Album: Beat Surrender by The Jam (1998)
Genre: New Wave | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Record Label: Polydor
Format: Album

Description: Just like Wasteland, the odd collection which preceded it by a year, Beat Surrender combines a couple of hits with poorly chosen album cuts for an incoherent and certainly far from comprehensive package. The Jam had a lot of great album tracks that were unfairly overshadowed by the singles, but The Jam Collection (released in 1996) offers better proof to that fact.

Artist Background: The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped clothes, and they incorporated a number of mainstream 1960s rock and R&B influences rather than rejecting them, placing The Jam at the forefront of the mod revival movement. They had 18 consecutive Top... Part of the Woking, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with New Wave movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Paul Weller, The Style Council, The Undertones, Madness

Music Scene: Part of the Woking, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with New Wave movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: New Wave, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1990s, Album, Polydor

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 1 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Just like Wasteland, the odd collection which preceded it by a year, Beat Surrender combines a couple of hits with poorly chosen album cuts for an incoherent and certainly far from comprehensive package. The Jam had a lot of great album tracks that were unfairly overshadowed by the singles, but The Jam Collection (released in 1996) offers better proof to that fact.

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