The Jam — Setting Sons
Author: tracysigler | Posted: October 5th, 2006 | | Tags: 1979, Jam, mod revival, music, vinyl | 3 Comments »
- Artist: The Jam
- Title: Setting Sons
- Year: 1979
- Format: Vinyl 12 in.
- Rating (1-10): 7
- Owner: Mary
- Acquired: 1986? Used at Plan 9?
I don’t care what the critics say, this is not my favorite record by The Jam. Setting Sons has some excellent songs, but overall it just seems a little flat. I’m hoping we have things out of order in the collection because the three albums before this are fantastic. They must be in there somewhere. After doing some reading I was surprised to see they charted in the US with this one, for the first time.
My favorite song is the last one, “Wasteland.” I’m a sucker for the recorder or flute in rock, think The Troggs not Jethro Tull. Wikipedia lists the side two songs first, but don’t believe them, believe me! I’m looking at it right now and “Wasteland” is last.
Read more about The Jam, and Setting Sons.
If the wikipedia entry is wrong, you should edit it. You have the power!
so Mary owned this one? I think my wife has the entire Whitesnake collection…ugh. she’s a great girl nonetheless:)
I remember listen to the Jam with you back in the day. All Mod Cons (my personal fave). do you remember Andy Wornom? with the english accent?? what happended to him and doug….something..he had dyed red hair and turned me onto the cirle Jerks…who was it??
Still waiting for you to get a phone and call.
Hope all is well.
-J
[…] I’ve been busy making the doughnuts so it’s taken me a while to give this record a proper listen. And The Jam’s This is the Modern World deserves a proper listen, or a few. You get your money’s worth with a total of 13 songs. All of them are exquisitely naked, mod, and short. There’s only one song over three minutes, and there’s one cover, a mod-punked out version of Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour.” Looks like I disagree with The Jam critics, historians and maybe even Paul Weller himself, again. […]