Snap! (The Jam album)

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Snap!
Compilation album by The Jam
Released	October 14, 1983
Genre	Rock
Label	Polydor
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Dig The New Breed (1982) Snap! (1983)

Snap! is a greatest hits album by The Jam, released in 1983, one year after the group disbanded. The double-album includes all sixteen of the band's UK singles, plus B-sides, album tracks and rarities.

Contents 1 Editions 2 Track listing 2.1 Disc 1 2.2 Disc 2 2.3 Limited edition live EP

[edit] Editions

Initial quantities of the album included a limited edition 4 track EP, Live, recorded at Wembley Arena during the farewell tour of 1982. Featuring the tracks "Get Yourself Together", "Move On Up", "The Great Depression" and "But I'm Different Now", the EP is notable for the fact that these songs were never re-issued on any other Jam compilation.

In 2006, Universal Music re-released Snap! in its entirety on CD for the first time, again with initial copies including the limited edition live EP. Prior to this, it had only been available in abbreviated form as the single CD Compact Snap!, which contained only 21 of the 29 tracks from the original double album.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1

1. "In the City"
2. "Away from the Numbers"
3. "All Around the World"
4. "The Modern World" (Single Version)
5. "News of the World"
6. "Billy Hunt"
7. "English Rose"
8. "Mr. Clean"
9. "David Watts" (Single Mix)
10. "'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" (Single Version)
11. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" (Single Edit)
12. "Strange Town"
13. "The Butterfly Collector"
14. "When You're Young"
15. "Smithers-Jones" (Single Version)
16. "Thick as Thieves"

[edit] Disc 2

1. "The Eton Rifles" (Single Edit)
2. "Going Underground"
3. "Dreams of Children" (US Edit)
4. "That's Entertainment" (Demo version)
5. "Start!" (Single Version)
6. "Man in the Cornershop"
7. "Funeral Pyre" (Remixed Version)
8. "Absolute Beginners"
9. "Tales from the Riverbank"
10. "Town Called Malice"
11. "Precious" (Single Edit)
12. "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"
13. "Beat Surrender"

[edit] Limited edition live EP

1. "Move On Up" (Live at Wembley Arena)
2. "Get Yourself Together" (Live at Wembley Arena)
3. "The Great Depression" (Live at Wembley Arena)
4. "But I'm Different Now" (Live at Wembley Arena)

v • d • e The Jam Paul Weller · Bruce Foxton · Rick Buckler Studio albums In the City · This Is the Modern World · All Mod Cons · Setting Sons · Sound Affects · The Gift Live albums Dig the New Breed · Live Jam · The Jam at the BBC Singles "In the City" · "All Around the World" · "The Modern World" · "News of the World" · "David Watts" / "'A' Bomb In Wardour Street" · "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" · "Strange Town" · "When You're Young" · "The Eton Rifles" · "Going Underground" / "Dreams of Children" · "Start!" · "That's Entertainment" · "Funeral Pyre" · "Absolute Beginners" · "Town Called Malice" / "Precious" · "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" · "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" · "Beat Surrender" Compilations Snap! · Greatest Hits · Extras · Collection · Direction Reaction Creation · The Very Best of The Jam · Beat Surrender · Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam · 45 rpm: The Singles, 1977-1979 · 45 rpm: The Singles, 1980-1982 · The Sound of the Jam Related articles Mod Revival · Polydor Records · The Style Council · The Merton Parkas