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Sound Affects 1980

rock, post-punk, new wave, mod revival 94 min 33 tracks Polydor

Sound Affects is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Jam. The album was released on 28 November 1980 by Polydor Records. It is the only Jam album to be co-produced by the band themselves, and contains the only album track co-written by the entire band, "Music for the Last Couple".

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Tracks

1Pretty Green2:35
2Monday2:59
3But I’m Different Now1:49
4Set the House Ablaze5:00
5Start!2:30
6That’s Entertainment3:36
7Dream Time3:52
8Man in the Corner Shop3:13
9Music for the Last Couple3:43
10Boy About Town1:58
11Scrape Away4:01
1Start! (single version)2:18
2Liza Radley2:32
3The Dreams of Children2:57
4That’s Entertainment (demo version)3:22
5Pretty Green (demo version)2:36
6Pop Art Poem2:08
7Rain (remixed demo version)2:56
8Boy About Town (demo version)2:16
9Dream Time (demo version)1:50
10Dead End Street (remixed version)3:13
11But I’m Different Now (demo version)1:55
12Scrape Away (instrumental)1:58
13Start! (demo version)2:16
14Liza Radley (demo version)2:16
15And Your Bird Can Sing1:52
16Monday (alternate version)4:18
17Get Yourself Together (remixed demo version)1:58
18Set the House Ablaze (demo version)4:46
19Boy About Town (alternate version)2:13
20No One in the World2:23
21Instrumental (demo version)2:52
22Waterloo Sunset (demo version)3:59

33 tracks, 94 minutes.

About the album

Artist: The Jam
Label: Polydor
Type: Album
Format: Digital Media
Country: XW

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