Music Review

The Jam Collection (1996)

The Jam
Reviewed by Mike Flaherty | Oct 25, 1996
EW's GRADE
A

Details Lead Performance: The Jam; Genres: Reissues, Rock

Unlike the Clash and the Sex Pistols, with whom they formed the U.K.'s elite punk troika, the mod-inflected Jam eschewed global politics and fist-pumping sloganeering for a more quotidian dissection of Thatcher's Britain. The anthology of non-singles The Jam Collection is a reminder of the depth of that disquieting vision. A

Originally posted Oct 25, 1996 Published in issue #350 Oct 25, 1996 Order article reprints

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