The Jam - In the City (1977)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Art School" 2:02
2. "I've Changed My Address" 3:31
3. "Slow Down" (Larry Williams) 2:39
4. "I Got By in Time" 2:07
5. "Away from the Numbers" 4:03
6. "Batman Theme" (Neal Hefti) 1:31
Side two
1. "In the City" 2:19
2. "Sounds from the Street" 3:14
3. "Non-Stop Dancing" 2:28
4. "Time for Truth" 3:10
5. "Takin' My Love" 2:15
6. "Bricks and Mortar" 2:37
Total length: 32:02
The Jam Band Members / Musicians
Paul Weller – vocals, guitar
Bruce Foxton – bass, vocals
Rick Buckler – drums
Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – production, engineering
Chris Parry – production
Allen Landau – mastering
Bill Smith – art direction, design
Martyn Goddard – front cover photography
Wade Wood Associates – artwork
In the City is the debut studio album by British mod revival band the Jam. Released in May 1977 by Polydor Records, the album reached No. 20 on the UK Albums Chart.
The album features the band's debut single and title track "In the City". In addition, the album includes two cover versions, "Slow Down" and the theme to the 1960s television series, Batman, the latter of which had also been previously covered by the Who, the Kinks and Link Wray.
The Jam were an English mod revival/punk rock band during the 1970s and early 1980s, which formed in 1972 at Sheerwater Secondary School in Woking, in the county of Surrey. The band released 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 1982, including four number one hits. As of 2007, "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" remain the best-selling import singles of all time in the UK. They released one live album and six studio albums, the last of which, The Gift, hit number one on the UK Albums Chart. When the group disbanded in 1982, their first 15 singles were re-released and all placed within the top 100.
The Jam Band Members / Musicians
Paul Weller – vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Rick Buckler – drums, percussion
Bruce Foxton – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Steve Brookes – lead guitar (1972–1976)
Dave Waller – rhythm guitar (1972–1973)
Tracie Young – backing vocals on "Beat Surrender"
Jennie Matthias (The Belle Stars) duetted on vocals on "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"
Peter Wilson – piano, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ
Steve Nichol – trumpet, Hammond organ
Luke Tunney – trumpet
Martin Drover – trumpet
Keith Thomas – saxophone, soprano sax
Afrodiziak – background vocals
Russell Henderson – steel drums
The Jam Discography Full
Studio albums
In the City (1977)
This Is the Modern World (1977)
All Mod Cons (1978)
Setting Sons (1979)
Sound Affects (1980)
The Gift (1982)
From the Jam albums
Back in the Room (2012)
Smash the Clock (2015)
