Album: Extras by The Jam (1992)
Genre: New Wave | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Record Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
Format: Album

Description: Extras offers 26 B-sides, rarities and unreleased tracks that, while far from complete (the wonderful "See Saw" is absent, for instance), is a fan's dream come true. This is a fans' album, to be sure, but for fans, the never-before-heard demos (like "Burning Sky" and "Thick As Thieves") have a certain spine-tingling effect, and the covers (like "So Sad About Us," "And Your Bird Can Sing," and "Disguises") are undeniably fun -- often more so than the covers they chose to include on the proper albums. Extras is not a good introduction, to be sure, but for the converted, this is essential.

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, UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)

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


Extras offers 26 B-sides, rarities and unreleased tracks that, while far from complete (the wonderful "See Saw" is absent, for instance), is a fan's dream come true. This is a fans' album, to be sure, but for fans, the never-before-heard demos (like "Burning Sky" and "Thick As Thieves") have a certain spine-tingling effect, and the covers (like "So Sad About Us," "And Your Bird Can Sing," and "Disguises") are undeniably fun -- often more so than the covers they chose to include on the proper albums. Extras is not a good introduction, to be sure, but for the converted, this is essential.

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