Released 1 November 1999 Length 36:55 Release date 1 November 1999 Genres Rock music, Mod revival | Recorded Various Producer Simon Halfon Label Ignition Records | |
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Fire and Skill The Songs of the Jam
(1999) The Sound Of The Jam
(2002) Similar Fire and Skill – The Jam Live, Live Jam, 45 rpm: The Singles - 1, The Sound of the Jam, The Very Best of The Jam | ||
Fire and Skill - The Songs of the Jam is a compilation album of hit songs written by The Jam. Each track on the album was performed by a different artist or band.
Contents
Buffalo Tom singer/guitarist Bill Janovitz was surprised to have the chance to do "Going Underground", saying that his band usually had to be content with doing also-ran songs on compilations such as this. Janovitz said he felt like playing the song in his band's usual style sounded way too much like The Jam, so he and his bandmates reinterpreted it in a slower, less manic style. Janovitz added that this was the first time his band had experimented with loops.
A double A-side single of "Going Underground" and "Carnation" was released in 1999.
Track listing
- Liam Gallagher & Steve Cradock - "Carnation"
- Beastie Boys featuring Miho Hatori - "Start!"
- Reef - "That's Entertainment"
- Heavy Stereo - "The Gift"
- Silver Sun - "Art School"
- Everything but the Girl - "English Rose"
- Buffalo Tom - "Going Underground"
- Garbage - "The Butterfly Collector"
- Ben Harper - "The Modern World"
- Gene - "Town Called Malice"
- Noel Gallagher "To Be Someone"
- Paul Weller - "No One in the World" (hidden track - originally from Extras)
Songs
1CarnationLiam Gallagher - Steve Cradock3:31
2Start!Beastie Boys - Miho Hatori2:51
3That's EntertainmentReef3:01