The Jam's former leader delivers solo album, Wild Wood, that pits the gruff-punk charge of that band against the refinement and musicality of his later group, the genre-hopping Style Council. The friction derives from the razor-sharp guitars that bristle beneath (and occasionally puncture) the sheen of his tender melodies. It's a record full of intricate nooks and crannies that begs for exploration. A-


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