Collection (The Jam album)

1996 compilation album by The Jam

The Jam Collection

Compilation album by

The Jam

Released| 22 October 1996
Genre| Rock
Label| Polydor
The Jam chronology
| Extras
(1992)  | The Jam Collection
(1996)  | Direction Reaction Creation
(1997)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic|  [1]
NME| (4/10)[2]

Collection is a compilation by The Jam. It does not include any of the group's UK singles, focusing instead on album tracks and B-sides, although one track, "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?", did make the UK singles chart as an import.

## Track listing

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All tracks by Paul Weller.

1. "Away from the Numbers" – 4:02
2. "I Got By in Time" – 2:05
3. "I Need You (For Someone)" – 2:40
4. "To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)" – 2:28
5. "Mr. Clean" – 3:27
6. "English Rose" – 2:46
7. "In The Crowd" – 3:17
8. "It's Too Bad" – 2:34
9. "The Butterfly Collector" – 3:08
10. "Thick as Thieves" – 3:37
11. "Private Hell" – 3:46
12. "Wasteland" – 2:50
13. "Burning Sky" – 3:26
14. "Saturday's Kids" – 2:51
15. "Liza Radley" – 2:27
16. "Pretty Green" – 2:34
17. "Monday" – 2:57
18. "Man in the Corner Shop" – 3:11
19. "Boy About Town" – 1:55
20. "Tales from the Riverbank" – 3:32
21. "Ghosts" – 2:10
22. "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" – 2:13
23. "Carnation" – 3:24
24. "The Great Depression" – 2:51
25. "Shopping" – 3:23

## Personnel

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* Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – Producer
* Douglas Brothers – Photography
* Derek d'Souza – Photography
* Simon Halfon – Design
* The Jam – Producer
* Dennis Munday – Compilation Producer, Research
* Chris Parry – Producer
* John Reed – Liner Notes
* Tony Taverner – Producer
* Roger Wake – Digital Remastering
* Pete Wilson – Producer

## References

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1. ^ Collection at AllMusic
2. ^ "The Jam Album Reviews – Dig the New Breed". Thejam.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

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The Jam

* Paul Weller
* Rick Buckler
* Bruce Foxton

Studio albums|

* In the City
* This Is the Modern World
* All Mod Cons
* Setting Sons
* Sound Affects
* The Gift

Live albums|

* Dig the New Breed
* Live Jam
* The Jam at the BBC
* Fire and Skill – The Jam Live
* Live at the 100 Club

Compilations|

* Snap!
* Greatest Hits
* Extras
* Wasteland
* Collection
* The Very Best of The Jam
* The Sound of the Jam

Box sets|

* Direction Reaction Creation
* 45 rpm: The Singles, 1977–1979
* 45 rpm: The Singles, 1980–1982

Singles|

* "In the City"
* "All Around the World"
* "The Modern World"
* "News of the World"
* "David Watts"
* "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight"
* "Strange Town"
* "When You're Young"
* "The Eton Rifles"
* "Going Underground"
* "Start!"
* "That's Entertainment"
* "Funeral Pyre"
* "Absolute Beginners"
* "Town Called Malice" / "Precious"
* "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
* "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"
* "Beat Surrender"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Fire & Skill: The Songs of the Jam
* From the Jam

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