Direction Reaction Creation
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Released | 26 May 1997 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | (8/10)[2] |
Pitchfork | (8.3/10)[3] |
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Direction Reaction Creation is an anthology issued in 1997 by the British band the Jam. It includes 117 tracks over 5 discs. Discs 1 to 4 comprise all of the band's studio albums and all of the non-album singles and B-sides presented chronologically.[5] Disc 5 is made up of demos and outtakes. The box set reached number 8 in the UK Albums Chart.
Track listing
[edit]CD 1
[edit]- "In the City"
- "Takin' My Love"
- "Art School"
- "I've Changed My Address"
- "Slow Down"
- "I Got By in Time"
- "Away from the Numbers"
- "Batman Theme"
- "Sounds from the Street"
- "Non-Stop Dancing"
- "Time for Truth"
- "Bricks and Mortar"
- "All Around the World"
- "Carnaby Street"
- "The Modern World" (Album Version)
- "London Traffic"
- "Standards"
- "Life from a Window"
- "The Combine"
- "Don't Tell Them You're Sane"
- "In the Street Today"
- "London Girl"
- "I Need You (For Someone)"
- "Here Comes the Weekend"
- "Tonight at Noon"
- "In the Midnight Hour"
CD 2
[edit]- "News of the World"
- "Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths)"
- "Innocent Man"
- "David Watts" (Album Version)
- "'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" (Album Version)
- "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" (Album Version)
- "So Sad About Us"
- "The Night"
- "All Mod Cons"
- "To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)"
- "Mr. Clean"
- "English Rose"
- "In the Crowd"
- "Billy Hunt"
- "It's Too Bad"
- "Fly"
- "The Place I Love"
- "Strange Town"
- "The Butterfly Collector"
- "When You're Young"
- "Smithers-Jones" (Single Version)
- "The Eton Rifles" (Album Version)
- "See-Saw"
CD 3
[edit]- "Girl on the Phone"
- "Thick as Thieves"
- "Private Hell"
- "Little Boy Soldiers"
- "Wasteland"
- "Burning Sky"
- "Smithers-Jones" (Setting Sons Version)
- "Saturday's Kids"
- "Heat Wave"
- "Going Underground"
- "The Dreams of Children"
- "Start!" (Album Version)
- "Liza Radley"
- "Pretty Green"
- "Monday"
- "But I'm Different Now"
- "Set the House Ablaze"
- "That's Entertainment"
- "Dream Time"
- "Man in the Corner Shop"
- "Music for the Last Couple"
- "Boy About Town"
- "Scrape Away"
CD 4
[edit]- "Funeral Pyre"
- "Disguises"
- "Absolute Beginners"
- "Tales from the Riverbank"
- "Town Called Malice"
- "Precious" (12" Version)
- "Happy Together"
- "Ghosts"
- "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
- "Trans-Global Express"
- "Running on the Spot"
- "Circus"
- "The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong"
- "Carnation"
- "The Gift"
- "The Great Depression"
- "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"
- "Pity Poor Alfie/Fever"
- "Beat Surrender"
- "Shopping"
- "Move on Up"
- "Stoned Out of My Mind"
- "War"
CD 5
[edit]- "In the City" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
- "Time for Truth" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
- "Sounds from the Street" (8-track Polydor Band Demo)
- "So Sad About Us" (Band Demo)
- "Worlds Apart" (Demo)
- "Billy Hunt" (Alternate Version)
- "It's Too Bad" (Band Demo)
- "To Be Someone" (Band Demo)
- "David Watts" (Band Demo)
- "Best of Both Worlds" (Band Demo)
- "That's Entertainment" (Band Demo)
- "Rain" (Demo)
- "Dream Time" (Demo)
- "Dead End Street" (Demo)
- "Stand By Me" (Demo)
- "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Demo)
- "Tales from the Riverbank" (Alternate Version)
- "Walking in Heaven's Sunshine" (Demo)
- "Precious" (Demo)
- "Pity Poor Alfie" (Swing Version)
- "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" (First Version)
- "A Solid Bond in Your Heart" (Band Demo)
Personnel
[edit]- Afrodiziak – background vocals
- Martin Drover – trumpet
- Claudia Fontaine – background vocals
- Russell Henderson – steel drums
- Steve Nichol – trumpet, Hammond organ
- Keith Thomas – saxophone, soprano sax
- Luke Tunney – trumpet
- Caron Wheeler – background vocals
- Peter Wilson – piano, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ, producer, string arrangements, remixing
- Tracie Young – background vocals
Additional personnel
[edit]- Neil Allen – liner notes, essay
- Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – producer
- Paul Cox – photography
- Johnny Devlin – liner notes, essay
- Ian Dickson – photography
- Jill Furmanovsky – photography
- Pat Gilbert – liner notes, essay
- Frank Griffin – photography
- Simon Halfon – art direction, design
- Paolo Hewitt – liner notes, foreword
- The Jam – producer
- Mike Laye – photography
- Gered Mankowitz – photography
- Dennis Munday – producer, compilation, remixing, research
- Steve Musters – remixing
- Carlos Olms – photography
- Denis O'Regan – photography
- Chris Parry – producer
- John Reed – liner notes, essay
- Pennie Smith – photography
- Vic Smith – producer
- Tony Taverner – producer
- Virginia Turbett – photography
- Laurens Van Houten – photography
- Roger Wake – digital remastering
- Arnold Williams – photography
References
[edit]- ^ Woodstra, Chris. Direction Reaction Creation at AllMusic
- ^ "The Jam Album Reviews – Dig the New Breed". Thejam.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "The Jam: Direction Reaction Creation / Hit Parade | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ McGee, Alan (June 1997). "No beat surrender". Uncut. No. 1. p. 92.
- ^ Tangari, Joe (9 February 2007). "The Jam: Direction Creation Reaction". Pitchfork.