The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
"Girl on the Phone" – 2:55
"Thick as Thieves" – 3:38
"Private Hell" – 3:49
"Little Boy Soldiers" – 3:32
"Wasteland" – 2:50
Side two
"Burning Sky" – 3:30
"Smithers-Jones" (Bruce Foxton) – 2:59
"Saturday's Kids" – 2:51
"The Eton Rifles" – 3:57
"Heat Wave" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 2:24
The Jam Band Members / Musicians
Paul Weller – vocals, guitar
Bruce Foxton – bass, vocals
Rick Buckler – drums
"Merton" Mick – piano
Rudi – saxophone
The Jam Philharmonic Orchestra – cello, timpani, recorder
Pete Solley – score for strings
Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – production
Alan Douglas – engineering
George Chambers – assistant engineering
Bill Smith – art direction, design
Andrew Douglas – front cover photography
Setting Sons is the 4th studio album by the English rock band the Jam, released on 16 November 1979 by Polydor Records. It reached No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart upon the first week of release, continuing the commercial (and critical) favour that had begun with their previous album All Mod Cons.
The sole single from Setting Sons, "The Eton Rifles", became the group's first top 10 UK hit, peaking at No. 3.
