Album #2
Album: All Mod Cons Artist: The Jam Released: 1978 Label : Polydor Records Genre : Punk rock/mod revival This album oozes the mod counterculture of the 70s. It's not one that I expected to listen to personally, hell, I didn't even know about the Jam. But after this album, I'll happily sing the praises of Paul Weller's poetry in music. I went into this album just listening for the music itself, and on first blush missed a lot of the social commentary and biting cynicism. My one gripe is that it's easy to miss the lyrics, getting lost in the music itself. The high energy new wave sounds draw attention away from the lyrics (which says a lot that the clever lyrics can be overshadowed by the music itself). Look at the track "Mr. Clean", taking a swing at working class issues or "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" (which was almost omitted from the album itself!). If you put this album on and don't immediately go "Oh this is the late 70s!...