Progression is the key word here, and this album is the evidence ...

The album reveals The Jam, and more pertinently Paul Weller, breaking away from the confinements of mod ...

He´s coolly taking stock off all the evidence, and supplying us with his bleakest picture yet ... By using a concept device, Weller is able to put forward two opposing points of view ... Outside of this concept, the picture is just as nasty ... The band´s ability to put together convincing soundtracks for their scenarios ...

The Jam have never sounded better ... Paul Weller is 21.