Soul Rhythm And Blues And Psychedelic Rock As Well As 1970s Punk And New Wave. The Trio Was Known For Its Melodic Pop Songs Its Distinctly English Flavour And Its Mod Image. The Band Launched The Career Of Paul Weller Who Went On To Form The Style Council And Later Had A Successful Solo Career. Weller Wrote And Sang Most Of The Jam’s Original Compositions And He Played Lead Guitar Using A Rickenbacker. Bruce Foxton Provided Backing Vocals And Prominent Basslines Which Were The Foundation Of Many Of The Band’s Songs Including The Hits "Down In The Tube Station At Midnight" "The Eton Rifles" "Going Underground" And "Town Called Malice". For Artists Called "Jam" Please See Http //www.Last.Fm/music/ Noredirect/Jam.
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The Jam Was A Punk/mod Revival Group Formed In Woking England In 1972 Consisting Of Paul Weller Vocals Guitar Bruce Foxton Bass Vocals And Rick Buckler Drums . Weller Left The Band In 1982 Effectively Ending The Jam. The Jam Released Six Albums And Had 18 Consecutive Top 40 Hits In The United Kingdom Between 1977 And 1982 Including Four #1 Singles Going Underground Start! Town Called Malice And Beat Surrender . Their Singles "That's Entertainment" And "Just Who Is The Five O'Clock Hero" Are The Best Selling Import Singles In UK History. The Band Drew Upon A Variety Of Stylistic Influences Over The Course Of Their Career Including 1960s Beat Music Soul Rhythm And Blues And Psychedelic Rock As Well As 1970s Punk And New Wave. The Trio Was Known For Its Melodic Pop Songs Its Distinctly English Flavour And Its Mod Image. The Band Launched The Career Of Paul Weller Who Went On To Form The Style Council And Later Had A Successful Solo Career. Weller Wrote And Sang Most Of The Jam’s Original Compositions And He Played Lead Guitar Using A Rickenbacker. Bruce Foxton Provided Backing Vocals And Prominent Basslines Which Were The Foundation Of Many Of The Band’s Songs Including The Hits "Down In The Tube Station At Midnight" "The Eton Rifles" "Going Underground" And "Town Called Malice". For Artists Called "Jam" Please See Http //www.Last.Fm/music/ Noredirect/Jam.
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"Pretty Green" Is Perhaps The Apotheosis Of The Michael Jackson And Beatles Fusion Melding A Throbbing Funk Bassline And Rhythm With Melodic Guitar Breaks And Psychedelic Sound Effects. The Group Would Later Explore The "Britfunk" Sound In Earnest On Their Next And Final Album The Gift.
Perhaps The Jam's Best Known And Most Acclaimed Song Is The Striking Acoustic Ballad "That's Entertainment" It Was Recently Named To The List Of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time At #306 The Jam's Lone Entry.
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Sound Affects Is A 1980 Album By British Group The Jam. This Release Their Fifth Album Is Frequently Considered The Closing Point Of The Jam's Artistic Peak Begun On Their Third LP All Mod Cons And Carried Through On Its Follow-Up Setting Sons. This Is Considered By Many Fans And Critics To Be The Jam's Best Album Only All Mod Cons Receives More Claims Thereto. Paul Weller Considers This Album To Be The Jam's Best Work. After The Ambitious Harder-Rocking Setting Sons The Jam Returned To The Pop-Oriented Outlook Of All Mod Cons Albeit With A Noticeably Different Sound. The Most Salient Influence On This Album Is '60s British Psychedelic Pop Such As The Beatles' Revolver The Who's The Who Sell Out And The Kinks' The Village Green Preservation Society. The Psychedelic Overtones Run Throughout The Album In The Backwards Guitar On "That's Entertainment" In The Swirling Gauzy Feel Of "Man In The Cornershop" In The Punchy British Horns Of "Boy About Town" And "Dream Time". Other Obvious Influences Are Post-Punk Groups Such As Wire Gang Of Four And Joy Division And Particularly Evident In Rick Buckler's Drumming Michael Jackson's Off The Wall Album. Indeed Singer/guitarist/songwriter Paul Weller Said At The Time That He Considered The Album A Cross Between Off The Wall And Revolver. The Album's Cover Is A Pastiche Of The Artwork Used On The Various "Sound Effects" Records Produced By BBC Records During The 1970s. This Album Features The Group's Second UK Number One Single "Start!" Built Around A Bassline Obviously Inspired By The Beatles' "Taxman" The Lead Cut On Revolver. Incidentally Polydor Pushed For "Pretty Green" To Get The Single Release Instead Thinking It A Surer Bet But Weller Insisted On "Start!""Pretty Green" Is Perhaps The Apotheosis Of The Michael Jackson And Beatles Fusion Melding A Throbbing Funk Bassline And Rhythm With Melodic Guitar Breaks And Psychedelic Sound Effects. The Group Would Later Explore The "Britfunk" Sound In Earnest On Their Next And Final Album The Gift.
Perhaps The Jam's Best Known And Most Acclaimed Song Is The Striking Acoustic Ballad "That's Entertainment" It Was Recently Named To The List Of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time At #306 The Jam's Lone Entry.