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The Jam - Compact Snap! (1982)

Track listing:
  1. In the City 2:22
  2. All Around the World 2:27
  3. The Modern World 2:32
  4. News of the World 3:29
  5. David Watts 2:57
  6. A Bomb in Wardour Street 2:36
  7. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight 4:04
  8. Strange Town 3:51
  9. When You're Young 3:14
  10. Smithers-Jones 3:00
  11. The Eton Rifles 3:29
  12. Going Underground 2:56
  13. Dreams of Children 2:59
  14. That's Entertainment 3:17
  15. Start! 2:20
  16. Funeral Pyre 3:31
  17. Absolute Beginners 2:52
  18. Town Called Malice 2:55
  19. Precious 3:35
  20. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) 3:36
  21. Beat Surrender 3:28

Notes

Snap! collects all of the Jam's singles, from "In the City" to "Beat Surrender," including several B-sides ("'A' Bomb in Wardour Street," "Dreams of Children") and a handful of rarities, like a demo of "That's Entertainment" and the rock version of "Smithers-Jones." For its compact disc release, several songs were trimmed, but Snap! remains a brilliant summation of why the Jam were one of the most important and beloved British bands of their era. The latter-day collection Greatest Hits covers much the same ground as Snap!, but the earlier compilation remains preferable because of sequencing and its inclusion of essential items like "'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" and "Dreams of Children."