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The Jam - Direction Reaction Creation (1982)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. In the City [Album Version] 2:20
  2. Takin' My Love 2:15
  3. Art School 2:01
  4. I've Changed My Address 3:31
  5. Slow Down 2:39
  6. I Got by in Time 2:07
  7. Away from the Numbers 4:03
  8. Batman Theme 1:31
  9. Sounds from the Street 3:14
  10. Non-Stop Dancing 2:27
  11. Time for Truth 3:10
  12. Bricks and Mortar 2:36
  13. All Around the World 2:24
  14. Carnaby Street 2:23
  15. The Modern World [Album Version] 2:31
  16. London Traffic 1:50
  17. Standards 2:30
  18. Life from a Window 2:54
  19. The Combine 2:21
  20. Don't Tell Them You're Sane 3:42
  21. In the Street Today 1:32
  22. London Girl 2:42
  23. I Need You (For Someone) 2:42
  24. Here Comes the Weekend 3:31
  25. Tonight at Noon 3:02
  26. In the Midnight Hour 1:53
CD2
  1. News of the World 3:29
  2. Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths) [#] 2:33
  3. Innocent Man 4:18
  4. David Watts [Album Version] 2:56
  5. 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street [Album Version] 2:38
  6. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight [Album Version] 4:44
  7. So Sad About Us 2:38
  8. The Night 1:47
  9. All Mod Cons 1:19
  10. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time) 2:30
  11. Mr. Clean 3:29
  12. English Rose 2:51
  13. In the Crowd 5:40
  14. Billy Hunt 3:01
  15. It's Too Bad 2:37
  16. Fly 3:20
  17. The Place I Love 2:54
  18. Strange Town 3:48
  19. The Butterfly Collector 3:09
  20. When You're Young 3:14
  21. Smithers-Jones 3:01
  22. The Eton Rifles [Album Version] 3:59
  23. See-Saw 2:34
CD3
  1. Girl on the Phone 2:56
  2. Thick as Thieves 3:40
  3. Private Hell 3:51
  4. Little Boy Soldiers 3:33
  5. Wasteland 2:52
  6. Burning Sky 3:32
  7. Smithers-Jones 3:00
  8. Saturday's Kids 2:53
  9. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave 2:23
  10. Going Underground 2:56
  11. The Dreams of Children 3:07
  12. Start! [Album Version] 2:31
  13. Liza Radley 2:32
  14. Pretty Green 2:37
  15. Monday 2:59
  16. But I'm Different Now 1:51
  17. Set the House Ablaze 5:01
  18. That's Entertainment 3:33
  19. Dream Time 3:54
  20. Man in the Corner Shop 3:13
  21. Music for the Last Couple 3:43
  22. Boy About Town 1:59
  23. Scrape Away 4:00
CD4
  1. Funeral Pyre 3:30
  2. Disguises 3:17
  3. Absolute Beginners 2:50
  4. Tales from the Riverbank 3:34
  5. Town Called Malice 2:55
  6. Precious [12" Version][#] 5:54
  7. Happy Together 2:50
  8. Ghosts 2:11
  9. Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero? 2:15
  10. Trans-Global Express 3:59
  11. Running on the Spot 3:06
  12. Circus 2:11
  13. The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong 2:19
  14. Carnation 3:28
  15. The Gift 3:07
  16. The Great Depression 2:50
  17. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) 3:34
  18. Pity Poor Alfie/Fever 4:40
  19. Beat Surrender 3:26
  20. Shopping 3:22
  21. Move on Up 3:53
  22. Stoned Out of My Mind 3:20
  23. War! 2:43
CD5
  1. In the City 2:23
  2. Time for Truth 3:17
  3. Sounds from the Street 3:19
  4. So Sad About Us 2:41
  5. Worlds Apart 1:55
  6. Billy Hunt [Alternative Version][#] 2:59
  7. It's Too Bad 2:27
  8. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time) 2:25
  9. David Watts 2:45
  10. Best of Both Worlds 2:03
  11. That's Entertainment 3:23
  12. Rain 2:57
  13. Dream Time 1:51
  14. Dead End Street 3:14
  15. Stand by Me 3:03
  16. Every Little Bit Hurts 3:17
  17. Tales from the Riverbank [Alternate Version] 3:26
  18. Walking in Heaven's Sunshine 2:04
  19. Pity Poor Alfie [Swing Version] 2:31
  20. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) [First Version][#] 4:12
  21. A Solid Bond in Your Heart 3:17
  22. Precious 3:24

Notes

Direction Reaction Creation is the ultimate Jam package, offering 117 tracks over five discs -- essentially the band's complete studio recordings. With a strict adherence to chronological order, the box presents each single followed by its B-side(s) (six of which appear on CD for the first time, including the brilliant "See Saw"), followed by the proper album tracks -- oddly, though, the album versions of the singles are chosen in most places. Unfortunately, this approach sometimes disrupts the flow of the albums, especially in the case of All Mod Cons, which loses three tracks to the treatment, and Setting Sons, which loses "Eton Rifles" to a separate disc. This is a small point for purists to debate -- the difference is really unnoticeable in light of the truly great music found on the discs. In addition to the regular studio tracks, disc five offers over an hour of studio demos -- 22 previously unreleased tracks of considerably different takes of better-known material, a few never-before-heard Weller and Foxton originals, and some interesting covers like "Rain," "Dead End Street," and "Every Little Bit Hurts." A lavish 88-page booklet accompanies the set with great liner notes, an extensive band chronology and discography, and the band's complete gig list, along with plenty of rare photos and memorabilia. The Jam, simply put, were one the finest bands in rock & roll history, and Direction Reaction Creation offers the proof, showing both their remarkably rapid growth and their incredible consistency.