Artist: The Jam
Title: The Gift (Super Deluxe Edition)
Year Of Release: 1982/2012
Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
Genre: New Wave, Power Pop, Mod Revival, Punk Rock
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 03:12:34
Total Size: 467 mb | 1.2 gb
Tracklist:CD1
1. The Jam - Happy Together
2. The Jam - Ghosts
3. The Jam - Precious
4. The Jam - Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero_
5. The Jam - Trans-Global Express
6. The Jam - Running On The Spot
7. The Jam - Circus
8. The Jam - The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong
9. The Jam - Carnation
10. The Jam - Town Called Malice
11. The Jam - The Gift
12. The Jam - Precious
13. The Jam - The Great Depression
14. The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
15. The Jam - Pity Poor Alfie _ Fever
16. The Jam - Pity Poor Alfie (Remixed Swing Version)
17. The Jam - Beat Surrender
18. The Jam - Shopping
19. The Jam - Move On Up
20. The Jam - Stoned Out Of My Mind
21. The Jam - War (First Version)
CD2
1. The Jam - Skirt (Demo)
2. The Jam - Get Yourself Together
3. The Jam - Ghosts (Instrumental Demo)
4. The Jam - Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero_ (Demo)
5. The Jam - Running On The Spot (Demo)
6. The Jam - The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong (Demo _Plans Go Wrong_)
7. The Jam - Carnation (Instrumental Demo)
8. The Jam - Precious (Remixed Demo Version)
9. The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) (Demo)
10. The Jam - Alfie (Demo 2)
11. The Jam - We've Only Started (Old Version)
12. The Jam - Only Started (Instrumental Demo)
13. The Jam - Shopping (Demo 'Paul's Demo')
14. The Jam - Beat Surrender (Demo)
15. The Jam - Solid Bond In Your Heart (Demo 'Paul's Demo')
CD3
1. The Jam - Start! (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
2. The Jam - It's Too Bad (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
3. The Jam - Beat Surrender (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
4. The Jam - Away From The Numbers (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
5. The Jam - Ghosts (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
6. The Jam - In The Crowd (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
7. The Jam - Boy About Town (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
8. The Jam - So Sad About Us (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
9. The Jam - All Mod Cons (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
10. The Jam - To Be Someone (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
11. The Jam - Smithers-Jones (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
12. The Jam - That's Entertainment (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
13. The Jam - The Great Depression (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
14. The Jam - Precious (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
15. The Jam - Move On Up (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
16. The Jam - Circus (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
17. The Jam - Down At The Tube Station At Midnight (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
18. The Jam - David Watts (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
19. The Jam - Mr Clean (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
20. The Jam - Town Called Malice (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
21. The Jam - But I'm Different Now (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
22. The Jam - _Trans-Global Express_ (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
23. The Jam - In The City (Live at Wembley Dec 3rd 1982)
As good mods, the Jam always had a healthy respect for R&B and soul even the first album featured the revved-up Northern soul of "Non-Stop Dancing." With The Gift, however, Paul Weller seems to have become completely absorbed in it, and more specifically, in Stax-style soul with more than a hint of psychedelia à la "Psychedelic Shack." An uneven album marked by overindulgences like the instrumental "Circus" and unnecessarily long songs, The Gift still has no shortage of terrific songs, like the simply sublime "Ghost," "Town Called Malice" (the hit), and the funk workout of "Precious." Weller can obviously do "soulful" his voice has never sounded better but unfortunately, The Gift, with its excesses and marginal tracks, doesn't show his talents in the proper light. Points for ambition, but ultimately, this is their least consistent effort since This Is the Modern World.
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