And people were trying to tell me that this was a lousy album and The Jam were all washed up ...

It´s one of the best albums I´ve ever heard in a long time ... Admittedly Paul Weller´s voice still leaves a lot to be desired ...

Not everything here owes a debt to The Who ... The Jam capture the essence of transistor radio rock.

Bright and naive. Timeless. Brilliant ... Weller is a dry and impassive observer ... In some cases you might even call him genuinely and humanely perceptive ...

The Jam are streets ahead of their rivals ... The Jam are young and brave ... Still as real and ingenious as it possible to be in the rock business ...

As a live band they are quite one of the best ... It still isn´t their masterpiece.