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The Jam discography

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Studio albums
  
6

Compilation albums
  
14

EPs
  
3

Live albums
  
3

Video albums
  
6

Singles
  
19

This is the discography of the British band The Jam. The discography of The Jam consists of 6 studio albums, 3 live albums, 14 compilation albums, 6 videos, 1 tribute album, 3 extended plays, 19 hit singles and 16 re-issues, as well as two B-Sides. The band, who formed in 1972, didn't debut until five years later in 1977, when they released their debut studio album In the City, which entered at #20 place in the UK Albums Chart, and contained the title-track, "In the City". Their second album, This Is the Modern World, was the first to get into the Billboard Hot 200 (US Albums Chart), taking its place at 201 while at 20 in the UK Albums Chart. Their most successful studio album was their final album The Gift in 1982 which took its place at Number #1 in the UK and at #82 in the US.

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The Jam were seen as the centre of mod revival culture during the 1970s to the 1980s, and the lead singer of the band, Paul Weller, was seen as The Modfather. The band separated in 1982, following ten years active, and five years of success. Shortly after the band's break-up, Weller went on to form The Style Council, before embarking on a solo career and releasing his first studio album, which was self-titled, in 1992.

Live albums

  • Dig the New Breed (1982) #2 UK, #131 US
  • Live Jam (1993) #25 UK
  • The Jam at the BBC (2002) #33 UK
  • Fire and Skill – The Jam Live (2015)
  • Live at the Music Machine (2016)

    • Official Compilations

  • Snap! (1983) #2 UK, #201 US
  • Greatest Hits (1991) #2 UK
  • Extras (1992) #15 UK
  • The Very Best of The Jam (1997) #9 UK
  • The Sound of the Jam (2002) #3 UK
  • About the Young Idea: The Very Best of The Jam (2015) #37 UK

    • Box sets

  • Direction Reaction Creation (1997) #8 UK
  • 45 rpm: The Singles, 1977-1979 (2001)
  • 45 rpm: The Singles, 1980-1982 (2001)
  • Classic Album Collection (2012) #120 UK

    • Tribute albums

  • Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam (1999) #84 UK

    • Videos and DVDs

  • Transglobal Unity Express (1982)
  • Start! (1983)
  • Greatest Hits (1991)
  • The Very Best of the Jam (1997)
  • The Complete Jam On Film 1977–1982 (2002)
  • The Complete Jam (2002/2003)
  • Punk Icons (2006)

    • Singles

    † In Australia, the songs "Going Underground", "The Eton Rifles", "That's Entertainment" and "Start!" made up an Australia-only EP entitled 4 Side Affects. This EP charted at #50 on the Australian singles chart, and all four tracks from it are considered to have peaked at #50.

    US EPs

  • The Jam EP – 1981, #176 US
  • The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) EP – 1982, #135 US
  • Beat Surrender EP – 1983, #171 US

    • US Singles

  • "Start" – 1980, #75 Dance Music/Club Play Singles
  • "A Town Called Malice" – 1982, #31 Mainstream Rock
  • "Precious"/"A Town Called Malice" – 1982, #45 Dance Music/Club Play Singles

    • (Note: EPs are ranked on the Billboard album chart, not the singles chart.)

    References

    The Jam discography Wikipedia
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