The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)

Setting Sons is the album which best defines The Jams most prophetic period. Weller and Foxtons finely balanced composisions make this album a true classic. The album seems to have lost the rough edges which adorned the previous albums, but it still has managed to retain the cynical cheek which all fans have come to know and love. "Thick as Thevies" is a song which I think that everyone can relate to, with its pumping base and machine gun drums, this song for me, is the best on the album. Paul Weller may have been responsible for 8 of the 9 composed tracks on the album ( exculding Heatwave) but we must not forget the genius that was Bruce Foxtons "Smithers Jones". This song brings some light relief to an album that can, after a while, become a bit wearing. ....Five stars for this little gem, a must have in any music lovers colection.

01. Girl On The Phone 2:55
02. Thick As Thieves 3:38
03. Private Hell 3:49
04. Little Boy Soldiers 3:31
05. Wasteland 2:50
06. Burning Sky 3:30
07. Smithers-Jones 2:59
08. Saturday's Kids 2:51
09. The Eton Rifles 3:57
10. Heatwave 2:24



Enjoy and Seed!!