Index > Five more relistens that are utterly important to your lives
Posted by Mod Lang (@modlang) on Nov. 3, 2024, 11:12 p.m.
The 2 you haven’t heard I’m assuming are:
This is the Modern World - 3 good songs, the rest is bland filler, it was such a rush job that Weller had to let Bruce Foxton write and sing a couple. Paul almost broke up the band because of the critical and public reaction. 2 stars.
The Gift - Ignore the 3 shoddy dance songs and you’ve got another Jam album in a similar, more poppy vein than the previous three. Underrated. B+
As for commercial success: biggest in the UK, selling 2,120,000 albums and…apparently none worth reporting anywhere else! https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/13046
The Clash outsold the Jam worldwide with 4,250,000 US and 1,200,000 UK https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/12943
The Stranglers had more top 40 hits (23) and sold 1,600,000 albums in the UK, making them second most popular in the UK but like the Jam never broke the US https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/13228
The Sex Pistols are surprisingly #4 selling a million each in the US and UK
https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/11746
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Interesting to know -
Billdude
Nov. 4 12:58 PM
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The Jam had 18 UK hits -
Mod Lang
Nov. 4 8:01 PM
- Re: The Jam had 18 UK hits - Billdude Nov. 5 2:23 PM
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The Jam had 18 UK hits -
Mod Lang
Nov. 4 8:01 PM