paul weller discography

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE JAM "this is the modern world' 1977. vinyl/cd

The Jam's second album, and their second album released in 1977, this album could have been so much better. the basic chord/melody structure of the songs was good but i feel as if they are incomplete....thanks to Polygram Records insisting The Jam rush back into the studio after their debut set to record another album....then Polygram had the balls to threaten dropping The Jam because it wasnt as good as it should have been.
there is only one great song on this album, 'standards', six good ones and five dud tracks. maybe its just the years that ends in '7'? because the style concil released the rubbish 'the cost of loving' in 1987 and Paul Weller released 'heavy soul' in 1997,which was also crap.
thankfully he didnt releae an album in 2007! LOL
this albums music is a lot less 'punkish' than 'in the city' and owes its sound to more of the Kinks and the Who 1965-68 sound.
Paul Weller wrote nine of these tracks,bass player Bruce Foxton wrote and sung on two of the tracks and there is one cover version....
Wilson Picket's 'midnight hour',PW's fascination/influence of soul music still exists to this day.
Foxton's 'dont tell them youre sane' was written after he saw the Nicholson movie 'one flew over the cookoos nest'. the album also contains paul weller's first two REAL love songs: 'tonight at noon' & 'i need you(for someone),lovely songs,just not finished to what they could have been.
the album reached #22 UK, the single 'the modern world' #36 UK.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM!

best track: Standards
worst track: The Combine

tracks:

1. the modern world**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRW4fCTF3pk live
2. london traffic*
3. standards***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srAIG5NpaNY live
4.life from a window*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL9VT92CrtI audio
5. the combine*
6. dont tell them you're sane*
7. in the street today*
8. london girl*
9. i need you(for someone)**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwsJmARXLu8 audio
10. here comes the weekend**
11. tonight at noon**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbEwYlGCIzY live
12. in the midnight hour**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_AfkydZNtU audio

3s=1
2s=6
1s=5

rating 1.5

to be continued,next...'all mod cons'1978.

sh*t!, i lost 'in the city' whilst moving it here and its dissapeared into the ether!,anyway rating 2.0