Greatest Album of 1979 - Elimination Round 8

[Kory]

The best Jam album is still Greatest Hits and that's fine.

No it has to be Snap! if we're talking compilations. Still the best comp ever for me by anyone.

Snap! wins like SMBC does, by being chronologically sequenced.

[WestwayKid]

The best Jam album is still Greatest Hits and that's fine.

No it has to be Snap! if we're talking compilations. Still the best comp ever for me by anyone.

Even better than Singles Going Steady?

[Dr. Medulla]

The best Jam album is still Greatest Hits and that's fine.

No it has to be Snap! if we're talking compilations. Still the best comp ever for me by anyone.

Snap! wins like SMBC does, by being chronologically sequenced.

Snap! and (parts of) Extras is about all I need.

[Mimi]

The best Jam album is still Greatest Hits and that's fine.

I have a compilation of Jam's greatest hits, supposedly chosen by Weller himself, and...I skip every other song.

[Dr. Medulla]

The best Jam album is still Greatest Hits and that's fine.

I have a compilation of Jam's greatest hits, supposedly chosen by Weller himself, and...I skip every other song.

Ha ha, Heston hates you now.

[Heston]

The best Jam album is still Greatest Hits and that's fine.

No it has to be Snap! if we're talking compilations. Still the best comp ever for me by anyone.

Even better than Singles Going Steady?

Easily

[WestwayKid]

The best Jam album is still Greatest Hits and that's fine.

No it has to be Snap! if we're talking compilations. Still the best comp ever for me by anyone.

Even better than Singles Going Steady?

Easily

Yeah, I'm listening to it right now and I'll agree it's one of the best comps ever released.

[Kory]

I get that. But, Heston's crazed muppetry aside, I maintain that it's the singles that people gush about. Nobody's got a boner for "The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong."

It's the same with most bands. And you've deliberately picked a real clunker. I'll counter it with "To Be Someone" and "Ghosts", cited by many as their best song.

It was a test to see how Muppet you've gone. Thankfully, you passed.

I like that song.

It's a fantastic lyric but it is clunky.

You know me and cod Trinidadian music...

[Heston]

It's the same with most bands. And you've deliberately picked a real clunker. I'll counter it with "To Be Someone" and "Ghosts", cited by many as their best song.

It was a test to see how Muppet you've gone. Thankfully, you passed.

I like that song.

It's a fantastic lyric but it is clunky.

You know me and cod Trinidadian music...

The Clash captured the Trinidadian vibe much better.

[Kory]

It was a test to see how Muppet you've gone. Thankfully, you passed.

I like that song.

It's a fantastic lyric but it is clunky.

You know me and cod Trinidadian music...

The Clash captured the Trinidadian vibe much better.

No question, but it's not something you see white people having an interest in very often so it's always interesting to see how they interpret it.

[Heston]

I've just had Snap! on, what a great way to spend 90 minutes. Not one duff track.

[Wolter]

My personal favorite Jam album is the CD version of Setting Sons that includes all of the non-album singles (a&b) released at that time, but Snap! is probably the objective best album you could make from them.

[Heston]

My personal favorite Jam album is the CD version of Setting Sons that includes all of the non-album singles (a&b) released at that time

Yeah, their best era. They fired out some great b-sides over their career.

[Gimmix]

The Jam were a singles band. Excellent singles, yes, but the albums never did much for me. I didn't think it even merited inclusion in the top ten.

Nail. Head.

[WestwayKid]

My personal favorite Jam album is the CD version of Setting Sons that includes all of the non-album singles (a&b) released at that time

Yeah, their best era. They fired out some great b-sides over their career.

The live set from Newcastle 1980 from the Fire & Skill set is one of the best live recordings I've ever heard. Heavy on the Setting Sons/Sound Affects albums. They were hitting on all cylinders during that era.