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The Very Best of The Jam

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Released
  
25 October 1997

Artist
  
The Jam

Label
  
Polydor Records

Recorded
  
1977 - 1982

Release date
  
25 October 1997

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The Very Best Of The Jam (1997)
  
Fire and Skill - Songs Of The Jam (1999)

Genres
  
Rock music, Punk rock, Mod revival

Similar
  
The Jam albums, Mod revival albums, Other albums

The Very Best of The Jam is the third greatest hits package (fourth including Compact Snap!) from The Jam. The compilation was released on 25 October 1997, and features all of The Jam's singles in chronological order.

Contents

It has the same tracks as Greatest Hits, but with two more tracks.

"The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" was released as a single in 1997 to promote the album, it was previously a single 15 years before, and again 4 years later in 2001.

A VHS of 15 music videos to songs on the album was released. These 15 music videos previously made the Snap VHS in 1983. Therefore, both VHS contain the same content.

Track listing

  1. "In the City" (Single version) from In the City
  2. "All Around the World" Single release only
  3. "The Modern World" from This Is the Modern World
  4. "News of the World" Single release only
  5. "David Watts" from All Mod Cons
  6. "'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" (single version) from All Mod Cons
  7. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" (Single edit) All Mod Cons
  8. "Strange Town" Single release only
  9. "When You're Young" Single release only
  10. "The Eton Rifles" (Single edit) from Setting Sons
  11. "Going Underground" Single release only
  12. "Dreams of Children" Single release only
  13. "Start!" from Sound Affects
  14. "That's Entertainment" from Sound Affects
  15. "Funeral Pyre" (Original single version) Single release only
  16. "Absolute Beginners" Single release only
  17. "Town Called Malice" from The Gift
  18. "Precious" (7" version) from The Gift
  19. "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" from The Gift
  20. "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" Single release only
  21. "Beat Surrender" Single release only

Songs

1In The City2:19
2All Around the World2:24
3The Modern World2:31

References

The Very Best of The Jam Wikipedia
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