Review of "Dig The New Breed" Album

by Mark Cooper

©Record Mirror - December 1982

Inevitably this record is more of a souvenir than an art statement ... The last Jam album is a gift for the fans, a spur for the memory more than a necessary record ...

The 14 songs remind you that The Jam live were always a punk band ... This record captures much of abrupt fervour of those early Jam gigs ... Some of your favourites will be here, some won´t ... Few of the songs improve with live performance, they merely gain in attack what they lose in subtlety ...

The laying to rest of The Jam is the first exciting demise of a band since that of The Sex Pistols ...

This record is not as exciting as Weller´s decision, but it´s a nice reminder. Thanks for the memories.