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And then came All Mod Cons, and all the fears were dispelled in one fell swoop!
From the first chiming Rickenbacker chords on the title track you know that you are in for a treat! The original ingredients are there, anger and drive, but they are joined by a new maturity in Paul's songwriting.
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Advantages: Era and career defining Disadvantages: Some tracks starting to show their age
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And then came All Mod Cons, and all the fears were dispelled in one fell swoop!
From the first chiming Rickenbacker chords on the title track you know that you are in for a treat! The original ingredients are there, anger and drive, but they are joined by a new maturity in Paul's songwriting.
The wonderful To Be Someone follows, with Paul reflecting on the trappings of stardom. Mr Clean aims for the solar plexus of those corporate fools who ... ...reading of Ray Davies' David Watts, adding a degree of vitriolic irony to an already perfectly formed song.
Then comes a true beauty. English Rose is full of melancholy and yearning. A love song written by a man who is obviously in love for the first time. It's probably Paul Weller's first soul song. In sentiment if not in style.
Billy Hunt is Weller's David Watts, and then we go from The Kinks to The Who with the unbelievable It's Too Bad.
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Album Notes: The Jam: Paul Weller (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, harmonica); Bruce Foxton (vocals, bass); Rick Buckler (drums, percussion).
Album Reviews: Q (6/00, p.71) - Ranked #50 in Q's \"100 Greatest British Albums\" - \"...The past met the present on ALL MOD CONS and the sparks flew in a white-hot Rickenbacker fusion of punk, pop, psychedelia and R&B....this LP is driven by anger...\"
Titles on disc 1
1.: All Mod Cons
2.: To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
3.: Mr Clean
4.: David Watts
5.: English Rose
6.: In The Crowd
7.: Billy Hunt
8.: It's Too Bad
9.: Fly
10.: Place I Love
11.: A Bomb In Wardour Street
12.: Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
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