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The Jam were one of the greatest English bands ever, a thick-as-thieves punk trio bashing out mod anthems. On classics like 1980's Sound Affects, Paul Weller sang dippily romantic tales of boys dressing up to go race their Vespa scooters to the pub while a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts. Fire and Skill is the Jam's long-awaited tribute album: Each of Oasis' Gallagher brothers gets an ace solo showcase, the Beastie Boys funk up "Start!" into a cocktail-jazz highball with Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori, and Garbage recast "The Butterfly Collector" as eerie trip-hop. Even worthless U.K. bands like Reef rise to the occasion. And Weller himself, the one-time Cappuccino Kid aged into the Duke of Decaf, adds a gorgeous acoustic coda (the ultra-obscure "No One in the World") sure to make any Jam fan feel touched by the hand of mod. (RS 833)
ROB SHEFFIELD
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Track List
- Carnation
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Start! (track not available in Rhapsody)
- That's Entertainment
- The Gift
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Art School (track not available in Rhapsody)
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English Rose (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Going Underground
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The Butterfly Collector (track not available in Rhapsody)
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The Modern World (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Town Called Malice (track not available in Rhapsody)
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To Be Someone (track not available in Rhapsody)
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No One In The World (track not available in Rhapsody)
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