All Mod Cons is a Punk album by The Jam, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 78 pressings tracked, owned by 22 collectors.
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Anchored by a cover of the Kinks’ “David Watts,” <i>All Mod Cons</i> is the point where Paul Weller trades in the teenage anthems of the young Pete Townshend for the more nuanced portraitures of Ray Davies, and he doesn't miss any opportunity to observe how success has tinted the world around him. Like “David Watts,” “To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)” and “Mr. Clean” are scathing satires of upper-crust success, while “All Mod Cons” lashes out at the phony friends that accompany fame and fortune. It’s hard to imagine anyone else pulling off “English Rose,” a disarmingly heartfelt ode to the United Kingdom that avoids smarmy flag waving. In “‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street” and “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight” Weller paints pictures of sudden violence in the city. The tone of the songs goes beyond anger, and instead offers the sense of betrayal, confusion, and resignation that always accompanies such incidents. <i>All Mod Cons</i> marks a musical and thematic turning point for the Jam, but those last two songs in particular elevate Weller to the ranks of Davies and Townshend.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1All Mod Cons
- A2To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
- A3Mr. Clean
- A4David Watts
- A5English Rose
- A6In The Crowd
Side B
- B1Billy Hunt
- B2It's Too Bad
- B3Fly
- B4The Place I Love
- B5'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
- B6Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Sound DNA
- Punk
- Punk Rock
- jangly
- earnest
- punky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bruce FoxtonBASS, VOCALS VOCALS, BASS VOCALS, BASS GUITAR
- Paul WellerACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, PIANO, HARMONICA , VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, GUITAR , PIANO, HARMONICA , VOCALS VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, PIANO, HARMONICA
- Rick BucklerDRUMS, PERCUSSION
22 collectors on Gatefold own this · 78 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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